Georgia 500

Middle Georgia Raceway — January 1, 1969

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1969 Georgia 500 at Middle Georgia Raceway on January 1, 1969, leading 361 of 500 laps. David Pearson finished second; James Hylton rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Middle Georgia Raceway

Season

1969

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	500	—	Running	361	100
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Holman Moody		500	—	Running	8	98
3	6	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	490	—	Running	—	96
4	8	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		476	—	Running	—	94
5	12	+7	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		466	—	Running	—	92
6	7	+1	Friday Hassler	Red Sharp (Owner)		462	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
7	21	+14	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	459	—	Running	—	88
8	17	+9	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		454	—	Running	—	86
9	25	+16	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		447	—	Running	—	84
10	20	+10	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		444	—	Running	—	82
11	29	+18	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		439	—	Running	—	80
12	19	+7	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		423	—	Running	—	78
13	15	+2	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		416	—	Running	—	76
14	27	+13	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner (Owner)		408	—	Running	—	74
15	30	+15	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		392	—	Running	—	72
16	10	-6	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	316	—	DNF	—	70
17	2	-15	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	315	—	DNF - Engine	61	68
18	13	-5	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		294	—	Running	—	66
19	3	-16	Bobby Allison	Tom Friedkin (Owner)	Plymouth	252	—	DNF	70	64
20	26	+6	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		222	—	DNF - Engine	—	62
21	9	-12	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	210	—	DNF	—	60
22	22	—	Earl Brooks	Robertson Racing		189	—	DNF	—	58
23	23	—	Ervin Pruitt	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	162	—	DNF	—	56
24	18	-6	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		140	—	DNF	—	54
25	4	-21	Darel Dieringer	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Plymouth	119	—	DNF	—	0
26	24	-2	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)		94	—	DNF	—	50
27	14	-13	Don Tomberlin	Roy Buckner (Owner)		90	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	11	-17	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		81	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
29	16	-13	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		26	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	28	-2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		20	—	DNF - Engine	—	42