1969 Myers Brothers 250
Wikipedia on Answers.com:
Top
1969 Myers Brothers 250
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 39 of 54 in the 1969 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
|
|||
| Date | August 22, 1969 | ||
| Location | Bowman-Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.250 mi (0.421 km) |
||
| Distance | 250 laps, 62.5 mi (100.5 km) | ||
| Weather | Partly cloudy with a high of 27 °C (81 °F) | ||
| Avg Speed | 47.458 miles per hour (76.376 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bobby Isaac | Nord Krauskopf | |
| Laps | 241 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 43 |
Richard Petty |
Petty Enterpises | |
| Television | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1969 Myers Brothers 250 was a NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup Series) racing event that took place on August 22, 1969 at Bowman-Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA).[1][2]
Summary
This race was the site of Richard Petty's 100th career victory in the NASCAR Cup Series driving the 1969 model year #43 Ford sponsored by Petty Enterprises. Two hundred and fifty laps were completed on a paved oval track spanning .250 miles (0.402 km) for a grand total of 62.5 miles (100.6 km).[1][2] The race took one hour and nineteen seconds for Richard Petty to defeat Bobby Isaac by four seconds in front a live audience of 10,500 people.[1][2] Notable speeds were: 47.458 miles per hour (76.376 km/h) as the average and 54.523 miles per hour (87.746 km/h) per hour as the pole position speed.[1][2] Three cautions were given for seventeen laps.[1] Out of the twenty-four cars, eleven had to drop out of the race before it finished.[1]
Total winnings for this race were $6,975 in American dollars ($44,204.54 in today's money).[2] All twenty-four drivers were born in the United States of America.[1]
Finishing order
- Richard Petty
- Bobby Isaac† (highest finishing Dodge entry)
- David Pearson†
- Elmo Langley†
- James Hylton
- John Sears†
- Neil Castles
- J.D. McDuffie† (only Buick entry in the race)
- Wendell Scott†
- E.J. Trivette (highest finshing Chevrolet entry)
- Ken Meisenhelder
- Ben Arnold
- Bill Champion*
- Henley Gray*
- Peter Hazelwood*
- Ed Negre*
- Bill Seifert*
- James Cox*
- Wayne Smith*
- Cecil Gordon*
- Earl Brooks*
- Wayne Gillette*
- Hoss Ellington*
* Driver failed to finish race
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "1969 Myers Brothers 250 racing results". Racing Reference. http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1969-39/W. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
- ^ a b c d e "1969 Myers Brothers 250 racing results (second reference)". Stat Sheet. http://statsheet.com/nascar/races/1969-08-22-myers-brothers-250. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
| Preceded by 1969 Smoky Mountain 200 |
Richard Petty's Career Wins 1960-1984 |
Succeeded by 1969 Old Dominion 500 |
 |
This NASCAR-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)
Post a question - any question - to the WikiAnswers community:
Copyrights:
Wikipedia on Answers.com
This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article 1969 Myers Brothers 250.
Read more