1969 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1969 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/1/1969
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 316 miles
Pole Speed - 151.985 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 85
Average Race Speed - 105.61 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $87,490
Race Number - 41

More Races from 1969

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	230	69 Ford	82	$21,800
2	5	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	230	69 Ford	38	$12,250
3	2	Buddy Baker	6	Cotton Owens	230	69 Dodge	12	$6,700
4	3	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	227	69 Ford	1	$3,325
5	9	Bobby Allison	22	Mario Rossi	225	69 Dodge	4	$2,750
6	7	Charlie Glotzbach	88	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	224	69 Dodge	0	$2,000
7	11	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	223	69 Plymout	0	$1,825
8	14	Buddy Young	31	Fred Bear	222	67 Chevrol	0	$1,800
9	6	Richard Petty	43	East Tenn Motors (Petty Enterprises)	220	69 Ford	0	$1,600
10	8	Richard Brickhouse	14	Bill Ellis	220	69 Dodge	0	$2,000
11	18	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	219	68 Plymout	0	$1,450
12	15	Hoss Ellington	61	Hoss Ellington	218	69 Ford	0	$1,350
13	32	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	215	69 Dodge	0	$1,450
14	35	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	211	69 Chevrol	0	$1,250
15	22	Frank Warren	96	Frank Warren	210	68 Ford	0	$1,250
16	31	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	209	68 Plymout	0	$1,475
17	30	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	209	67 Ford	0	$1,150
18	24	Cecil Gordon	47	Bill Seifert	208	68 Ford	0	$1,125
19	25	Ed Hessert	15	Ed Hessert	208	69 Plymout	0	$1,175
20	23	Ben Arnold	76	Don Culpepper	207	68 Ford	0	$1,075
21	10	John Sears	4	LG DeWitt	204	69 Ford	0	$1,100
22	38	JC Spradley	0	EC Reid	203	67 Chevrol	0	$1,075
23	33	Dub Simpson	51	Bill Strong	202	69 Chevrol	0	$1,050
24	28	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	194	68 Ford	0	$975
25	34	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	193	67 Buick	0	$1,000
26	16	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	190	68 Ford	0	$925
27	40	Earl Brooks	33	Wayne Smith	183	69 Chevrol	0	$900
28	12	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	165	69 Dodge	2	$975
29	1	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	143	69 Mercury	81	$2,475
30	29	HB Bailey	36	HB Bailey	130	69 Pontiac	0	$825
31	27	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	78	69 Chevrol	0	$825
32	39	Ken Meisenhelder	4	Ken Meisenhelder	47	67 Oldsmob	0	$825
33	17	Dave Marcis	30	Milt Lunda	43	69 Dodge	10	$975
34	13	Bobby Johns	7	Shorty Johns	28	67 Chevrol	0	$725
35	26	Ed Negre	8	GC Spencer	26	67 Plymout	0	$750
36	21	EJ Trivette	8	EC Reid	26	69 Chevrol	0	$675
37	20	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	26	69 Pontiac	0	$650
38	19	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	8	68 Ford	0	$650
39	36	Henley Gray	19	Harry Melton	1	68 Ford	0	$665
40	37	Bobby Mausgrover	57	Ervin Pruitt	1	67 Dodge	0	$650