Motor-Trend 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1969

Richard Petty

Winner

186

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1969 Motor-Trend 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1969, leading 103 of 186 laps. A.J. Foyt finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1969

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		186	—	Running	103	150
2	1	-1	A.J. Foyt	Jack Bowsher & Associates		186	—	Running	62	0
3	5	+2	David Pearson	Holman Moody		184	—	Running	—	144
4	6	+2	Al Unser Sr.	Rudy Hoerr (Owner)	Dodge	183	—	Running	—	0
5	14	+9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	177	—	Running	—	138
6	2	-4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	177	—	DNF - Engine	14	135
7	16	+9	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	172	—	Running	—	132
8	15	+7	Scotty Cain	Bill Clifton (Owner)		170	—	Running	—	129
9	21	+12	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		169	—	Running	—	126
10	29	+19	Harold Hardesty	Bob Bristol (Owner)		163	—	Running	—	123
11	28	+17	Ray Johnstone	Coz Concilla (Owner)		163	—	Running	—	120
12	23	+11	Dick Bown	Ober Logging		160	—	Running	—	117
13	19	+6	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	157	—	Running	—	114
14	33	+19	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		152	—	Running	—	111
15	12	-3	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	151	—	DNF	—	108
16	34	+18	Ranny Dodd			143	—	DNF	—	105
17	42	+25	Marvin Sjolin		Mercury	132	—	Running	—	102
18	7	-11	Mario Andretti	Holman Moody		132	—	DNF - Engine	7	0
19	24	+5	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		131	—	DNF - Engine	—	96
20	20	—	Paul Dorrity	Glen Dorrity (Owner)		129	—	DNF - Engine	—	93
21	30	+9	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)		110	—	DNF	—	90
22	9	-13	Roger McCluskey	Norm Nelson (Owner)	Plymouth	100	—	DNF	—	0
23	32	+9	Wendell Parnell			87	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
24	11	-13	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	81	—	DNF - Engine	—	81
25	31	+6	Frank Burnett		Plymouth	80	—	DNF	—	78
26	3	-23	Dan Gurney	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	66	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
27	43	+16	Sam Rose	Sam Rose (Owner)		65	—	DNF	—	72
28	37	+9	Robert Link	Robert Link (Owner)		62	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	35	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	17	-13	Cliff Garner		Plymouth	48	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	26	-5	Jerry Oliver			48	—	DNF	—	60
32	40	+8	Ralph Arnold			43	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	13	-20	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	41	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
34	18	-16	Marty Kinerk	Frank Townsend (Owner)		40	—	DNF	—	51
35	44	+9	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn (Owner)	Dodge	27	—	DNF	—	48
36	38	+2	Robert Hale			24	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	10	-27	Parnelli Jones			22	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
38	8	-30	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	22	—	DNF	—	39
39	27	-12	Guy Jones			8	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
40	22	-18	Dave James	Jim Whitehead (Owner)	Plymouth	5	—	DNF	—	33
41	25	-16	Joe Frasson	Gary Sigman (Owner)	Plymouth	3	—	DNF	—	0
42	39	-3	Jim Cook	Dan Dostinich (Owner)		3	—	DNF	—	27
43	41	-2	Johnny Steele	Johnny Steele (Owner)		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
44	36	-8	Bob England	Bob England (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	21