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1969 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1969 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
LeeRoy Yarbrough	4	40	24	3	8	82	230	316.3

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	230	82	running	150
2	5	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	230	38	running	147
3	2	6	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	230	12	running	144
4	3	27	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing	Ford	227	1	running	141
5	9	22	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	225	4	running	138
6	7	88	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	224		running	135
7	11	32	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	223		running	0
8	14	31	Buddy Young	Fred Bear (Owner)	Chevrolet	222		running	129
9	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Ford	220		running	126
10	8	14	Richard Brickhouse	Bill Ellis (Owner)	Dodge	220		running	123
11	18	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	219		running	120
12	15	61	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Ford	218		running	117
13	32	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	215		running	114
14	35	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	211		running	111
15	22	96	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Ford	210		running	108
16	31	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	209		running	105
17	30	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Ford	209		running	102
18	24	47	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing	Ford	208		running	99
19	25	15	Ed Hessert	Ed Hessert (Owner)	Dodge	208		running	96
20	23	76	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)	Ford	207		running	93
21	10	4	John Sears	DeWitt Racing	Ford	204		engine	90
22	38	0	J.C. Spradley	E.C. Reid (Owner)	Chevrolet	203		running	87
23	33	51	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing	Chevrolet	202		running	84
24	28	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	194		running	81
25	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Buick	193		running	78
26	16	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	190		accident	75
27	40	33	Earl Brooks	Wayne Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	183		accident	72
28	12	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	165	2	engine	69
29	1	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	143	81	accident	66
30	29	36	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	Pontiac	130		engine	63
31	27	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	78		engine	60
32	39	04	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)	Oldsmobile	47		flagged	57
33	17	30	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	43	10	steering	54
34	13	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Chevrolet	28		accident	51
35	26	8	Ed Negre	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	26		accident	48
36	21	08	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)	Chevrolet	26		accident	45
37	20	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Pontiac	26		water pump	42
38	19	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	8		engine	39
39	36	19	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)	Ford	1		engine	36
40	37	57	Bobby Mausgrover	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	1		engine	33

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	82	35.7%	P1
2	Cale Yarborough	81	35.2%	P29
3	David Pearson	38	16.5%	P2
4	Buddy Baker	12	5.2%	P3
5	Dave Marcis	10	4.3%	P33
6	Bobby Allison	4	1.7%	P5
7	James Hylton	2	0.9%	P28
8	Donnie Allison	1	0.4%	P4

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