October 27, 1968 - The King wins Rockingham

Originally posted by me as part of my Richard Petty's 200 Wins blog series here:

http://bench-racing.blogspot.com/2011/10/october-27-this-day-in-petty-history.html

1968 - Richard Petty scores his 91st career victory by winning the American 500 at Rockingham. The win was the first superspeedway victory for the King in over a year - hard to believe for a team that won 27 races in 1967. Rival David Pearson finishes second, but he also wraps up his second NASCAR Grand National championship.

Check out this short video recap of the race. Its interesting to see Richard cruising around the track with his arm resting on the door sill and out the window - no window nets in that era.

Two photos above courtesy of Harvey Tollison at Racers Reunion
Another victory lane photo from OurHamlet.org - where many more photos from the race can be viewed:

The following photos and article were provided by Jerry Bushmire.


TMC