Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1969

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Winner

230

Laps

Entries

Leaders

LeeRoy Yarbrough won the 1969 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1969, leading 82 of 230 laps. David Pearson finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1969

Winner

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		230	—	Running	82	150
2	5	+3	David Pearson	Holman Moody		230	—	Running	38	147
3	2	-1	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	230	—	Running	12	144
4	3	-1	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		227	—	Running	1	141
5	9	+4	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	225	—	Running	4	138
6	7	+1	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	224	—	Running	—	135
7	11	+4	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	223	—	Running	—	0
8	14	+6	Buddy Young	Fred Bear (Owner)		222	—	Running	—	129
9	6	-3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		220	—	Running	—	126
10	8	-2	Richard Brickhouse	Bill Ellis (Owner)	Dodge	220	—	Running	—	123
11	18	+7	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	219	—	Running	—	120
12	15	+3	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing		218	—	Running	—	117
13	32	+19	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	215	—	Running	—	114
14	35	+21	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		211	—	Running	—	111
15	22	+7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing		210	—	Running	—	108
16	31	+15	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	209	—	Running	—	105
17	30	+13	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		209	—	Running	—	102
18	24	+6	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		208	—	Running	—	99
19	25	+6	Ed Hessert	Ed Hessert (Owner)	Dodge	208	—	Running	—	96
20	23	+3	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		207	—	Running	—	93
21	10	-11	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		204	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
22	38	+16	J.C. Spradley	E.C. Reid (Owner)		203	—	Running	—	87
23	33	+10	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		202	—	Running	—	84
24	28	+4	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		194	—	Running	—	81
25	34	+9	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		193	—	Running	—	78
26	16	-10	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		190	—	DNF - Crash	—	75
27	40	+13	Earl Brooks	Wayne Smith (Owner)		183	—	DNF - Crash	—	72
28	12	-16	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	165	—	DNF - Engine	2	69
29	1	-28	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	143	—	DNF - Crash	81	66
30	29	-1	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		130	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	27	-4	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		78	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	39	+7	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		47	—	DNF	—	57
33	17	-16	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	43	—	DNF	10	54
34	13	-21	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		28	—	DNF - Crash	—	51
35	26	-9	Ed Negre	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	26	—	DNF - Crash	—	48
36	21	-15	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		26	—	DNF - Crash	—	45
37	20	-17	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		26	—	DNF	—	42
38	19	-19	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	36	-3	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	36
40	37	-3	Bobby Mausgrover	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	33