Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1969

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

LeeRoy Yarbrough won the 1969 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 84 of 334 laps. David Pearson finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		334	—	Running	84	150
2	7	+5	David Pearson	Holman Moody		334	—	Running	57	147
3	3	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		334	—	Running	25	0
4	6	+2	Charlie Glotzbach	Smokey Yunick Racing		333	—	Running	5	0
5	5	—	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		333	—	Running	—	138
6	9	+3	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	332	—	Running	1	135
7	1	-6	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	331	—	Running	97	132
8	4	-4	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	331	—	Running	6	129
9	17	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	327	—	Running	58	126
10	15	+5	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	313	—	Running	—	123
11	14	+3	Ed Hessert	Ed Hessert (Owner)	Plymouth	311	—	Running	—	120
12	23	+11	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	310	—	Running	—	117
13	20	+7	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		307	—	Running	—	114
14	38	+24	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		302	—	Running	—	111
15	26	+11	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	301	—	Running	—	108
16	22	+6	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		300	—	Running	—	105
17	36	+19	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		299	—	Running	—	102
18	39	+21	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		297	—	Running	—	99
19	35	+16	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		296	—	Running	—	96
20	27	+7	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		295	—	Running	—	93
21	40	+19	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		290	—	Running	—	90
22	34	+12	Bobby Mausgrover	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	277	—	Running	—	87
23	31	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		264	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
24	28	+4	Buddy Young	Fred Bear (Owner)		264	—	DNF	—	0
25	30	+5	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		247	—	Running	—	78
26	37	+11	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		244	—	DNF	—	75
27	29	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing		207	—	DNF	—	72
28	12	-16	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		192	—	DNF	—	69
29	24	-5	Wayne Gillette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		187	—	DNF	—	66
30	10	-20	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	147	—	DNF	1	63
31	11	-20	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	133	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	25	-7	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing		107	—	DNF - Crash	—	57
33	8	-25	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	93	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	18	-16	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	83	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	32	-3	Earl Brooks	Don Tarr (Owner)		82	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	33	-3	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		78	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	21	-16	Ed Negre	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	62	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
38	13	-25	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		46	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	19	-20	Don Tarr	Fox Racing	Dodge	28	—	DNF	—	36
40	16	-24	John Sears	Friday Hassler (Owner)		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	33