Wilkes 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — January 1, 1969

David Pearson

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1969 Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 4 of 400 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Bobby Isaac rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Holman Moody		400	—	Running	4	100
2	3	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		400	—	Running	271	98
3	1	-2	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	399	—	Running	121	96
4	6	+2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		397	—	Running	—	94
5	4	-1	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	396	—	Running	4	92
6	7	+1	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	394	—	Running	—	90
7	5	-2	Richard Brickhouse	Bill Ellis (Owner)	Dodge	394	—	Running	—	88
8	8	—	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	393	—	Running	—	86
9	10	+1	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	391	—	Running	—	84
10	11	+1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	391	—	Running	—	82
11	21	+10	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	390	—	Running	—	80
12	17	+5	J.D. McDuffie	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	380	—	Running	—	78
13	14	+1	Buddy Young	Fred Bear (Owner)		377	—	Running	—	76
14	23	+9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		375	—	Running	—	74
15	26	+11	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		375	—	Running	—	72
16	12	-4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		372	—	Running	—	70
17	20	+3	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		365	—	Running	—	68
18	24	+6	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		365	—	Running	—	66
19	28	+9	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		355	—	Running	—	64
20	25	+5	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		304	—	DNF - Engine	—	62
21	13	-8	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	298	—	Running	—	60
22	29	+7	E.J. Trivette	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	224	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
23	18	-5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		221	—	DNF	—	56
24	19	-5	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	190	—	DNF	—	54
25	15	-10	Clyde Lynn	Negre Racing		170	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	30	+4	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		159	—	DNF	—	50
27	16	-11	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	149	—	DNF	—	48
28	27	-1	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		71	—	DNF	—	46
29	9	-20	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		24	—	DNF	—	44
30	22	-8	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	42