Motor State 500

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1969

Cale Yarborough

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1969 Motor State 500 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 38 of 250 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

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	250	—	Running	38	150
2	7	+5	David Pearson	Holman Moody		250	—	Running	57	147
3	5	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		250	—	Running	—	144
4	2	-2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	249	—	DNF - Crash	136	141
5	6	+1	Charlie Glotzbach	Owens Racing	Dodge	249	—	Running	2	138
6	8	+2	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	248	—	Running	4	135
7	25	+18	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	244	—	Running	2	132
8	30	+22	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	242	—	Running	—	129
9	11	+2	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		240	—	Running	1	126
10	31	+21	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	227	—	Running	—	123
11	15	+4	Ed Hessert	Ed Hessert (Owner)	Plymouth	224	—	Running	—	120
12	26	+14	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		216	—	Running	—	117
13	20	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		211	—	Running	—	114
14	13	-1	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Mercury	210	—	DNF	—	111
15	29	+14	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		210	—	Running	—	108
16	23	+7	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		206	—	Running	—	105
17	32	+15	Bob Ashbrook	Giachetti Brothers		198	—	Running	—	102
18	34	+16	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		193	—	DNF - Engine	—	99
19	38	+19	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	191	—	DNF - Engine	—	96
20	22	+2	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)		187	—	DNF - Engine	—	93
21	24	+3	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		183	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
22	27	+5	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		165	—	Running	—	87
23	16	-7	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		155	—	DNF	—	84
24	10	-14	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	150	—	DNF - Engine	—	81
25	21	-4	Dick Poling	Don Tarr (Owner)		143	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	37	+11	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		143	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
27	1	-26	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		115	—	DNF - Engine	9	72
28	3	-25	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	94	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	33	+4	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)		80	—	DNF	—	66
30	9	-21	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	78	—	DNF - Engine	1	63
31	36	+5	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Dodge	74	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	35	+3	Buddy Young	Fred Bear (Owner)		62	—	DNF	—	57
33	28	-5	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		62	—	DNF	—	54
34	19	-15	Frank Warren	Warren Racing		55	—	DNF	—	51
35	17	-18	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	14	-22	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	12	-25	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	11	—	DNF - Crash	—	42
38	18	-20	Wayne Gillette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	39