Cale Takes '68 Virginia 500 at Martinsville - WSLS-TV 16mm Film

From Roanoke, Virginia's WSLS-TV 16mm sports footage film archive digitized and stored at the University of Virginia Library comes the clip of Cale Yarborough taking the April 1968 Virginia 500 at Martinsville in the Wood Brothers potent #21 Mercury.

I have been looking at just two months of clips in the year 1968. The archive stretches from 1951-1971. There may be some real jewels in these old clips.

Clip link below followed by sports anchor copy:

http://search.lib.virginia.edu/catalog/uva-lib:2216860

Anniversary of this race was April 28. Looks like copy and video was released a day later.

Race program from  Motor Racing Programme Covers

David Pearson going after Paul Goldsmith in Tom Friedkin's Plymouth before Goldsmith's 14 lost a wheel as shown in the video clip. - Getty

This one's dated April 5, 1968. Must have held a mid-week open practice prior to race week .

j.D. started no GN races during calendar year 1967, although he ran the Nov. 1966 Augusta race which counted as a 1967 event. The April 1968 Martinsville race was his first start of 1968.

Dave, J.D. was running Pete Brewer's '65 Chevelle at Rockingham, Sanford and Dillon in 1967.