1968 Fireball 300
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 14 of 49 in the 1968 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
| Date | May 5, 1968 | ||
| Official name | Fireball 300 | ||
| Location | Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, North Carolina | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.500 mi (0.804 km) |
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| Distance | 300 laps, 150 mi (241 km) | ||
| Weather | Chilly with temperatures approaching 63 °F (17 °C); wind speeds up to 15.9 miles per hour (25.6 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 75.167 miles per hour (120.970 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
|
Holman-Moody | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | David Pearson | Holman-Moody | |
| Laps | 299 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 17 | David Pearson | Holman-Moody | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1968 Fireball 300 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series) event that was held on May 5, 1968, at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in Weaverville, North Carolina.
It had twenty-seven American competitors and one Canadian competitor (Frog Fagan). The entire race spanned a distance of 150 miles (240 km); the "300" portion of the race's name simply referred to the number of laps that were expected to be completed.
This event lasted one hour and fifty-nine minutes over a paved oval track spanning 0.500 miles (0.805 km).David Pearson (winner), Bobby Isaac, Richard Petty, James Hylton, Elmo Langley, Clyde Lynn, Jabe Thomas, Frog Fagan, Henley Gray, and Stan Meserve were amongst the drivers who finished in the top ten. There were six cautions for forty-five laps and the margin of victory was more than two laps. The average speed of the race was 75.167 miles per hour (120.970 km/h) per hour while the pole speed was 89.708 miles per hour (144.371 km/h) per hour.
A crowd of 7,800 people attended this racing event that took place on May 5, 1968, at the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway in the American community of Weaverville, North Carolina. Out of twenty-eight competitors, only ten managed to finish all 300 laps of the event. Total winnings for this racing event was $6,900 ($47,520.86 when adjusted for inflation). making him the dominant driver in the event.
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