Old Dominion 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1969

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1969 Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 36 of 500 laps. David Pearson finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		500	—	Running	36	100
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Holman Moody		500	—	Running	36	98
3	7	+4	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	500	—	Running	243	96
4	11	+7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	496	—	Running	—	94
5	18	+13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	489	—	Running	—	92
6	4	-2	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	486	—	Running	38	90
7	38	+31	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		478	—	Running	—	0
8	14	+6	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	477	—	Running	—	86
9	13	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		476	—	Running	—	84
10	22	+12	Jim Vandiver	Jim Lineberger (Owner)		474	—	Running	—	0
11	35	+24	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		466	—	Running	—	80
12	27	+15	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		459	—	Running	—	78
13	29	+16	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		450	—	Running	—	76
14	40	+26	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	449	—	Running	—	0
15	12	-3	Buddy Young	Fred Bear (Owner)		446	—	Running	—	72
16	24	+8	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		444	—	Running	—	70
17	2	-15	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	400	—	DNF - Engine	125	68
18	31	+13	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		392	—	Running	—	66
19	36	+17	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		387	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
20	5	-15	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		348	—	DNF - Engine	22	62
21	33	+12	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		320	—	DNF	—	60
22	26	+4	Dave Alonzo	Dave Alonzo (Owner)		312	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
23	20	-3	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	240	—	DNF - Engine	—	56
24	28	+4	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		222	—	DNF	—	54
25	3	-22	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	173	—	DNF	—	52
26	17	-9	Bill Dennis	Bill Dennis (Owner)		153	—	DNF	—	50
27	32	+5	Ed Hessert	Ed Hessert (Owner)	Dodge	136	—	DNF - Crash	—	48
28	23	-5	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing		120	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
29	19	-10	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		115	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	39	+9	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		112	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	8	-23	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	40
32	37	+5	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		59	—	DNF	—	38
33	30	-3	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		49	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
34	10	-24	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	34	—	DNF	—	34
35	21	-14	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	31	—	DNF	—	32
36	25	-11	J.D. McDuffie	Don Tarr (Owner)		25	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	16	-21	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	16	—	DNF - Crash	—	28
38	34	-4	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		11	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	15	-24	Ed Negre	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	4	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
40	9	-31	Richard Brickhouse	Bill Ellis (Owner)	Dodge	2	—	DNF - Crash	—	22