National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1969

Donnie Allison

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Donnie Allison won the 1969 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 161 of 334 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

Donnie Allison

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		334	—	Running	161	150
2	6	+4	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	334	—	Running	63	147
3	5	+2	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	334	—	Running	80	144
4	7	+3	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	334	—	Running	—	141
5	8	+3	David Pearson	Holman Moody		332	—	Running	—	138
6	13	+7	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	321	—	Running	—	135
7	21	+14	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	320	—	Running	—	132
8	29	+21	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		318	—	Running	—	129
9	22	+13	Don Tarr	Fox Racing	Dodge	318	—	Running	—	126
10	15	+5	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		315	—	DNF - Engine	—	123
11	44	+33	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	314	—	Running	—	120
12	28	+16	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		312	—	Running	—	117
13	17	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		307	—	Running	—	114
14	23	+9	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing		306	—	Running	—	111
15	34	+19	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		301	—	Running	—	108
16	24	+8	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		298	—	Running	—	105
17	27	+10	Wendell Scott	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	297	—	Running	—	102
18	36	+18	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		292	—	Running	—	99
19	38	+19	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		291	—	Running	—	96
20	35	+15	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		291	—	Running	—	93
21	39	+18	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		290	—	Running	—	90
22	16	-6	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		288	—	Running	—	87
23	42	+19	Wayne Gillette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		281	—	Running	—	84
24	32	+8	J.D. McDuffie	Langley-Woodfield Racing		277	—	DNF	—	81
25	1	-24	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing		260	—	DNF - Engine	17	78
26	31	+5	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		240	—	Running	—	75
27	2	-25	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		239	—	DNF - Engine	7	72
28	10	-18	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	217	—	DNF - Engine	6	69
29	43	+14	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		201	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	20	-10	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	191	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	19	-12	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		184	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	25	-7	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing		175	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	33	—	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		170	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	37	+3	Jim Lineberger	Jim Lineberger (Owner)		131	—	DNF - Crash	—	51
35	26	-9	Buddy Young	Fred Bear (Owner)		109	—	DNF	—	48
36	14	-22	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	103	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	45	+8	Richard Brickhouse	Bill Ellis (Owner)	Dodge	95	—	DNF	—	42
38	4	-34	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		94	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	30	-9	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		90	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
40	12	-28	A.J. Foyt	Jack Bowsher & Associates		88	—	DNF	—	0
41	9	-32	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	81	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
42	41	-1	Bill Dennis	Bill Dennis (Owner)		69	—	DNF - Engine	—	27
43	11	-32	Jim Vandiver	Fox Racing	Dodge	64	—	DNF	—	24
44	40	-4	Bob Cooper	Bob Cooper (Owner)		55	—	DNF	—	21
45	18	-27	Frank Warren	Warren Racing		21	—	DNF - Engine	—	18