Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1969

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1969 Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 206 of 500 laps. David Pearson finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		500	—	Running	206	100
2	21	+19	David Pearson	Holman Moody		500	—	Running	43	98
3	1	-2	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	500	—	Running	238	96
4	5	+1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	496	—	Running	2	94
5	10	+5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	496	—	Running	—	92
6	18	+12	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Plymouth	489	—	Running	—	90
7	11	+4	Swede Savage	Matthews Racing		485	—	Running	—	0
8	9	+1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		476	—	Running	—	86
9	26	+17	Buddy Young	Fred Bear (Owner)		474	—	Running	—	0
10	29	+19	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		474	—	Running	—	82
11	14	+3	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	468	—	Running	—	80
12	28	+16	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		458	—	Running	—	76
13	27	+14	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		456	—	Running	—	74
14	19	+5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		453	—	Running	—	72
15	40	+25	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		449	—	Running	—	70
16	17	+1	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	428	—	DQ	—	68
17	32	+15	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		423	—	Running	—	66
18	25	+7	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		422	—	Running	—	64
19	34	+15	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		420	—	DNF - Crash	—	62
20	12	-8	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		393	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
21	35	+14	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		382	—	DNF	—	58
22	13	-9	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		364	—	DNF	—	56
23	2	-21	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	281	—	DNF	11	55
24	16	-8	Dick Johnson (California)	Dick Johnson CA (Owner)		259	—	DNF - Crash	—	54
25	3	-22	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	245	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
26	38	+12	Frank Warren	Don Tarr (Owner)		245	—	DNF	—	50
27	31	+4	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		238	—	DNF	—	48
28	23	-5	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing		232	—	DNF	—	46
29	8	-21	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	221	—	DNF	—	44
30	7	-23	James Hylton	Owens Racing	Dodge	213	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	39	+8	Walson Gardner	Walson Gardner (Owner)		196	—	DNF	—	40
32	20	-12	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		169	—	DNF	—	38
33	22	-11	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis (Owner)	Plymouth	142	—	DNF	—	0
34	30	-4	Danny Turner	E.C. Reid (Owner)		139	—	DNF	—	34
35	37	+2	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		123	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	33	-3	Ed Hessert	Lyle Stelter (Owner)	Mercury	60	—	DNF	—	30
37	4	-33	Paul Goldsmith	Fox Racing	Dodge	40	—	DNF	—	28
38	24	-14	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		24	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
39	36	-3	Paul Dean Holt	Dennis Holt (Owner)		11	—	DNF	—	24
40	15	-25	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	22