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The ''1968 Western North Carolina 500'' was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on August 18, 1968 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina. Five hundred laps took place on a paved oval track spanning . The race took three hours and twenty-three minutes to finish.〔 Seven cautions were handed out by NASCAR for ninety laps.〔 David Pearson (with a Holman-Moody owned vehicle) defeated Bobby Isaac (in his Nord Krauskopf-owned vehicle) by more than three laps.〔 Notable speeds were: for the average speed and for the pole position speed (accomplished by Darel Dieringer using a vehicle owned by Mr. Mario Rossi).〔 Ten thousand and five hundred stock car racing fans attended this live event.〔 Out of twenty-nine American drivers, only nine of them finished the race in a timely manner.〔 Notable names included: J.D. McDuffie, Richard Petty, Elmo Langley, Roy Tyner, and Wendell Scott.〔 The vehicle used by the winner was a 1968 Ford Torino machine homologated for use by the general public but modified to increase both speed and safety. A prize amount of $2,150 ($ when adjusted for inflation) was given out to the winner of the race while last place paid out $150 ($ when adjusted for inflation) for only fifteen laps of work by driver G.C. Spencer.〔 When all the winnings for this racing event are consolidated together, the total prize purse was $13,485 ($ when adjusted for inflation). ==Finishing order== # David Pearson # Bobby Isaac # Neil Castles # Roy Tyner # Bill Seifert # Jabe Thomas # Ervin Pruett # Walson Gardener # Wendell Scott # Pete Hamilton * # Paul Dean Holt * # Bobby Allison * # Eddie Yarboro * # George England * # Ed Negre * # Elmo Langley * # Paul Goldsmith * # James Hylton * # Bob Burcham * # Earl Brooks * # Clyde Lynn * # Darel Dieringer * # Tiny Lund * # Stan Meserve * # J.D. McDuffie * # Richard Petty * # Wayne Smith * # John Sears * # G.C. Spencer * '' * Driver failed to finish race'' 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 Western North Carolina 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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