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The ''1968 Volunteer 500'' was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on July 21, 1968 at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. 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 anymore. ==Summary== There were 36 drivers on the racing grid to begin with. It took three hours and sixteen minutes for David Pearson to defeat Cale Yarborough by one and a half laps in front of a live audience of twenty thousand racing fans; about the size of a small city. There were eight lead changes recorded in the NASCAR summary and 13 caution flags were waved for a grueling distance of 92 laps. There were 500 laps in this racing event; speeds of were recorded during the race while solo qualifying runs would see LeeRoy Yarbrough earn the pole position by driving up to .〔(''1968 Volunteer 500'' ) racing information at Racing-Reference〕 Bob Burcham and Ervin Pruitt would make their respective introductions to NASCAR-style racing during this event.〔(''1968 Volunteer 500'' ) results at Race-Database〕 Richard Brickhouse ended up being the last-place finisher due to an engine malfunction on the eighth lap. Ford vehicles made up the majority of the racing grid.〔 Five years later, Swede Savage would be killed in a racing accident at the 1973 Indianapolis 500. The winner of this event received $5,175 in total winnings ($ when adjusted for inflation) while the last-place finisher went home with only $250 in total earnings ($ when adjusted for inflation). The total prize purse for this race was $24,140 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔(Official NASCAR Race Results for the ''1968 Volunteer 500'' ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 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 Volunteer 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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