1969 Myers Brothers 250

1969 Myers Brothers 250
Race details
Race 39 of 54 in the 1969 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Date August 22, 1969 (1969-August-22)
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 ($41,786.48 in today's money).[2] All twenty-four drivers were born in the United States of America.[1]

Finishing order

  1. Richard Petty
  2. Bobby Isaac† (highest finishing Dodge entry)
  3. David Pearson†
  4. Elmo Langley†
  5. James Hylton
  6. John Sears†
  7. Neil Castles
  8. J.D. McDuffie† (only Buick entry in the race)
  9. Wendell Scott†
  10. E.J. Trivette (highest finshing Chevrolet entry)
  11. Ken Meisenhelder
  12. Ben Arnold
  13. Bill Champion*
  14. Henley Gray*
  15. Peter Hazelwood*
  16. Ed Negre*
  17. Bill Seifert*
  18. James Cox*
  19. Wayne Smith*
  20. Cecil Gordon*
  21. Earl Brooks*
  22. Wayne Gillette*
  23. Hoss Ellington*

* Driver failed to finish race
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased

References

  1. ^ 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. 
  2. ^ 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
Richard Petty's Milestone Wins
Win number/TV network coverage
Petty's 25th Win (untelevised) • Petty's 50th Win (untelevised) • Petty's 75th Win (untelevised) • Petty's 100th Win (untelevised) • Petty's 125th Win (untelevised) • Petty's 150th Win (untelevised) • Petty's 200th Win (ABC)