1969 Volunteer 500
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 33 of 54 in the 1969 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
|
Layout of Bristol Motor Speedway | |||
| Date | July 20, 1969 | ||
| Official name | Volunteer 500 | ||
| Location | Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.533 miles (0.857 km) | ||
| Distance | 500 laps, 266.5 mi (428.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Very hot with temperatures of 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds of 13 miles per hour (21 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 79.737 miles per hour (128.324 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 32,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Wood Brothers | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | David Pearson | Holman-Moody | |
| Laps | 316 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 17 | David Pearson | Holman-Moody | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1969 Volunteer 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on July 20, 1969, at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol, Tennessee; which was rebuilt with more banking for this race.
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.