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The 1968 National 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on October 20, 1968 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. 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. ==Summary== There were 45 American-born drivers on the racing grid for this event.〔 Bud Moore scored the last-place finish of the race because he wanted to discontinue the race after only six laps.〔〔 It took more than three and a half hours to complete the 334 advertised laps.〔〔 Charlie Glotzbach defeated legendary driver Paul Goldsmith (a 1956 Southern 500 competitor) by a time of only seven seconds.〔〔 More than 38000 audience members would see 26 different changes; nine of the best drivers would compete for the first place spot for the race.〔〔 Six cautions would be waved by NASCAR officials for a total distance of 49 laps.〔 The other drivers in the top ten included: David Pearson, Bobby Allison, Cale Yarborough, Donnie Allison, Pete Hamilton, Darel Dieringer, Bobby Isaac, and A.J. Foyt.〔〔 Roy Trantham, Bill Vanderhoff, and Lennie Waldo would retire from the NASCAR Cup Series after this race.〔(''1968 National 500'' ) racing information at Race-Database.com. Accessed 2012-03-04. (Archived ) 2012-03-06.〕 Buddy Baker, considered at the time to be one of the notable names in stock car racing, blew his engine and span around the paved oval track in flames.〔(''Baker Feels He Is Ready for "400" Test'' ) at Google News Archives〕 Country musician Marty Robbins would improve on his 22nd place start with a 12th place finish with driving a 1967 Dodge Charger.〔(Marty Robbins' stats for the ''1968 National 500'' ) at MartyRobbins.net〕 The total prize purse of the race was $90,988 ($ when adjusted for inflation); the winner received $19,280 of it ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(''1968 National 500'' ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Accessed 2012-03-04. (Archived ) 2012-03-06.〕 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 National 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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