1968 Columbia 200

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1968 Columbia 200
Race details
Race 10 of 49 in the 1968 NASCAR Grand National Series season

Charlotte Motor Speedway
Date April 18, 1968 (1968-April-18)
Location Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, North Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 200 laps, 100 mi (160 km)
WeatherTemperatures reaching up to 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)[1]
Average speed 71.358 miles per hour (114.840 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Richard Petty Petty Enterprises
Most laps led
Driver Bobby Isaac K&K Insurance Racing
Laps 186
Winner
No. 37
 Bobby Isaac
 K&K Insurance Racing
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1968 Columbia 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on April 18, 1968 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.[2]

Summary

Two hundred laps took place on a dirt track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km) per lap; for a grand total of 100.0 miles (160.9 km).[2] The race lasted one hour and twenty-four minutes with five cautions being handed out by NASCAR officials.[2]


Bobby Isaac would defeat Charlie Glotzbach by less than one lap[3] in front of 6500 live spectators (thus recording Nord Krauskopf's first win as a NASCAR team owner.[2] While the average speed of the race was 71.358 miles per hour (114.840 km/h), Richard Petty would qualify for the race with a pole position speed of 75.282 miles per hour (121.155 km/h).[2] Out of the 23-car field, 22 cars would be driven by American-born drivers while the other vehicle would be driven by Canadian driver Frog Fagan.[2] Bob Cooper would acquire the race's last-place finish due to an alternator issue on lap 42.[2][3]

Bobby Isaac would make his fifth NASCAR Cup Series victory here. Meanwhile, Mopar (Dodge and Plymouth) would have its vehicles finish in the top five.[2] Total prize winnings handed out at the race was $4,490 ($30,141 in today's money); with $1,000 being handed out to the winner ($6,712.92 in today's money) while the last-place finisher not winning any money.[4]

Finishing order

  1. Bobby Isaac†
  2. Charlie Glotzbach
  3. James Hylton
  4. Buddy Baker
  5. Richard Petty
  6. John Sears†
  7. David Pearson
  8. Elmo Langley†
  9. LeeRoy Yarbrough†
  10. Neil Castles
  11. Clyde Lynn†
  12. Buck Baker†
  13. Wendell Scott†
  14. Roy Tyner†
  15. Jabe Thomas
  16. Henley Gray
  17. Bill Vanderhoff*
  18. Bill Seifert*
  19. Frog Fagan*†
  20. Ben Arnold*
  21. Paul Dean Holt*
  22. Ed Negre*
  23. Bob Cooper*

* Driver failed to finish race
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased

References

  1. ↑ Weather information for the 1968 Columbia 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 1968 Columbia 200 information at Racing Reference
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 1968 Columbia 200 information at Everything Stock Car
  4. ↑ NASCAR Race Results for the 1968 Columbia 200 at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
Preceded by
1968 Greenville 200		 NASCAR Grand National Series Season
1968 		Succeeded by
1968 Gwyn Staley 400
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