Race details [1] [2] | |||
---|---|---|---|
Race 21 of 54 in the 1969 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
Date | May 25, 1969 | ||
Official name | World 600 | ||
Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina | ||
Course | Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (2.414 km) | ||
Distance | 334 laps, 501 mi (804 km) | ||
Weather | Very hot with temperatures of 84 °F (29 °C); wind speeds of 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h) | ||
Average speed | 134.361 miles per hour (216.233 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 75,000 [3] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Banjo Matthews | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Junior Johnson | |
Laps | 274 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 98 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Junior Johnson | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | untelevised | ||
Announcers | none |
The 1969 World 600, the 10th running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on May 25, 1969, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.
The race was held at Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) asphalt quad-oval in Concord, North Carolina. The track, which opened in 1960, was built by Bruton Smith and Curtis Turner.
Grid [3] | No. | Driver | Manufacturer | Owner |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 27 | Donnie Allison | '69 Ford | Banjo Matthews |
2 | 98 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | '69 Mercury | Junior Johnson |
3 | 17 | David Pearson | '69 Ford | Holman-Moody Racing |
4 | 21 | Cale Yarborough | '69 Mercury | Wood Brothers |
5 | 43 | Richard Petty | '69 Ford | Petty Enterprises |
6 | 22 | Bobby Allison | '69 Dodge | Mario Rossi |
7 | 6 | Buddy Baker | '69 Dodge | Cotton Owens |
8 | 30 | Dave Marcis | '69 Dodge | Milt Lunda |
9 | 99 | Paul Goldsmith | '69 Dodge | Ray Nichels |
10 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | '69 Dodge | Nord Krauskopf |
11 | 48 | James Hylton | '69 Dodge | James Hylton |
12 | 3 | Neil Castles | '69 Dodge | Ray Fox |
13 | 14 | Sam McQuagg | '69 Plymouth | Bill Ellis |
14 | 39 | Friday Hassler | '67 Chevrolet | Friday Hassler |
15 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | '69 Dodge | Buddy Arrington |
16 | 64 | Elmo Langley | '68 Ford | Elmo Langley |
17 | 32 | Dick Brooks | '69 Plymouth | Dick Brooks |
18 | 10 | Bill Champion | '68 Ford | Bill Champion |
19 | 08 | E.J. Trivette | '69 Chevrolet | E.C. Reid |
20 | 61 | Hoss Ellington | '67 Mercury | Hoss Ellington |
Four hundred laps were raced on the paved oval track spanning 1.5 miles (2.4 km). [3] After nearly four hours and thirty minutes of racing, LeeRoy Yarbrough defeated Donnie Allison by two laps [4] in front of 75000 spectators. The 16-lap difference between 2nd-place finisher Donnie Allison and 3rd-place finisher James Hylton was another notable feature of this event. [3] Five cautions would be waved for 45 laps along with 13 lead changes among eight different drivers. [2] [3] [4] LeeRoy Yarbrough would lead the race from lap 162 through lap 400; putting on a very strong performance to win the race.
There were 44 drivers in the race; racing for a total of $132,100 ($976,125 when considering inflation). [5] Ed Negre would get the last-place finish in Don Tarr's 1967 Chevrolet due to a transmission problem on the second lap. Don Tarr scored his best career finish of 6th place. [2] [3] [4] Allison would gain the pole position with a speed of 159.296 miles per hour (256.362 km/h) while the average race speed was 134.631 miles per hour (216.668 km/h). [3] [4] There was a 16-lap difference between 2nd-place finisher Donnie Allison and 3rd-place finisher James Hylton; showing the spectators that those two drivers did not have a similar set of racing skills. [3] [4]
Pearson's car rode the guardrail on a lap 13 crash. [3] His car came back on the inside of the racetrack but while riding the guardrail Pearson hit a flag pole. Dave Marcis would have a long career ahead of him after leading the laps in this race. However, this would be the final race for Gerald Chamberlain and Larry Hess. [4]
Eleven notable crew chiefs: Cotton Owens, Dick Hutcherson, Glen Wood, Banjo Matthews, Jim Vandiver, Dale Inman and Harry Hyde. [6]
Section reference: [3]
Section reference: [3]
The 1976 NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Series was the 28th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 5th modern era NASCAR Cup series. The season began on Sunday, January 18 and ended on Sunday, November 21. Cale Yarborough, driving the #11 Junior Johnson Holly Farms Chevrolet scored his first of three consecutive NASCAR Grand National Series Winston Cup Championships. Skip Manning was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
The 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 26th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 3rd modern-era NASCAR Cup series. The season began on Sunday January 20 and ended on Sunday November 24. The first 15 races were shortened 10 percent due to the 1973 oil crisis. Following criticism of the 1972 and 1973 points systems that placed emphasis on completed miles, NASCAR implemented a new points system, that took basic purse winnings, multiplied by number of starts, and divided by 1,000; it was designed to more directly reward winning races, a response to Benny Parsons' championship the previous year with just one win. Richard Petty was Winston Cup champion at the end of the season finishing 567.45 points ahead of Cale Yarborough, while David Pearson finished a strong third in points despite only nineteen starts. Earl Ross was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year.
The 1969 Daytona 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series race held on February 23, 1969, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series season began on Sunday January 18 and ended on Sunday November 22. Bobby Isaac was the champion of the series as NASCAR transitioned from the Grand National era to the Winston Cup era. Only one foreigner was racing that year, a Canadian named Frog Fagan. It was also the last NASCAR national touring series season to feature a dirt track race until the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the last time the Cup series raced on dirt until the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series.
The 1970 American 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on November 15, 1970, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. Jim Paschal qualified the #40 vehicle for Pete Hamilton.
The 1968 Rebel 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on May 11, 1968, at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina.
The 1969 Volunteer 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on July 20, 1969, at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee; which was rebuilt with more banking for this race.
The 1964 World 600, the fifth running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on May 24, 1964, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.
The 1969 National 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series stock car race that was held on October 12, 1969, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. This race is still being held in today's Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series as the 'Bank of America 500'.
The 1974 World 600, the 15th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series event that was held on May 26, 1974, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.
The 1973 Dixie 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on July 22, 1973, at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia.
The 1976 Music City USA 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 8, 1976, at Nashville Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee.
The 1967 Atlanta 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on April 2, 1967, at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia.
The 1971 National 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on October 10, 1971, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Most of the vehicles used in the race had a rating of 427 cubic inches.
The 1969 Dixie 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on August 10, 1969, at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton, Georgia.
The 1976 Gwyn Staley 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series stock car race held on April 4, 1976, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Contested over 400 laps, it was the seventh race of the 30-event 1976 season. Cale Yarborough of Junior Johnson Motorsports took his second win of the season, while Richard Petty finished second and Bobby Allison third. Benny Parsons left the event with the season points lead.
The 1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on July 4, 1973, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.
The 1968 World 600, the ninth running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on May 26, 1968, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.
The 1968 American 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on October 27, 1968, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina.
The 1972 American 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event held on October 22, 1972, at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. While not televised, the 1972 American 500 was covered by local radio stations WAYN-AM and WEEB-AM.