1968 Dixie 250
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| Race details[1][2] | |||
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| Race 13 of 49 in the 1968 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
Augusta International Raceway layout
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| Date | May 3, 1968 | ||
| Official name | Dixie 250 | ||
| Location | Augusta Speedway (Augusta, Georgia) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.500 mi (0.804 km) |
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| Distance | 300 laps, 125 mi (216 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 84.9 °F (29.4 °C) with wind speeds up to 14 miles per hour (23 km/h); compared to the 2012 maximum temperature of 91 °F (33 °C) with wind speeds up to 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)[3] | ||
| Average speed | 73.099 miles per hour (117.641 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Nord Krauskopf | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bobby Isaac | Nord Krauskopf | |
| Laps | 242 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 71 | Bobby Isaac | Nord Krauskopf | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1968 Dixie 250 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on May 3, 1968 at Augusta Speedway in Augusta, Georgia.
Two hundred and fifty laps were done on a paved oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) for a grand total of 125.0 miles (201.2 km).[1] The race took one hour, forty-two minutes, and thirty-six seconds to reach its full conclusion: Bobby Isaac defeated Buddy Baker[4] by more than a lap; bringing home $1,100 as the winner's top prize ($7,485.26 when considering inflation).[5] Canadian driver Frog Fagan participated in this event as the only non-American driver.[1] Four thousand and five hundred people went to see speeds averaging 73.099 miles per hour (117.641 km/h) with Bobby Isaac gaining the pole position with a speed of 83.877 miles per hour (134.987 km/h).[1] Total winnings for this event were $6,260 ($42,597.95 when considering inflation).
Timeline
- Start of race: Bobby Isaac started the race with the pole position
- Lap 20: Bill Cooper's engine developed problemd
- Lap 30: Bill Seifett had a terminal crash; causing him to leave the event
- Lap 54: Henley Grey's vehicle managed to overheat; bringing an end to his racing weekend
- Lap 86: The axle on Richard Petty's vehicle acted up; stopping his race for the weekend
- Lap 87: The rear end of Roy Tyner's vehicle fell off; forcing him to finish outside the top-15
- Lap 131: Tom Pistone takes over the lead from Bobby Isaac
- Lap 139: Bobby Isaac takes over the lead from Tom Pistone
- Lap 175: Neil Castles' engine became problematic
- Lap 188: Elmo Langley's vehicle developed a problematic enginr
- Lap 233: Frank Warren suffered a terminal crash; forcing him out of the race
- End of race: Bobby Isaac wins the race
Finishing order
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- Bobby Isaac
- Buddy Baker
- Tom Pistone
- James Hylton
- Buck Baker
- Clyde Lynn
- Frank Warren* (crashed into a wall at lap 234)
- Wendell Scott
- Jabe Thomas
- Bob Moore
- Paul Dean Holt
- Elmo Langley*
- Neil Castles*
- John Sears*
- LeeRoy Yarbrough*
- J.D. McDuffie*
- Roy Tyner*
- Richard Petty*
- Henley Gray*
- Frog Fagan*
- Bill Seifert* (crashed into a wall at lap 31)
- Bob Cooper*
- Stan Meserve* (finished in last place with an ignition problem[6])
* Driver failed to finish race
References
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<references />, or <references group="..." />| Preceded by | NASCAR Grand National Season 1968 |
Succeeded by 1968 Fireball 300 |
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