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The 1968 Hickory 250 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on April 7, 1968 at Hickory Speedway in Hickory, North Carolina. The winningest driver in NASCAR history (Richard Petty) wins at Hickory on the day that the winningest (at the time) driver in Formula 1 history, James "Jim" Clark, dies in a crash at Hockenheim. Clark had run some NASCAR races, and won the 1965 Indianapolis 500. ==Summary== The "250" portion of the event's name referred to the number of laps that were scheduled to be performed that day; the race lasted only overall.〔 It took one hour, fifteen minutes, and thirty-two seconds for the race to reach its conclusion; Richard Petty defeated David Pearson by 0.5 laps in front of ten thousand people.〔〔 Two cautions were waved for nineteen laps.〔〔 Notable speeds in this race were: as the average speed achieved by David Pearson〔 and as the pole position speed.〔 For the race, the temperatures reached a maximum of with wind speeds reaching , providing a relatively cool climate for the drivers and for the fans. Precipitation was relatively absent during the day of the race, although rain and/or melted snow was reported at the nearest airport on that day.〔 For people who were driving to the race track that day, visibility on the road was a vivid .〔 Total winnings for the race were $4,940 ($ when adjusted for inflation); with the winner receiving $1,200 ($ when adjusted for inflation). Most of the vehicles that raced in this event had the Ford Motor Company as their manufacturer.〔 The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1968 Hickory 250」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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