1969 Pickens 200
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 26 of 54 in the 1969 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
| Date | June 21, 1969 | ||
| Location | Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Greenville, South Carolina) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 0.500 mi (0.804 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 100 mi (160 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds up to 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 62.456 miles per hour (100.513 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Bobby Isaac | Nord Krauskopf | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bobby Isaac | Nord Krauskopf | |
| Laps | 197 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 71 |
Bobby Isaac |
Nord Krauskopf | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1969 Pickens 200 is a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series, also formerly known as the Winston Cup Series and the Winston Cup Grand National Series) racing event that took place on June 21, 1969, at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in the American community of Greenville, South Carolina.
The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more.
Summary
25 drivers competed in this 200-lap racing event that took more than one hour and thirty minutes to successfully complete. Paul Dean Holt was credited with the last-place finish due to an engine problem on the first regulation lap of racing. Bobby Isaac would defeat David Pearson by nine seconds. Isaac, Pearson, and Richard Petty would be the only drivers on the lead lap by the end of the event after dominating the entire race.[2]
James Hylton would compete directly against Nord Krauskopf as a NASCAR team owner for supremacy; Krauskopf's 1969 Dodge vehicle would prove to be superior to Hylton's 1967 Plymouth vehicle. The model year of the vehicles varied from 1967 to 1969 in compliance with NASCAR's regulations of that era. Cecil Gordon quit the race on lap 123 due to personal issues. Other notable drivers to appear at this race included: Neil Castles, J.D. McDuffie, Elmo Langley, Wendell Scott, and Bill Champion. Buster Sexton was black flagged during this race and was eventually disqualified on the ninth lap of the race.[2]
Individual winnings for this race varied from a meager $200 ($1,286.21 when adjusted for inflation) to an incredible $1,000 ($6,431.03 when adjusted for inflation).[2] The total prize purse for this racing event was $6,795 ($43,698.88 when adjusted for inflation).[3]
Top ten finishers
- 71-Bobby Isaac
- 17-David Pearson
- 43-Richard Petty
- 48-James Hylton
- 06-Neil Castles
- 70-J.D. McDuffie
- 26-Earl Brooks
- 08-E.J. Trivette
- 64-Elmo Langley
- 57-Ervin Pruitt
References
- ↑ Weather information for the 1969 Pickens 200 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 1969 Pickens 200 racing information at Racing Reference
- ↑ 1969 Pickens 200 racing information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
| Preceded by 1969 Kingsport 250 |
NASCAR Grand National Series Season 1969 |
Succeeded by 1969 North State 200 |