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The 1969 Motor Trend 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on February 1, 1969 at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. 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. ==Summary== One hundred and eighty-six laps were done on a paved road course spanning .〔 Although A.J. Foyt won the pole position with a qualifying speed of , Richard Petty would win the race by beating Foyt with a margin of 25 seconds using a 1969 Ford Torino vehicle.〔 More than forty-six thousand fans would watch the race live to see 44 vehicles start (and only 13 of them finish the race).〔 Most of the DNFs were caused by engine issues.〔 Ford vehicles and Chevrolet vehicles made up most of the starting grid.〔 Other notable drivers included: LeeRoy Yarbrough (who would be the highest finishing driver with an engine problem), Ray Elder, Neil Castles, Mario Andretti (his final start), and Elmo Langley.〔 West Coast racer Marty Kinerk made his NASCAR Cup Series debut at this event. However, he would only compete at two races before leaving for the NASCAR Winston West Series (now K&N Pro Series West). The entire race was completed under the green flag without any laps being taken for either yellow or red flags;〔 with the final race to go the entire distance without a caution was the 2002 EA Sports 500.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=EA Sports 500 )〕 Average speeds for the entire race approached and the duration of the race was four hours, forty-five minutes, and thirty-seven seconds.〔 The race's top prize would be $19,650 in American dollars ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔 The overall winnings of this race would be $79,660 in American dollars ($ when adjusted for inflation). While individual owners would make up the majority of the NASCAR teams during this era, multi-car teams like Holman Moody, Wood Brothers Racing, and K&K Insurance Racing began to emerge during the late 1960s and early 1970s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1969 Motor Trend 500 racing results )〕 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 Motor Trend 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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