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The ''1969 Georgia 500'' was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on November 9, 1969 at Middle Georgia Raceway in Macon, Georgia. An earlier race was run on November 1968 with the same name and year number. 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== It took two hours and thirty-seven minutes to thoroughly complete 500 laps worth of racing. LeeRoy Yarbrough quit for reasons unknown after just 64 laps; causing him to become the last-place finisher. Larry Baumel became the lowest-finishing driver who did not quit the race. James Cox also quit the race, but only after competing in 131 laps.〔(Racing information for the ''1969 Georgia 500'' ) at Racing Reference〕 Richard Petty had an engine problem and secure himself a sixth-place finish while Earl Brooks ended up more than 100 laps behind the lead lap drivers. A NASCAR-following audience of ten thousand strong supporters ended up seeing Bobby Allison besting David Pearson by a distance of five stock car lengths. While David Pearson, Bobby Isaac and Richard Petty dominated the first 100 laps, the final 100 laps were monopolized by David Pearson and Bobby Allison.〔 Don Biederman was the only Canadian in a field of 29 mostly American-born drivers. Bobby Isaac's pole position speed of exceeded the average race speed of by an incredible amount of time.〔 Individual post-race earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $3,050 ($ when considering inflation) to the last-place finisher's share of $350 ($ when considering inflation). The total prize purse that was offered by the organizers was $19,075 ($ 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)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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