Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1969

Cale Yarborough

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1969 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 308 of 334 laps. David Pearson finished second; Paul Goldsmith rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	334	—	Running	308	150
2	40	+38	David Pearson	Holman Moody		334	—	Running	21	147
3	6	+3	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	332	—	Running	—	144
4	2	-2	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	331	—	Running	—	141
5	21	+16	Pete Hamilton	Matthews Racing		329	—	Running	—	0
6	14	+8	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	320	—	Running	—	135
7	27	+20	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	314	—	Running	—	132
8	17	+9	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	313	—	Running	—	129
9	7	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		312	—	DNF - Engine	—	126
10	10	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	312	—	Running	—	123
11	8	-3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	303	—	DNF	—	120
12	32	+20	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		296	—	Running	—	117
13	31	+18	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		292	—	Running	—	114
14	23	+9	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	289	—	Running	—	111
15	33	+18	Henley Gray	Larry Wehrs (Owner)		288	—	Running	—	108
16	25	+9	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		284	—	DNF - Crash	—	105
17	26	+9	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		277	—	Running	—	102
18	12	-6	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		275	—	DNF - Crash	—	99
19	39	+20	Swede Savage	Smokey Yunick Racing		266	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
20	19	-1	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		258	—	Running	—	93
21	3	-18	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		233	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
22	4	-18	Frank Warren	E.C. Reid (Owner)		221	—	DNF - Engine	—	87
23	38	+15	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	202	—	DNF - Engine	3	84
24	29	+5	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		202	—	DNF - Engine	—	81
25	16	-9	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		193	—	DNF	—	0
26	34	+8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		190	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
27	36	+9	Wendell Scott	Dennis Holt (Owner)		187	—	DNF	—	72
28	9	-19	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	181	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	18	-11	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		181	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	20	-10	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Mercury	174	—	DNF	—	63
31	15	-16	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		157	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	35	+3	Dick Poling	Mack Sellers (Owner)		154	—	DNF	—	57
33	1	-32	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	142	—	DNF	2	54
34	13	-21	Don Tomberlin	Roy Buckner (Owner)		125	—	DNF - Crash	—	51
35	22	-13	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	105	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	37	+1	Buddy Baker	Fox Racing	Dodge	100	—	DNF	—	45
37	28	-9	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)		89	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
38	24	-14	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)	Dodge	60	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
39	30	-9	Dub Simpson	Giachetti Brothers		55	—	DNF	—	36
40	11	-29	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	38	—	DNF - Engine	—	33