1969 Southern 500

Race 41 of 54

Darlington
230 laps
Time of race: 2:59:40
Average speed of winner: 105.612 mph
Margin of victory: 1 car length
Lead changes: 20 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 85 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-29, Hylton 30-31, Marcis 32-41, Yarborough 42-67, Yarbrough 68-93, B. Allison 94-97, Yarborough 98-119, Baker 120, Yarbrough 121-138, Yarborough 139-142, D. Allison 143, Yarbrough 144-159, Pearson 160, Yarbrough 161-168, Pearson 169-194, Yarbrough 195-201, Pearson 202, Baker 203-213, Yarbrough 214-219, Pearson 220-229, Yarbrough 230

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98		'69 Ford	Johnson	Nab		230	7	82	running	21800	0
2	5	David Pearson	17		'69 Ford	Holman-Moody	Elder		230	4	38	running	12250	0
3	2	Buddy Baker	6		'69 Dodge	Owens	Owens		230	2	12	running	6700	0
4	3	Donnie Allison	27		'69 Ford	Banjo Matthews			227	1	1	running	3325	0
5	9	Bobby Allison	22		'69 Dodge	Rossi	Rossi		225	1	4	running	2750	0
6	7	Charlie Glotzbach	88		'69 Dodge	Nichels			224	0	0	running	2000	0
7	11	Dick Brooks	32		'69 Plymouth	Dick Brooks			223	0	0	running	1825	0
8	14	Buddy Young	31		'67 Chevrolet	Fred Bear			222	0	0	running	1800	0
9	6	Richard Petty	43		'69 Ford	Petty	Inman		220	0	0	running	1600	0
10	8	Richard Brickhouse	14		'69 Dodge	Bill Ellis			220	0	0	running	2000	0
11	18	G.C. Spencer	49		'68 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			219	0	0	running	1450	0
12	15	Hoss Ellington	61		'69 Ford	Ellington			218	0	0	running	1350	0
13	32	Neil Castles	06		'69 Dodge	Castles			215	0	0	running	1450	0
14	35	Roy Mayne	46		'69 Chevrolet	Tom Hunter			211	0	0	running	1250	0
15	22	Frank Warren	96		'68 Ford	Frank Warren			210	0	0	running	1250	0
16	31	Jabe Thomas	25		'68 Plymouth	Don Robertson			209	0	0	running	1475	0
17	30	Wendell Scott	34		'67 Ford	Wendell Scott			209	0	0	running	1150	0
18	24	Cecil Gordon	47		'68 Ford	Seifert			208	0	0	running	1125	0
19	25	Ed Hessert	15		'69 Plymouth	Hessert			208	0	0	running	1175	0
20	23	Ben Arnold	76		'68 Ford	Culpepper			207	0	0	running	1075	0
21	10	John Sears	4		'69 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			204	0	0	engine	1100	0
22	38	J.C. Spradley	0		'67 Chevrolet				203	0	0	running	1075	0
23	33	Dub Simpson	51		'69 Chevrolet	Bill Strong			202	0	0	running	1050	0
24	28	Bill Champion	10		'68 Ford	Bill Champion			194	0	0	running	975	0
25	34	J.D. McDuffie	70		'67 Buick	McDuffie			193	0	0	running	1000	0
26	16	Elmo Langley	64		'68 Ford	Langley			190	0	0	accident	925	0
27	40	Earl Brooks	33		'69 Chevrolet	Wayne Smith			183	0	0	accident	900	0
28	12	James Hylton	48		'69 Dodge	Hylton			165	1	2	engine	975	0
29	1	Cale Yarborough	21		'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	151.985	143	4	81	accident	2475	0
30	29	H.B. Bailey	36		'69 Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			130	0	0	engine	825	0
31	27	Coo Coo Marlin	07		'69 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			78	0	0	engine	825	0
32	39	Ken Meisenhelder	04		'67 Oldsmobile	Meisenhelder			47	0	0	flagged	825	0
33	17	Dave Marcis	30		'69 Dodge	Lunda			43	1	10	steering	975	0
34	13	Bobby Johns	7		'67 Chevrolet	Shorty Johns			28	0	0	accident	725	0
35	26	Ed Negre	8		'67 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			26	0	0	accident	750	0
36	21	E.J. Trivette	08		'69 Chevrolet	E.C. Reid			26	0	0	accident	675	0
37	20	Roy Tyner	9		'69 Pontiac	Tyner			26	0	0	water pump	650	0
38	19	Bill Seifert	45		'68 Ford	Seifert			8	0	0	engine	650	0
39	36	Henley Gray	19		'68 Ford	Melton			1	0	0	engine	665	0
40	37	Bobby Mausgrover	57		'67 Dodge	Ervin Pruitt			1	0	0	engine	650	0