ATLANTA 250 1968
August 3, 1968
Atlanta, Ga.
Race number 12 of 1968 was at the 1.5 mile paved Atlanta Raceway.
Paul Goldsmith in a Smokey Yunick Camaro and Donnie Allison in a Mustang waged a 2 car battle at the front until Goldsmith had transmission failure. Allison went on to pilot the Jerri Huggins Mustang unchallenged to his 4 th win of the season collecting $2,300 of the $19,000 purse. Twelve of the twenty two starters were running at the finish. There were 3 cautions for 21 laps.
Fin. Start Driver Car # Laps Status
1 2 Donnie Allison 68 Mustang 27 167 Running
2 3 Tiny Lund 68 Cougar 16 167 Running
3 4 Charlie Glotzbach 68 Dart 93 166 Running
4 5 Buck Baker 68 Camaro 87 159 Running
5 10 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro 21 155 Running
6 Billy Yuma 68 Camaro 08 155 Running
7 11 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro 88 155 Running
8 7 Jack Ryan 67 Porsche 36 153 Running
9 16 Marty Robbins 66 Dart 4 149 Running
10 9 C.B. Gwyn 68 Cougar 04 147 Running
11 Friday Hassler 68 Camaro 9 147 Running
12 12 Lee Cutler 68 Porsche 55 139 Running
13 Herman Phil Wills 67 Baracuda 8 120
14 8 Harold Dunaway 68 Camaro 22 106
15 1 Paul Goldsmith 68 Camaro 13 97 Tranny
16 Arnett Awtry 68 Camaro 39 95
17 Ernie Shaw 66 Mustang 17 92
18 13 Al Straub 68 Mustang 74 71
19 6 Roy Tyner 68 Camaro 5 30
20 Jim Vandiver 68 Camaro 3 25
21 Terry Wagner 68 Camaro 2 16
22 Al Arnold 68 Mustang 47 2
#39 Arnett Awtry, #47 Al Arnold, #08 Billy Yuma, #9 Friday Hassler, #8 Phil Wills, #74 Al Straub
Paul Goldsmith
Tiny Lund
Row 1 #13 Paul Goldsmith #27 Donnie Allison
Row 2 #16 Tiny Lund #93 Charlie Glotzbach
Row 3 #87 Buck Baker #5 Roy Tyner
Row 4 #36 Jack Ryan #22 Harold Dunaway
Row 5 #04 C.B. Gwyn #21 Frank Sessoms
Row 6 #88 T.C. Hunt #55 Lee Cutler
Row 7 #74 Al Straub
Donnie Allison takes the checkers.
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
