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1969 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 41 of 54 Monday, September 1, 1969 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 367 laps* on a 1.375 mile paved track (504.625 miles) Time of race: 2:59:40 Average speed: 105.612 mph Pole speed: 151.985 mph Cautions: 7 for 85 laps Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 68000 Lead changes: 20 Glossary    1969 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1969 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 98   LeeRoy Yarbrough Torino Talladega / Jim Robbins Special   (Junior Johnson) '69 Ford 230 21800 running 82 2 5 17   David Pearson East Tenn. Motor Co.   (Holman-Moody Racing) '69 Ford 230 12250 running 38 3 2 6   Buddy Baker Addy Dodge   (Cotton Owens) '69 Dodge 230 6700 running 12 4 3 27   Donnie Allison Torino Talladega   (Banjo Matthews) '69 Ford 227 3325 running 1 5 9 22   Bobby Allison Hutton Scott Dodge   (Mario Rossi) '69 Dodge 225 2750 running 4 6 7 88   Charlie Glotzbach Nichels Engineering   (Ray Nichels) '69 Dodge 224 2000 running 0 7 11 32   Dick Brooks Bestline Products   (Dick Brooks) '69 Plymouth 223 1825 running 0 8 14 31   Buddy Young Jim McKay Chevrolet   (Fred Bear) '67 Chevrolet 222 1800 running 0 9 6 43   Richard Petty East Tenn. Motors   (Petty Enterprises) '69 Ford 220 1600 running 0 10 8 14   Richard Brickhouse Mendenhall Dodge   (Bill Ellis) '69 Dodge 220 2000 running 0 11 18 49   G.C. Spencer Presnell Chrysler-Plymouth   (G.C. Spencer) '67 Plymouth 219 1450 running 0 12 15 61   Hoss Ellington Ellington Insulation Co.   (Hoss Ellington) '69 Ford 218 1350 running 0 13 32 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '69 Dodge 215 1450 running 0 14 35 46   Roy Mayne Ralph Kimsey Co. / C&J Radiator Service   (Tom Hunter) '69 Chevrolet 211 1250 running 0 15 22 96   Frank Warren Clint Brannen Ford   (Frank Warren) '68 Ford 210 1250 running 0 16 31 25   Jabe Thomas Star City Body Shop   (Don Robertson) '68 Plymouth 209 1475 running 0 17 30 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '67 Ford 209 1150 running 0 18 24 47   Cecil Gordon Bill Seifert '68 Ford 208 1125 running 0 19 25 15   Ed Hessert Ed Hessert '69 Dodge 208 1175 running 0 20 23 76   Ben Arnold Don Culpepper '68 Ford 207 1075 running 0 21 10 4   John Sears Montgomery Motors   (L.G. DeWitt) '69 Ford 204 1100 engine 0 22 38 0   J.C. Spradley E.C. Reid '67 Chevrolet 203 1075 running 0 23 33 51   Dub Simpson Bill Strong '69 Chevrolet 202 1050 running 0 24 28 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '68 Ford 194 975 running 0 25 34 70   J.D. McDuffie Buick   (J.D. McDuffie) '67 Buick 193 1000 running 0 26 16 64   Elmo Langley Woodfield Ford   (Elmo Langley) '68 Ford 190 925 crash 0 27 40 33   Earl Brooks Wayne Smith '69 Chevrolet 183 900 crash 0 28 12 48   James Hylton Burnside Dodge   (James Hylton) '69 Dodge 165 975 engine 2 29 1 21   Cale Yarborough 60 Minute Cleaners   (Wood Brothers) '69 Mercury 143 2475 crash 81 30 29 36   H.B. Bailey Pontiac   (H.B. Bailey) '69 Pontiac 130 825 engine 0 31 27 07   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '69 Chevrolet 78 825 engine 0 32 39 04   Ken Meisenhelder Ken Meisenhelder '67 Oldsmobile 47 825 flagged 0 33 17 30   Dave Marcis Lunda Construction   (Milt Lunda) '69 Dodge 43 975 steering 10 34 13 7   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '67 Chevrolet 28 725 crash 0 35 26 8   Ed Negre Pyramid Chrysler-Plymouth   (G.C. Spencer) '67 Plymouth 26 750 crash 0 36 21 08   E.J. Trivette E.C. Reid '69 Chevrolet 26 675 crash 0 37 20 9   Roy Tyner Carolina Pepsi Bottlers   (Roy Tyner) '69 Pontiac 26 650 water pump 0 38 19 45   Bill Seifert Bill Seifert '69 Ford 8 650 engine 0 39 36 19   Henley Gray Harry Melton '68 Ford 1 665 engine 0 40 37 57   Bobby Mausgrover Ervin Pruitt '67 Dodge 1 650 engine 0 * Race shortened to 230 laps due to rain/darkness.

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks Ford Wayne Smith 33 Wayne Smith Chevrolet WD Bob Ashbrook 12 Pete Hazelwood Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 29 29   James Hylton 30 31 2   Dave Marcis 32 41 10   Cale Yarborough 42 67 26   LeeRoy Yarbrough 68 93 26   Bobby Allison 94 97 4   Cale Yarborough 98 119 22   Buddy Baker 120 120 1   LeeRoy Yarbrough 121 138 18   Cale Yarborough 139 142 4   Donnie Allison 143 143 1   LeeRoy Yarbrough 144 159 16   David Pearson 160 160 1   LeeRoy Yarbrough 161 168 8   David Pearson 169 194 26   LeeRoy Yarbrough 195 201 7   David Pearson 202 202 1   Buddy Baker 203 213 11   LeeRoy Yarbrough 214 219 6   David Pearson 220 229 10   LeeRoy Yarbrough 230 230 1