BATON ROUGE 200
Prairieville, La. May 26, 1969
The 7th Grand Touring race of 1969 was held at Baton Rouge International Speedway and was 320 laps on the 5/8 mile paved oval. Ken Rush started from the pole the day before as 133 laps were run on May 25 th before the race was halted for rain but did not finish. The remainder of the event was completed on the 26 th with Jim Paschal capturing his first series victory by two laps over Buck Baker. The win paid $3,000.00 and eight cars were running at the finish. Bob Tullius parked his #94 Javelin after 181 laps with a blown head gasket and Charlie Blanton ran 245 laps before his engine expired on his Camaro.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 27 Jim Paschal 69 Javelin 320 Running
2 87 Buck Baker 68 Camaro 318 Running
3 0 Martin Sharpe 68 Camaro Running
4 9 Stan Starr, Jr. 68 Camaro Running
5 8 Phil Wills 68 Camaro Running
6 74 Al Straub 69 Mustang Running
7 19 Al Lemmons 67 Chevy ll Running
8 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang Running
JIM PASCHAL
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
