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  1.   Bill posted:
  02.19.2008 - 7:38 pm
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It rained off and on that day. LeRoy wins with a last lap pass to beat
David Pearson to the finish line.


  2.   Matt_1986 posted:
  07.26.2009 - 12:49 pm
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Lee Roy becomes the first driver to win the Daytona 500, World 600 and
Southern 500 in the same season.


  3.   Sébastien posted:
  07.27.2009 - 12:41 pm
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Petty #43 sponsor was East Tenn. Mtrs


  4.   v2v1v5 posted:
  08.06.2013 - 1:40 am
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LeeRoy Yarbrough and David Pearson wage a spectacular duel!They battled
the weather,the track,the darkness,each had brushes with the
guardrail,and each other.Pearson brushes the guardrail between turns 1
and 2 on the next to last lap,allowing LeeRoy to close up.On the last
lap,LeeRoy slides by David going into turn 3,and wins the 1969 Southern
500.In the last laps,LeeRoy and David were running so hard they looked
like they were on a dirt track,slid'n sideways!David Pearson would go on
and win 11 races and the 1969 NASCAR Championship in the #17
Holman&Moody Ford Torino Talladega,his 3rd in 4 years.In later
years,David Pearson would indeed become "King of the superspeedways" in
the Wood Bros.Mercury.In 1969 that title belonged to LeeRoy Yarbrough
and the Jr.Johnson Fords and Mercurys.First and only driver to this day
to win the Triple Crown and the Grand Slam in a single season! R.I.P.
LeeRoy...


  5.   simonracer posted:
  01.19.2015 - 3:54 am
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Jabe Thomas was on pole for the qualifying race, held on the Saturday
before the race.

John Kennedy & Wayne Gilette were in the qualifying race, they got into
an accident together and were knocked out of the race.


  6.   nascar_vd / Racing-Reference.info posted:
  01.23.2017 - 12:17 pm
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Note: the first 30 positions on the grid per qualifying time. Position
trough 31 to 40 = order of the finish of the qualifying run. 2-lap
qualifying run and multiple session.
DNQ:
Bob Ashbrook withdraw for a reason unknow but initially qualified 39th
for the race.
Note: the withdraw of Ashbrook allows Ken Meisenhelder to win a place on
the grid. And allows Wayne Smith to take the 40th and final position.
But finally Earl Brook drove the car #33 for Smith in the race.


  7.   JSPorts posted:
  01.23.2017 - 12:19 pm
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I've always been curious about how they did qualifying back in the old
days of NASCAR. Thanks for some clarification on this race.


  8.   RaceFanX posted:
  08.27.2020 - 9:43 am
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Sponsor:
#98 LeeRoy Yarbrough- Torino Talladega / Jim Robbins Special


  9.   Seb posted:
  01.30.2021 - 7:53 pm
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#15 Hessert drove a '69 Dodge Charger 500, not a '69 Plymouth.
#45 Seifert drove a '69 Ford, not a '68.
#49 Spencer drove a '67 Plymouth, not a '68.


some more sponsors :

#06 Howard Furn.
#4 Montgomery Motors Ford
#6 Addy Dodge
#8 Pyramid Chrysler-Plymouth Dodge
#9 Carolina Bottlers Pepsi
#14 Mendenhall Dodge
#17 East Tenn. Motor Co.
#22 Hutton Scott Dodge
#25 Star City Body Shop
#27 Torino Talladega
#30 Lunda Construction
#31 Jim McKay Chevrolet
#32 Bestline Products
#36 Pontiac
#46 Ralph Kimsey Co. / C&J Radiator Service
#48 Burnside Dodge
#49 Presnell Chrysler-Plymouth
#64 Woodfield Ford
#70 Buick (rear only)
#96 Clint Brannen Ford


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