Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1969

David Pearson

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1969 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 309 of 500 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Holman Moody		500	—	Running	309	150
2	10	+8	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	500	—	Running	13	147
3	11	+8	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing		498	—	Running	65	144
4	12	+8	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	497	—	Running	—	141
5	5	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		492	—	Running	—	138
6	3	-3	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		491	—	Running	27	135
7	2	-5	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	490	—	Running	—	132
8	15	+7	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		487	—	Running	—	129
9	13	+4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	483	—	Running	—	126
10	22	+12	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Mercury	469	—	Running	—	123
11	28	+17	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		462	—	Running	—	120
12	17	+5	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	451	—	Running	—	117
13	18	+5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		448	—	Running	—	114
14	16	+2	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	444	—	Running	—	111
15	30	+15	Dick Poling	Mack Sellers (Owner)		437	—	Running	—	0
16	42	+26	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		437	—	Running	—	105
17	24	+7	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		429	—	Running	—	102
18	21	+3	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		428	—	Running	—	99
19	19	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	424	—	Running	—	96
20	23	+3	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		423	—	Running	—	93
21	36	+15	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		415	—	Running	—	90
22	7	-15	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		394	—	Running	—	87
23	6	-17	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		387	—	DNF	3	84
24	35	+11	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		383	—	DNF - Engine	—	81
25	8	-17	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	380	—	Running	—	78
26	4	-22	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	373	—	DNF	11	75
27	29	+2	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)		371	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	25	-3	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	307	—	DNF	—	69
29	40	+11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		284	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	39	+9	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		281	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	31	—	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	266	—	DNF	—	60
32	38	+6	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		266	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	20	-13	Frank Warren	E.C. Reid (Owner)		265	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	37	+3	James Sears	Paul Dean Holt (Owner)		247	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	32	-3	Dub Simpson	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	243	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	33	-3	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		241	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	27	-10	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	202	—	DNF	—	42
38	9	-29	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	183	—	DNF - Engine	72	39
39	34	-5	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		126	—	DNF	—	36
40	14	-26	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		59	—	DNF	—	33
41	26	-15	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing		54	—	DNF	—	0
42	41	-1	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)		48	—	DNF	—	27
43	43	—	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)	Dodge	28	—	DNF - Engine	—	24