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The ''1969 Georgia 500'' was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on November 17, 1968 at Middle Georgia Raceway in Macon, Georgia. It is not to be confused with another running of the 1969 Georgia 500 which actually took place in 1969. 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== Thirty drivers qualified for this 500-lap racing event that took three hours and eight minutes to complete. Most of the field was driving vehicles made by Ford.〔(Racing information for the ''1969 Georgia 500'' ) at Racing Reference〕 J.D. McDuffie ended up becoming the last-place finisher due to a problem with his engine on lap 20. Ed Negre was the lowest finishing driver to complete the race regardless of being 206 laps behind the drivers on the lead lap. Friday Hassler's engine problems were unfortunate enough to kick him out of the race on lap 476 with a "fortunate" sixth-place finish. Six thousand excited NASCAR fans were eager to see Richard Petty defeat David Pearson by a margin of five seconds.〔 From the halfway point (lap 251) to the end of the event, Petty and Pearson didn't allow the lead to escape their collective grasps. David Pearson, Bobby Isaac, and Bobby Allison all dominated the opening 100 laps of this racing event. The average racing speed was ; which was overshadowed by David Pearson's solo qualifying speed of .〔 Individual driver earnings from this racing event ranged from the winner's share of $3,500 ($ when considering inflation) to the lowest possible earnings of $150 ($ when considering inflation). Organizers were authorized to hand over a grand total of $16,935 for all the qualifying drivers ($ when considering inflation).〔(Racing information for the ''1969 Georgia 500'' ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1969 Georgia 500 (November 1968)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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