1969 Alabama 200
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Date
December 8, 1968
Official name
Alabama 500
Location
Montgomery Speedway, Montgomery, Alabama
Course
Permanent racing facility
| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 2 of 54 in the 1969 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
| Date | December 8, 1968 | ||
| Official name | Alabama 500 | ||
| Location | Montgomery Speedway, Montgomery, Alabama | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.414 km (0.500 miles) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 100 mi (150 km) | ||
| Weather | Cold with temperatures reaching a maximum of 48.9 °F (9.4 °C); wind speeds approaching 5.1 miles per hour (8.2 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 73.200 miles per hour (117.804 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 2,800[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Petty Enterprises | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Laps | 125 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 14 | Bobby Allison | Tom Friedkin | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1969 Alabama 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on December 8, 1968, at Montgomery Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama. Seven lead changes were exchanged amongst three different leaders.
The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.
Montgomery Motor Speedway is a half-mile (.805 km) oval race track just west of Montgomery, Alabama. It opened in 1953, and is the oldest operating race track in Alabama. It held six Grand National Series races between 1955 and 1969.[3]