American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1969

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

LeeRoy Yarbrough won the 1969 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 213 of 492 laps. David Pearson finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		492	—	Running	213	150
2	4	+2	David Pearson	Holman Moody		491	—	Running	64	147
3	6	+3	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	485	—	Running	31	144
4	10	+6	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	472	—	Running	—	141
5	14	+9	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		465	—	Running	—	138
6	13	+7	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	457	—	Running	—	135
7	23	+16	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing		454	—	Running	—	132
8	24	+16	Ed Negre	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	445	—	Running	—	129
9	33	+24	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		433	—	Running	—	126
10	31	+21	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	431	—	Running	—	123
11	28	+17	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		430	—	Running	—	120
12	30	+18	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		429	—	Running	—	117
13	37	+24	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	425	—	Running	—	114
14	35	+21	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		419	—	Running	—	111
15	21	+6	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		416	—	Running	—	108
16	8	-8	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	391	—	DNF	43	105
17	25	+8	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		388	—	DNF	—	102
18	32	+14	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	369	—	Running	—	99
19	39	+20	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		366	—	DNF - Engine	—	96
20	27	+7	J.D. McDuffie	Don Tarr (Owner)		329	—	Running	—	93
21	36	+15	Earl Brooks	Roy Tyner (Owner)		313	—	DNF	—	90
22	22	—	Elmo Langley	Champion Racing		304	—	DNF	—	87
23	1	-22	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	281	—	DNF - Engine	80	84
24	17	-7	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	240	—	DNF - Engine	—	81
25	40	+15	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		239	—	DNF	—	78
26	18	-8	Buddy Young	Fred Bear (Owner)		186	—	DNF - Crash	—	75
27	29	+2	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		183	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	15	-13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	174	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	3	-26	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing		168	—	DNF - Crash	55	66
30	5	-25	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		143	—	DNF - Crash	—	63
31	11	-20	Richard Brickhouse	Bill Ellis (Owner)	Dodge	124	—	DNF	—	60
32	7	-25	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		113	—	DNF - Crash	6	57
33	26	-7	Ben Arnold	Bill Dennis (Owner)		105	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	38	+4	Lennie Pond	Giachetti Brothers		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	12	-23	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	72	—	DNF	—	48
36	19	-17	Clyde Lynn	Langley-Woodfield Racing		40	—	DNF	—	45
37	16	-21	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		37	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
38	34	-4	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		29	—	DNF	—	39
39	2	-37	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	20	—	DNF - Crash	—	36
40	20	-20	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		17	—	DNF - Crash	—	33