1968 Northern 300

1968 Northern 300
Race details
Race 29 of 49 in the 1968 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Date July 14, 1968 (1968-July-14)
Location Trenton Speedway (Trenton, New Jersey)
Course Permanent racing facility
1.000 mi (1.609 km)
Distance 300 laps, 300 mi (500 km)
Avg Speed 89.079 miles per hour (143.359 km/h)
Pole position
Driver LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson
Most laps led
Driver LeeRoy Yarbrough Junior Johnson
Laps 285
Winner
98
 LeeRoy Yarbrough
 Junior Johnson
Television
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1968 Northern 300 was a NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on July 14, 1968 at Trenton Speedway in the American community of Trenton, New Jersey.[1][2]

Summary

Temperatures would reach a maximum of 82.9 °F (28.3 °C) for this event - with the information being recorded at McGuire Air Force Base.[3]

Three hundred laps were done on a paved oval track spanning 1.000 mile (1.609 km).[1][2] The total time of the race was three hours and twenty-two minutes; LeeRoy Yarbrough defeated David Pearson by more than one lap in front of 16800 people.[1][2][4] Speeds for the race were: 89.079 miles per hour (143.359 km/h) as the average and 103.717 miles per hour (166.916 km/h) as the pole position speed.[1][2] Five cautions were waved for twenty-eight laps.[1][2] Retired Canadian driver Frog Fagan participated in this race.[1][2] Total winnings for this race were $17,725 USD ($111,895.44 in today's money).[1]

Finishing order

  1. LeeRoy Yarbrough
  2. David Pearson
  3. Bobby Allison
  4. Charlie Glotzbach
  5. Pete Hamilton
  6. James Hylton
  7. John Sears
  8. G.C. Spencer
  9. Elmo Langley
  10. Clyde Lynn
  11. Jabe Thomas
  12. Wendell Scott
  13. Dick Johnson
  14. Bill Seifert
  15. Bill Champion*
  16. Bobby Isaac*
  17. Blaine Kaufmann*
  18. Darel Dieringer*
  19. J.D. McDuffie*
  20. Buddy Baker*
  21. Buck Baker*
  22. Richard Petty*
  23. Earl Brooks*
  24. Paul Dean Holt*
  25. Stan Meserve*
  26. Neil Castles*
  27. Don Tarr*
  28. Roy Hallquist*
  29. Sonny Hutchins*
  30. Roy Tyner*
  31. Gene Black*
  32. Ed Negre*
  33. Frog Fagan*
  34. David Mote*
  35. Bill Vanderhoff*
  36. George Davis*

* Driver failed to finish race

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "1968 Northern 300 information". Stat Sheet. http://statsheet.com/nascar/races/1968-07-14-northern-300. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "1968 Northern 300 information (second reference)". Racing Reference. http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1968-29/W. Retrieved 2011-03-02. 
  3. ^ "1968 Northern 300 weather information". Almanac. http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NJ/Trenton/1968-07-14. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
  4. ^ "1968 Northern 300 information (winner information)". Everything Stock Car. http://www.everythingstockcar.com/2219r-1968-northern-300-nascar-race.html. Retrieved 2011-03-03. 
Preceded by
1968 Fonda 200		 NASCAR Grand National Season
1968		 Succeeded by
1968 Volunteer 500