Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 1968 Daytona 500, the 10th running of the event, was won by Cale Yarborough driving a 1968 Mercury on February 25, 1968. Yarborough drove his number 21 to victory in just over 3 hours and 23 minutes after starting the race on the pole. There were 11 caution flags which slowed the race for a total of 60 laps, which was a track record at the time and remained so until 2005. Yarborough squeaked out the victory by less than a second over LeeRoy Yarbrough. The win was Yarborough's first victory of the season.This was also the only Daytona 500 where the grid was set exclusively by qualifying times. The 125-mile qualifying races, which had its distance increased by 10 laps, would not be held because of inclement weather.. }
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- 1968_Daytona_500 abstract "The 1968 Daytona 500, the 10th running of the event, was won by Cale Yarborough driving a 1968 Mercury on February 25, 1968. Yarborough drove his number 21 to victory in just over 3 hours and 23 minutes after starting the race on the pole. There were 11 caution flags which slowed the race for a total of 60 laps, which was a track record at the time and remained so until 2005. Yarborough squeaked out the victory by less than a second over LeeRoy Yarbrough. The win was Yarborough's first victory of the season.This was also the only Daytona 500 where the grid was set exclusively by qualifying times. The 125-mile qualifying races, which had its distance increased by 10 laps, would not be held because of inclement weather.".