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The ''1969 World 600'', the 10th running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on May 25, 1969 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. 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== Four hundred laps were accomplished on a paved oval track spanning .〔 After nearly four hours and thirty minutes of racing, LeeRoy Yarbrough managed to defeat Donnie Allison by two laps〔(''1969 World 600'' ) at Race Database〕 in front of 75000 live spectators.〔 Five cautions would be given out for 45 laps along with 13 lead changes amongst eight different competing drivers.〔〔〔 One of the most spectactular feats of this race would be when LeeRoy Yarbrough would lead the race from lap 162 through lap 400; putting on a very strong performance to win the race.〔 There were 44 drivers in the race; each of them would be racing for a racing purse that had a grand total of $132,100 ($ when considering inflation).〔(''1969 World 600'' ) at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet〕 Ed Negre would get the last-place finish in Don Tarr's 1967 Chevrolet due to a transmission problem on the second lap.〔〔〔 Allison would gain the pole position with a speed of while the average race speed was .〔〔 Dave Marcis would have a long career ahead of him after leading the laps in this race. However, this would be the final race for Gerald Chamberlain and Larry Hess.〔 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 World 600」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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