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1969 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Grand National race number 28 of 54
Friday, July 4, 1969 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:29:11
Average speed: 160.875 mph
Pole speed: 190.706 mph

Cautions: 2 for 27 laps
Margin of victory: .9 sec
Attendance: 53800
Lead changes: 16

Glossary 1969 NASCAR Grand National results / 1969 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	9	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Torino Talladega (Junior Johnson)	'69 Ford	160	22175	running	96
2	11	6	Buddy Baker	Poole-Gable Dodge (Cotton Owens)	'69 Dodge	160	11195	running	28
3	2	27	Donnie Allison	Torino Talladega (Banjo Matthews)	'69 Ford	159	6905	running	4
4	3	17	David Pearson	East Tenn. Motor Co. (Holman-Moody Racing)	'69 Ford	156	4050	running	4
5	4	43	Richard Petty	Torino Talladega / East Tenn. Motors (Petty Enterprises)	'69 Ford	156	1950	running	4
6	10	30	Dave Marcis	Lunda Construction (Milt Lunda)	'69 Dodge	153	1500	running	0
7	23	03	Richard Brickhouse	Dub Clewis	'67 Plymouth	151	1325	running	0
8	13	37	Don Tarr	Biscayne Dodge / Sheraton (Ray Fox)	'67 Dodge	150	1250	running	0
9	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'69 Dodge	146	1125	running	0
10	29	36	H.B. Bailey	H.B. Bailey	'69 Pontiac	144	1000	rear end	0
11	33	33	Wayne Smith	Archie Smith	'68 Chevrolet	143	975	running	0
12	32	08	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid	'69 Chevrolet	142	950	running	0
13	27	96	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'68 Ford	141	905	running	0
14	20	64	Elmo Langley	Woodfield Ford (Elmo Langley)	'68 Ford	141	900	running	0
15	38	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'69 Chevrolet	141	875	running	0
16	19	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'68 Plymouth	139	850	overheating	0
17	15	4	John Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Ford	139	850	running	0
18	37	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'69 Pontiac	137	800	running	0
19	36	0	Dick Poling	Don Tarr	'67 Chevrolet	134	775	running	0
20	28	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'68 Ford	134	750	running	0
21	26	76	Ben Arnold	Don Culpepper	'68 Ford	130	765	running	0
22	8	22	Bobby Allison	Stan Dobbs Dodge (Mario Rossi)	'69 Dodge	127	730	crash	0
23	18	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'69 Dodge	118	720	crash	0
24	21	61	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Insulation Co. (Hoss Ellington)	'67 Mercury	118	810	crash	0
25	22	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge	114	750	engine	0
26	24	15	Ed Hessert	Ed Hessert	'69 Plymouth	111	715	crash	0
27	35	19	Henley Gray	Harry Melton	'68 Ford	105	680	crash	0
28	16	32	Dick Brooks	Plymouth (Dick Brooks)	'69 Plymouth	100	695	running	0
29	6	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'69 Dodge	63	685	engine	0
30	25	7	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'67 Chevrolet	54	675	engine	0
31	12	13	Joe Leonard	Smokey Yunick	'69 Ford	47	720	crash	0
32	5	3	Charlie Glotzbach	Ray Fox	'69 Dodge	46	740	engine	4
33	39	53	Paul Connors	Carl Miller	'67 Dodge	31	635	engine	0
34	7	99	Paul Goldsmith	Karp Dodge (Ray Nichels)	'69 Dodge	30	630	crash	0
35	40	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'67 Ford	30	625	engine	0
36	17	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'69 Ford	24	620	quit	0
37	1	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	22	1265	engine	20
38	31	47	Cecil Gordon	Bill Seifert	'68 Ford	21	610	quit	0
39	30	23	Wendell Scott	Don Robertson	'67 Ford	10	605	rear end	0
40	34	09	J.D. McDuffie	E.C. Reid	'69 Chevrolet	6	600	oil leak	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	1	1
Cale Yarborough	2	21	20
LeeRoy Yarbrough	22	31	10
Charlie Glotzbach	32	32	1
LeeRoy Yarbrough	33	40	8
Buddy Baker	41	42	2
Charlie Glotzbach	43	45	3
David Pearson	46	48	3
LeeRoy Yarbrough	49	76	28
Richard Petty	77	80	4
LeeRoy Yarbrough	81	112	32
Donnie Allison	113	116	4
Buddy Baker	117	130	14
LeeRoy Yarbrough	131	131	1
Buddy Baker	132	143	12
LeeRoy Yarbrough	144	160	17