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The 1968 Rebel 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on May 11, 1968 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South 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== 291 laps were done on a paved oval track spanning for a grand total of .〔 The time of the race was three hours and fifty-four seconds with a crowd of 22,500 attending.〔 Four cautions for twenty-three laps was a part of the race.〔 David Pearson defeated Darel Dieringer in his 1968 Ford vehicle by a time of eighteen seconds.〔 Canadian racer Frog Fagan participated in the race and finished in 22nd place.〔 The average speed was while the pole position speed was .〔 Other notable drivers included Wendell Scott, Richard Petty, Buddy Baker, Elmo Langley, and Roy Tyner.〔 Out of the thirty-four drivers, fifteen of them did not finish the race.〔 Total winnings for the 1968 Rebel 400 were $53,455 ($ when adjusted for inflation); first-place finisher Pearson earned $13,700 ($ when adjusted for inflation) while last-place finisher Hess walked away with only $460 in race earnings ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1968 Rebel 400 racing results (second reference) )〕 Lennie Waldo would make his NASCAR Cup Series debut in this racing event.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Lennie Waldo's NASCAR Debut )〕 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 Rebel 400」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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