| 1969 Firecracker 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 28 of 54 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $75,380 | Race Date: | Jul 4, 1969 | Daytona International Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .900 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2h 29m 11s | Daytona Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | 16 | Average Speed: | 160.875 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Banked Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 40 | No. of Cautions: | 2 For 27 Laps | daytonainternationalspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | LeeRoy Yarbrough L. Yarbrough | Driver: | Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #98 Ford | Car No.: | #21 Mercury | Dodge: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Junior Johnson and Associates | Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Herb Nab | Crew Chief: | Glen Wood | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 96 of 160 | Pole Speed: | 190.706 MPH | |||||
| Official 1969 Firecracker 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 9 | 98 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | Junior Johnson Racing | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 96 |
| 2 | 11 | 6 | Buddy Baker | Poole-Gable Dodge | Running |  | 0 | 160 | 28 |
| 3 | 2 | 27 | Donnie Allison | Matthews Racing | Running | | 0 | 159 | 4 |
| 4 | 3 | 17 | David Pearson | East Tennessee Motor Company | Running | | 0 | 156 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | | 0 | 156 | 4 |
| 6 | 10 | 30 | Dave Marcis | Lunda Construction | Running | | 0 | 153 | 0 |
| 7 | 23 | 3 | Richard Brickhouse | Dub Clewis (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 8 | 13 | 37 | Don Tarr | Fox Racing | Running | | 0 | 150 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | 48 | James Hylton | Hylton Engineering | Running | | 0 | 146 | 0 |
| 10 | 29 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Bailey Racing | Rear Gear |  | 0 | 144 | 0 |
| 11 | 33 | 33 | Wayne Smith | Archie Smith (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 143 | 0 |
| 12 | 32 | 8 | E.J. Trivette | E.C. Reid (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| 13 | 27 | 96 | Frank Warren | Warren Racing | Running | | 0 | 141 | 0 |
| 14 | 20 | 64 | Elmo Langley | Langley Racing | Running | | 0 | 141 | 0 |
| 15 | 38 | 46 | Roy Mayne | Tom Hunter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 141 | 0 |
| 16 | 19 | 25 | Jabe Thomas | Robertson Racing | Overheating | | 0 | 139 | 0 |
| 17 | 15 | 4 | John Sears | L.G. DeWitt | Running | | 0 | 139 | 0 |
| 18 | 37 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 137 | 0 |
| 19 | 36 | 0 | Dick Poling | Don Tarr (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 134 | 0 |
| 20 | 28 | 10 | Bill Champion | Champion Racing | Running | | 0 | 134 | 0 |
| 21 | 26 | 76 | Ben Arnold | Don Culpepper (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 130 | 0 |
| 22 | 8 | 22 | Bobby Allison | Stan Dobbs Dodge | Accident | | 0 | 127 | 0 |
| 23 | 18 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Buddy Arrington (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 118 | 0 |
| 24 | 21 | 61 | Hoss Ellington (R) | Ellington Racing | Accident |  | 0 | 118 | 0 |
| 25 | 22 | 6 | Neil Castles | Castles Racing | Engine | | 0 | 114 | 0 |
| 26 | 24 | 15 | Ed Hessert | Ed Hessert (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 111 | 0 |
| 27 | 35 | 19 | Henley Gray | Harry Melton (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 105 | 0 |
| 28 | 16 | 32 | Dick Brooks (R) | Brooks Racing | Running | | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 29 | 6 | 71 | Bobby Isaac | K & K Insurance | Engine | | 0 | 63 | 0 |
| 30 | 25 | 7 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 54 | 0 |
| 31 | 12 | 13 | Joe Leonard | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Accident | | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| 32 | 5 | 3 | Charlie Glotzbach | Fox Racing | Engine | | 0 | 46 | 4 |
| 33 | 39 | 53 | Paul Connors | Carl Miller (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| 34 | 7 | 99 | Paul Goldsmith | Nichels Engineering | Accident | | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 35 | 40 | 26 | Earl Brooks | Earl Brooks (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 36 | 17 | 45 | Bill Seifert | Siefert Racing | Quit | | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 37 | 1 | 21 | Cale Yarborough | 60 Minute Cleaners | Engine | | 0 | 22 | 20 |
| 38 | 31 | 47 | Cecil Gordon | Siefert Racing | Quit | | 0 | 21 | 0 |
| 39 | 30 | 23 | Wendell Scott | Robertson Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 40 | 34 | 9 | J.D. McDuffie | E.C. Reid (Car Owner) | Oil Leak | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
