1969 National 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1969 National 500
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 National 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1969 National 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Donnie Allison	27	3	$20,280	334	running	Banjo Matthews
2	Bobby Allison	22	6	$10,465	334	running	Mario Rossi
3	Buddy Baker	6	5	$6,550	334	running	Cotton Owens
4	Charlie Glotzbach	99	7	$4,025	334	running	Nichels Engineering
5	David Pearson	17	8	$3,800	332	running	Holman-Moody
6	Dick Brooks	32	13	$2,650	321	running	Dick Brooks
7	Neil Castles	6	21	$2,125	320	running	Neil Castles
8	Friday Hassler	39	29	$1,900	318	running	Friday Hassler
11	James Hylton	48	44	$1,675	314	running	Hylton Engineering
13	Elmo Langley	64	17	$1,535	307	running	Elmo Langley
14	Hoss Ellington	61	23	$1,480	306	running	Hoss Ellington
15	John Kennedy	29	34	$1,425	301	running	John Kennedy
17	Wendell Scott	8	27	$1,355	297	running	G.C. Spencer
18	Ben Arnold	76	36	$1,325	292	running	Don Culpepper
19	Cecil Gordon	47	38	$1,300	291	running	Bill Seifert
21	Henley Gray	19	39	$1,250	290	running	Harry Melton
22	Bill Champion	10	16	$1,235	288	running	Bill Champion
23	Wayne Gillette	9	42	$1,200	281	running	E.C. Reid
25	Cale Yarborough	21	1	$1,510	260	engine	Wood Brothers
27	Richard Petty	43	2	$1,260	239	engine	Petty Enterprises
28	Dave Marcis	30	10	$1,130	217	engine	Milt Lunda
29	Earl Brooks	26	43	$1,025	201	engine	Earl Brooks
32	Sonny Hutchins	90	25	$980	175	engine	Junie Donlavey
34	Jim Lineberger	13	37	$925	131	crash	Jim Lineberger
36	Buddy Arrington	67	14	$885	103	engine	Buddy Arrington
37	Richard Brickhouse	88	45	$900	95	engine	Bill Ellis
38	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	4	$875	94	engine	Junior Johnson
40	A.J. Foyt	1	12	$875	88	w bearing	Jack Bowsher
41	Bobby Isaac	71	9	$775	81	engine	K & K Insurance
42	Bill Dennis	54	41	$725	69	engine	Bill Dennis
44	Bob Cooper	82	40	$675	55	rear end	Bob Cooper