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- ↑ Weather information for the 1969 Sandlapper 200 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1969 Sandlapper 200 race information at Racing-Reference, retrieved 30 January 2012
- ↑ Columbia Speedway page of Racing-Reference website , retrieved 8 May 2007.
- ↑ Fielden, Greg, "NASCAR Cleans Up", Speedway Illustrated, September 2004.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1969 Sandlapper 200 race information at Race-Database.com
- 1 2 1969 Sandlapper 200 race information at DatabaseRacing.com
- ↑ Crew chief information at Racing Reference
- 1 2 3 4 1969 Sandlapper 200 racing information at FantasyRacingCheatSheet.com