The 1968 NASCAR Grand National season enjoyed a swell of popularity and prosperity, inspiring the creation of new superspeedway construction in such off-the-NASCAR-track places as Michigan, Delaware, and Texas. The chart below contains the results of all 49 races in the 1968 NASCAR Grand National season.
 Ed Negre's #8 Ford is pushed back into the pit area after a collision with Earl Brooks in the Aug. 18, 1968, Western North Carolina 500. See more pictures of NASCAR. |
| Number | Date | Site | Race Winner | Car | Speed |
| 1
|
11/12/67 |
Macon, GA |
Bobby Allison |
Ford |
81.001 |
| 2 | 11/26/67 |
Montgomery, AL |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
70.644 |
| 3 | 1/21/68 |
Riverside, CA |
Dan Gurney |
Ford |
100.598 |
| 4 | 2/25/68 |
Daytona Beach, FL |
Cale Yarborough |
Mercury |
143.251 |
| 5 | 3/17/68 |
Bristol, Va |
David Pearson |
Ford |
77.247 |
| 6 | 3/24/68 |
Richmond, VA |
David Pearson |
Ford |
65.217 |
| 7 | 3/31/68 |
Atlanta, GA |
Cale Yarborough |
Mercury |
125.564 |
| 8
|
4/07/68 |
Hickory, NC |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
79.435 |
| 9
|
4/13/68 |
Greenville, SC |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
63.347 |
| 10
|
4/18/68 |
Columbia, SC |
Bobby Isaac |
Dodge |
71.358 |
| 11
|
4/21/68 |
N. Wilkesboro, NC |
David Pearson |
Ford |
90.425 |
| 12
|
4/28/68 |
Martinsville, VA |
Cale Yarborough |
Mercury |
66.686 |
| 13
|
5/03/68 |
Augusta, GA |
Bobby Isaac |
Dodge |
73.099 |
| 14
|
5/05/68 |
Weaverville, NC |
David Pearson |
Ford |
75.167 |
| 15
|
5/11/68 |
Darlington, SC |
David Pearson |
Ford |
132.699 |
| 16
|
5/17/68 |
Beltsville, MD |
David Pearson |
Ford |
74.844 |
| 17
|
5/18/68 |
Hampton, VA |
David Pearson |
Ford |
71.457 |
| 18
|
5/26/68 |
Charlotte, NC |
Buddy Baker |
Dodge |
104.207 |
| 19
|
5/31/68 |
Asheville, NC |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
65.741 |
| 20
|
6/02/68 |
Macon, GA |
David Pearson |
Ford |
79.342 |
| 21
|
6/06/68 |
Maryville, TN |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
76.743 |
| 22
|
6/08/68 |
Birmingham, AL |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
89.153 |
| 23
|
6/16/68 |
Rockingham, NC |
Donnie Allison |
Ford |
99.338 |
| 24
|
6/22/68 |
Greenville, SC | Richard Petty | Plymouth | 64.609 |
| 25
|
7/04/68 |
Daytona Beach, FL |
Cale Yarborough |
Mercury |
167.247 |
| 26
|
7/07/68 |
Islip, NY |
Bobby Allison |
Chevrolet |
48.561 |
| 27
|
7/09/68 |
Oxford, ME |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
63.717 |
| 28
|
7/11/68 |
Fonda, NY |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
64.935 |
| 29
|
7/14/68 |
Trenton, NJ |
LeeRoy Yarbrough |
Ford |
89.079 |
| 30
|
7/21/68 |
Bristol, TN |
David Pearson |
Ford |
76.310 |
| 31
|
7/25/68 |
Maryville, TN |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
71.513 |
| 32
|
7/27/68 |
Nashville, TN |
David Pearson |
Ford |
72.980 |
| 33
|
8/04/68 |
Atlanta, GA |
LeeRoy Yarbrough |
Mercury |
127.068 |
| 34
|
8/08/68 |
Columbia, SC |
David Pearson |
Ford |
67.039 |
| 35
|
8/10/68 |
Winston-Salem, NC |
David Pearson |
Ford |
42.940 |
| 36
|
8/18/68 |
Weaverville, NC |
David Pearson |
Ford |
73.686 |
| 37
|
8/23/68 |
S. Boston, VA |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
75.916 |
| 38
|
8/24/68 |
Hampton, VA |
David Pearson |
Ford |
75.582 |
| 39
|
9/02/68 |
Darlington, SC |
Cale Yarborough |
Mercury |
126.132 |
| 40
|
9/06/68 |
Hickory, NC |
David Pearson |
Ford |
80.357 |
| 41
|
9/08/68 |
Richmond, VA |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
85.659 |
| 42
|
9/13/68 |
Beltsville, MD |
Bobby Isaac |
Dodge |
71.033 |
| 43
|
9/15/68 |
Hillsborough, NC |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
87.681 |
| 44
|
9/22/68 |
Martinsville, VA |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
65.808 |
| 45
|
9/29/68 |
N. Wilkesboro, NC |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
94.103 |
| 46
|
10/05/68 |
Augusta, GA |
David Pearson |
Ford |
75.821 |
| 47
|
10/20/68 |
Charlotte, NC |
Charlie Glotzbach |
Dodge |
135.234 |
| 48
|
10/27/68 |
Rockingham, NC |
Richard Petty |
Plymouth |
105.060 |
| 49
|
11/03/68 |
Jefferson, GA |
Cale Yarborough |
Mercury |
77.737 |
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