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1968 American 500

Index 1968 American 500

The 1968 American 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on October 27, 1968, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. [1]

67 relations: Australia, Banjo Matthews, Bill Champion (racing driver), Bill Seifert, Bobby Allison, Bobby Isaac, Bobby Johns, Bud Moore (NASCAR owner), Bud Moore (racing driver), Buddy Baker, Butch Hartman (racing driver), Cale Yarborough, Charlie Glotzbach, Clyde Lynn, Dale Inman, Dave Marcis, David Pearson (racing driver), Dick Johnson (racing driver), Dodge, Don Tarr, Don White (racing driver), Donnie Allison, E.J. Trivette, Earl Brooks, Elmo Langley, Ford Motor Company, Frank Gardner (racing driver), Friday Hassler, G. C. Spencer, Glen Wood, Harry Hyde, Henley Gray, J. D. McDuffie, Jabe Thomas, Jake Elder, James Hylton, James Sears, John Sears (racing driver), Junior Johnson, LeeRoy Yarbrough, Marcos Ambrose, Mercury (automobile), Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR, Neil Castles, Oval track racing, Paul Goldsmith, Penske Corporation, Pete Hamilton, Petty Enterprises, ..., Plymouth (automobile), Pole position, Red Farmer, Richard Brickhouse, Richard Petty, Rockingham Speedway, Rockingham, North Carolina, Roy Tyner, Tiny Lund, Tommy Gale (racing driver), Wendell Scott, Wood Brothers Racing, 1968 British Saloon Car Championship, 1968 National 500, 1968 Peach State 200, 1969 American 500, 1969 Georgia 500 (November). Expand index (17 more) »

Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.

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Banjo Matthews

Edwin Keith "Banjo" Matthews (February 14, 1932 – October 2, 1996) was a NASCAR driver, car owner and builder.

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Bill Champion (racing driver)

Bill Champion (October 21, 1921 - May 20, 1991) was an American stock car racing driver, who competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from 1951 to 1976.

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Bill Seifert

Bill Seifert (born July 2, 1939 - Skyland, North Carolina) is a retired NASCAR Sprint Cup Series who raced from 1966 to 1979.

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Bobby Allison

Robert Arthur "Bobby" Allison (born December 3, 1937) is a former American professional stock car racing driver and owner.

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Bobby Isaac

Bobby Isaac (August 1, 1932 – August 14, 1977) was an American stock car racer.

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Bobby Johns

Robert James "Bobby" Johns (May 22, 1932 – March 7, 2016) was American race car driver.

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Bud Moore (NASCAR owner)

Walter Maynard "Bud" Moore Jr. (May 25, 1925 – November 27, 2017) was a NASCAR car owner who operated the Bud Moore Engineering team.

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Bud Moore (racing driver)

Paul "Bud" Moore (December 7, 1941 – August 1, 2017) was an American NASCAR driver born in Charleston, South Carolina.

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Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker Jr. (January 25, 1941 – August 10, 2015) was an American NASCAR driver and sports commentator.

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Butch Hartman (racing driver)

Larry "Butch" Hartman (May 11, 1940 – December 21, 1994) was an American stock car racing national champion in the United States Automobile Club (USAC) from Zanesville, Ohio.

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Cale Yarborough

William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough (born March 27, 1939), is an American farmer, businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner.

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Charlie Glotzbach

Charles "Charlie" Glotzbach (born June 19, 1938 in Edwardsville, Indiana) is a former ARCA and was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.

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Clyde Lynn

Clyde Lynn (March 3, 1936 – November 1, 1996) was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver from Christiansburg, Virginia and a runner-up for the NASCAR Rookie of the Year award in the year 1965.

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Dale Inman

Dale Inman (born August 19, 1936) is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) crew chief from Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina.

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Dave Marcis

David Marcis (born March 1, 1941 in Wausau, Wisconsin) is a retired driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit whose career spanned five decades.

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David Pearson (racing driver)

David Gene Pearson (born December 22, 1934) is a former American stock car racer from Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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Dick Johnson (racing driver)

Richard Johnson (born 26 April 1945) is a part-owner of the V8 Supercar team DJR Team Penske and a former racing driver.

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Dodge

Dodge is an American brand of automobile manufactured by Fiat Chrysler (formerly known as Chrysler Group LLC), based in Auburn Hills, Michigan.

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Don Tarr

Donald "Don" James Tarr (11 March 1910 – 4 June 1980) was a Welsh international hooker who played club rugby for Swansea and Cardiff, county rugby for Hampshire and invitational rugby for the Barbarians.

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Don White (racing driver)

Don White (June 24, 1926 – April 29, 2016) was an American stock car racing from Keokuk, Iowa.

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Donnie Allison

Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison (born September 7, 1939 in Miami, Florida) is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s.

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E.J. Trivette

E.J. Trivette (born June 6, 1936 in Deep Gap, North Carolina, USA) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) driver.

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Earl Brooks

Earl Brooks (August 11, 1929 - July 21, 2010) was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1962 to 1979.

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Elmo Langley

Elmo Langley (August 21, 1928 – November 21, 1996) was a NASCAR driver and owner.

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Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company (commonly referred to simply as "Ford") is an American multinational automaker headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

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Frank Gardner (racing driver)

Frank Gardner OAM (1 October 1931 – 29 August 2009) was a racing driver from Australia.

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Friday Hassler

Raymond "Friday" Hassler (July 29, 1935 – February 17, 1972) was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver.

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G. C. Spencer

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Glen Wood

Glen Wood (born July 18, 1925) is a former NASCAR driver from Stuart, Virginia.

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Harry Hyde

Harry Hyde (January 17, 1925 – May 13, 1996) was a leading crew chief in NASCAR stock car racing in the 1960s through the 1980s, winning 56 races and 88 pole positions.

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Henley Gray

Henley Gray (born January 12, 1933 – Rome, Georgia) is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1964 to 1977.

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J. D. McDuffie

John Delphus "J.D." McDuffie Jr.

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Jabe Thomas

Cerry Ezra "Jabe" Thomas (May 12, 1930 – June 4, 2015) was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver who competed from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s.

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Jake Elder

J.C. "Jake" Elder (November 22, 1936 – February 24, 2010) was a NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) crew chief.

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James Hylton

James Harvey Hylton (August 26, 1934 – April 28, 2018) was an American stock car racing driver.

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James Sears

James Nicholas Sears (born Dimitrious Sarafopoulos; September 14, 1963) is the editor of the Toronto neo-Nazi newsletter Your Ward News, a Canadian perennial candidate and a professional pickup artist under the pseudonym Dimitri the Lover.

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John Sears (racing driver)

"Big" John Sears (May 9, 1936 – November 1, 1999) was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver from Ellerbe, North Carolina, USA.

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Junior Johnson

Robert Glenn Johnson, Jr.

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LeeRoy Yarbrough

Lonnie "LeeRoy" Yarbrough (September 17, 1938 – December 7, 1984) was an American stock car racer.

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Marcos Ambrose

Marcos Ambrose (born 1 September 1976) is an Australian retired racing driver.

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Mercury (automobile)

Mercury is a defunct division of the American automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company.

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Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series

The Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series (often shortened to the Cup Series) is the top racing series of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR).

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NASCAR

National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) is an American auto racing sanctioning and operating company that is best known for stock-car racing.

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Neil Castles

Neil "Soapy" Castles (born October 1, 1934 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a retired NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1957 to 1976.

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Oval track racing

Oval track racing is a form of closed-circuit automobile racing that is contested on an oval-shaped track.

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Paul Goldsmith

Paul Goldsmith (born October 2, 1925 in Parkersburg, West Virginia) is a former USAC and NASCAR driver.

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Penske Corporation

Penske Corporation is an American diversified transportation services company based in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan.

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Pete Hamilton

Peter "Pete" Hamilton (July 20, 1942 – March 21, 2017) was an American professional stock car racing driver.

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Petty Enterprises

Petty Enterprises (formerly Lee Petty Engineering) was a NASCAR racing team based in Randleman, North Carolina, USA.

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Plymouth (automobile)

Plymouth was a brand of automobiles based in the United States, produced by the Chrysler Corporation and its successor DaimlerChrysler.

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Pole position

In motorsport the pole position is the position at the inside of the front row at the start of a racing event.

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Red Farmer

Charles "Red" Farmer (born in Nashville, Tennessee) is a former NASCAR racecar driver.

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Richard Brickhouse

Richard Brickhouse (born October 27, 1939 in Rocky Point, North Carolina) is a retired NASCAR driver.

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Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed The King, is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

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Rockingham Speedway

Rockingham Speedway, formerly North Carolina Motor Speedway and later North Carolina Speedway is a closed racetrack located near Rockingham, North Carolina.

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Rockingham, North Carolina

Rockingham is a city in Richmond County, North Carolina, United States named after the Marquess of Rockingham.

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Roy Tyner

William Leroy "Roy" Tyner (January 3, 1934 – February 23, 1989) was a Native American NASCAR Grand National driver from Red Springs, North Carolina, United States.

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Tiny Lund

DeWayne Louis "Tiny" Lund (November 14, 1929 – August 17, 1975) was an American stock car racer.

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Tommy Gale (racing driver)

Tommy Gale (September 10, 1934 – September 30, 1999) was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race car driver from McKeesport, Pennsylvania who raced from 1968 to 1986.

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Wendell Scott

Wendell Oliver Scott (August 29, 1921 – December 23, 1990) was an American stock car racing driver.

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Wood Brothers Racing

Wood Brothers Racing is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series.

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1968 British Saloon Car Championship

The 1968 British Saloon Car Championship, was the eleventh season of the series.

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1968 National 500

The 1968 National 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series stock car race that was held on October 20, 1968, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

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1968 Peach State 200

The 1968 Peach State 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on November 3, 1968, at Jefco Speedway in Jefferson, Georgia.

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1969 American 500

The 1969 American 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on October 26, 1969, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina.

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1969 Georgia 500 (November)

The 1969 Georgia 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on November 9, 1969, at Middle Georgia Raceway in Byron, Georgia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_American_500

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