1968 National 500

1968 National 500
Race details[1]
Race 47 of 49 in the 1968 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway
Layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway
Date October 12, 1968 (1968-October-12)
Official name National 500
Location Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
1.500 mi (2.414 km)
Distance 334 laps, 501 mi (804 km)
Weather Mild with temperatures approaching 72 °F (22 °C); wind speeds up to 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)
Average speed 135.234 miles per hour (217.638 km/h)
Attendance 38,300[2]
Pole position
Driver Cotton Owens
Most laps led
Driver David Pearson Holman Moody
Laps 156
Winner
No. 6 Charlie Glotzbach Cotton Owens

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.

The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.

  1. ^ Weather information for the 1968 National 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. ^ 1968 National 500racing information at Racing Reference. Accessed 2012-03-04. 2012-03-06.