1969 World 600 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1969 World 600
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	N/A

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1969 World 600 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1969 World 600, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	2	$29,325	400	running	Junior Johnson
2	Donnie Allison	27	1	$14,755	398	running	Banjo Matthews
3	James Hylton	48	11	$9,670	382	running	Hylton Engineering
5	Bobby Isaac	71	10	$5,375	374	engine	K & K Insurance
7	Hoss Ellington	61	20	$3,525	368	running	Hoss Ellington
9	Friday Hassler	39	14	$2,575	367	engine	Friday Hassler
10	Elmo Langley	64	16	$2,150	367	running	Elmo Langley
11	Sonny Hutchins	90	23	$2,075	361	running	Junie Donlavey
16	Buddy Baker	6	7	$1,775	347	engine	Cotton Owens
17	Ed Hessert	15	33	$1,775	341	running	Ed Hessert
19	Richard Petty	43	5	$1,675	336	engine	Petty Enterprises
20	Ben Arnold	76	28	$1,625	326	running	Don Culpepper
21	Cecil Gordon	47	34	$1,625	315	running	Bill Seifert
22	Buddy Arrington	67	15	$1,600	308	engine	Buddy Arrington
23	Cale Yarborough	21	4	$1,600	307	hub	Wood Brothers
24	Earl Brooks	26	40	$1,600	305	running	Earl Brooks
25	Sam McQuagg	14	13	$1,575	303	engine	Bill Ellis
26	Dave Marcis	30	8	$1,475	272	engine	Milt Lunda
27	Paul Goldsmith	99	9	$1,450	245	steering	Nichels Engineering
28	Neil Castles	3	12	$1,525	153	crash	Ray Fox
31	Bill Champion	10	18	$1,350	135	engine	Bill Champion
32	Larry Hess	84	38	$1,325	122	engine	Elmo Langley
33	Dick Brooks	32	17	$1,300	112	oil pan	Dick Brooks
35	Wendell Scott	34	41	$1,315	108	engine	Wendell Scott
37	Dick Johnson	18	26	$1,200	69	w bearing	Dick Johnson
38	Gerald Chamberlain	56	36	$1,175	57	wiring	Lyle Stelter
39	Richard Brickhouse	3	24	$1,175	48	carb fire	Dub Clewis
40	Henley Gray	80	35	$1,135	34	sway bar	E.C. Reid
41	Bobby Allison	22	6	$1,125	15	radiator	Mario Rossi
42	David Pearson	17	3	$1,750	13	crash	Holman-Moody
43	John Kenney	40	27	$1,050	4	crash	Bill Champion