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The 1969 Volunteer 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on July 20, 1969 at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee. 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 three hours, eight minutes, and seven seconds for the event to reach its conclusion.〔 David Pearson defeated Bobby Isaac by more than three laps in front of a live audience of thirty-two thousand people.〔 His Ford Torino Talladega guided him to one of his eleven victories for the 1969 NASCAR Cup Series season. Richard Petty, however, would play the role of the assistant as teamwork became essential with NASCAR's coming of age. Notable speeds were: as the average speed and as the pole position speed.〔 Eight cautions were waved for 56 laps in this race that spanned a grand total of .〔 This race would bring Cecil Gordon's first finish in the top five.〔 Total winnings for this race were $27,685 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔 This race's importance in the history book would be that the famous Apollo 11 moon landing would take place on the same day. Once the Apollo 11 landed on the moon, it would only be proper for Neil Armstrong to make his famous walk on the Moon. Henley Gray deliberately quit the race so he could get home in time to watch the moon landing on television; according to urban legend. As a result, he only won $550 ($ when adjusted for inflation) in prize money and finished only 206 out of the 500 laps of the race.〔 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 Volunteer 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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