Yankee 600

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1969

David Pearson

Winner

165

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1969 Yankee 600 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1969, leading 79 of 165 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1969

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1969

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

12 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Holman Moody		165	—	Running	79	150
2	12	+10	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	165	—	Running	4	147
3	5	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		165	—	Running	12	144
4	2	-2	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	165	—	Running	31	141
5	6	+1	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	165	—	Running	7	0
6	4	-2	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	165	—	Running	15	135
7	14	+7	Richard Brickhouse	Bill Ellis (Owner)	Plymouth	165	—	Running	1	132
8	3	-5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		165	—	Running	2	129
9	9	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	165	—	Running	—	126
10	22	+12	Ed Hessert	Ed Hessert (Owner)	Plymouth	164	—	Running	1	123
11	24	+13	Friday Hassler	Friday Hassler (Owner)		164	—	Running	3	120
12	13	+1	John Sears	DeWitt Racing		163	—	Running	—	117
13	17	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		163	—	Running	—	114
14	10	-4	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	162	—	Running	—	0
15	20	+5	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing		162	—	Running	—	108
16	26	+10	Buddy Young	Fred Bear (Owner)		162	—	Running	—	105
17	19	+2	Ron Grana	C.J. Grana (Owner)		162	—	Running	—	102
18	16	-2	Don Tarr	Fox Racing	Dodge	162	—	Running	—	0
19	23	+4	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	161	—	Running	—	96
20	8	-12	Dave Marcis	Milt Lunda (Owner)	Dodge	161	—	Running	—	93
21	44	+23	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	161	—	Running	—	90
22	18	-4	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		160	—	Running	—	87
23	31	+8	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith (Owner)		158	—	Running	—	84
24	28	+4	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		157	—	Running	—	81
25	38	+13	Bill Massuch	Otis Patton (Owner)		157	—	Running	—	78
26	32	+6	Cecil Gordon	Seifert Racing		157	—	Running	—	75
27	39	+12	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		156	—	Running	—	72
28	40	+12	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		155	—	Running	—	69
29	29	—	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		155	—	Running	—	66
30	36	+6	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper (Owner)		152	—	Running	—	63
31	15	-16	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	137	—	Running	—	60
32	27	-5	Ed Negre	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	136	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
33	21	-12	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		133	—	DNF - Engine	5	54
34	34	—	Frank Warren	Warren Racing		128	—	DNF - Engine	—	51
35	25	-10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		128	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	42	+6	Homer Newland	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	126	—	Running	—	45
37	30	-7	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		97	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
38	7	-31	Benny Parsons	Russ Dawson (Owner)		75	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	11	-28	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	60	—	DNF - Engine	5	36
40	41	+1	Mel Gillette			50	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
41	35	-6	Wayne Gillette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		48	—	DNF	—	30
42	37	-5	Henley Gray	Harry Melton (Owner)		41	—	DNF	—	27
43	43	—	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		35	—	DNF - Crash	—	24
44	33	-11	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	21