1969 Myers Brothers 250

1969 Myers Brothers 250

Race details[1][2]
Race 39 of 54 in the 1969 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date	August 22, 1969
Official name	Myers Brothers 250
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	Mild with temperatures reaching a maximum of 77 °F (25 °C); maximum sustained wind speeds of 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h)
Average speed	47.458 miles per hour (76.376 km/h)
Pole position
Driver	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises
Most laps led
Driver	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing
Laps	241
Winner
No. 43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network	untelevised
Announcers	none

The 1969 Myers Brothers 250 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on August 22, 1969 at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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).^[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.^[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.^[2] Three cautions were given for seventeen laps.^[2] Out of the twenty-four cars, eleven had to drop out of the race before it finished.^[2]

Total winnings for this race were $6,975 in American dollars ($45,008.37 when adjusted for inflation).^[2] All twenty-four drivers were born in the United States of America.^[2]

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 anymore.

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 finishing 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

Timeline

• Start of race: Bobby Isaac started the race with the pole position
• Lap 2: Hoss Ellington quit the race for reasons unknown
• Lap 4: Wayne Gillette quit the race for reasons unknown
• Lap 16: Earl Brooks quit the race for reasons unknown
• Lap 24: Cecil Gordon quit the race for reasons unknown
• Lap 25: Wayne Smith accidentally blew his engine, forcing him to exit the race early
• Lap 26: An oil leak forced James Cox to abandon the race, finishing in 19th place
• Lap 29: Bill Seifert quit the race for reasons unknown
• Lap 82: Ed Negre had to withdraw from the race due to transmission issues
• Lap 91: Pete Hazelwood quit the race for reasons unknown
• Lap 93: Henley Grey noticed that his brakes stopped working on his racing vehicle
• Lap 153: The brakes on Bill Champion's vehicle stopped working
• Lap 242: Richard Petty took over the leader from Bobby Isaac
• Finish: Richard Petty was officially declared the winner of the event

References

1. "1969 Myers Brothers 250 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
2. "1969 Myers Brothers 250 racing results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-20.