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The ''1968 World 600'', the ninth running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on May 26, 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 anymore. ==Summary== This race was shortened to 255 laps due to rain after being able to race for three hours and four minutes in front of a live audience of 60,000 people. Buddy Baker would defeat Donnie Allison under the race's sixth (and final caution flag). Cale Yarborough would become the last-place finisher due to an automobile crash on lap 45. All the competitors (except for Canadian Frog Fagan) was born in the United States of America. Bobby Allison suffered an engine problem on the 229th lap of the race; forcing him to retire in a respectable 28th place.〔(Racing information for the ''1968 World 600'' ) at Racing Reference〕 Donnie Allison won the pole position by driving speeds up to during solo qualifying runs while actual race speeds would reach . Both of Nord Krauskopf's teams would finish in the "top ten" during this race. The top ten finishers included Buddy Baker, Donny Allison, LeeRoy Yarbrough, David Pearson, Bobby Isaac, Charlie Glotzbach, Tiny Lund, James Hylton, Curtis Turner, and Sam McQuagg.〔 Darel Dieringer would be a part of the race's second crash on lap 212; giving him a 32nd place finish.〔 Earl Balmer, Paul Lewis, and Phil Wendt would retire from NASCAR after this racing event.〔(Retirements from NASCAR ) at Race Database〕 Prior to this race, Balmer was known as the winner of the 1966 Daytona 500 qualifying 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 World 600」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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