COLUMBIA GT 100
Columbia, SC. June 26, 1969
The 13th Grand Touring race of 1969 was held at the Columbia Speedway and was 200 laps on the 1/2 mile dirt oval.
Tiny Lund qualified his Tom Pistone 69 Cougar on the pole with a time of 25.06 seconds and led the first 51 laps until Buck Baker took over the lead thru lap 103. Jim Paschal led laps 104 to 108 with Charlie Blanton out front from lap 109 to 191. Jim Paschal led laps 192 thru 200 to take the win. I could not find out what happened to Charlie Blanton as he finished 5 th two laps down after leading with 9 to go. There were 4 cautions for 25 laps. The win was the third for Paschal after two wins on asphalt.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 5 27 Jim Paschal 69 Javelin 200 Running
2 6 44 Ken Rush 68 Camaro 198 Running
3 11 37 Bill Hemby 68 Camaro 198 Running
4 7 88 T.C. Hunt 68 Camaro 198 Running
5 4 11 Charlie Blanton 68 Cougar 198 Running
6 12 21 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro 195 Running
7 10 04 C.B. Gwyn 68 Cougar 191 Running
8 3 3 Jim Vandiver 68 Camaro 190 Wrecked
9 1 16 Tiny Lund 69 Cougar 182 Running
10 15 4 Steve Ervin 68 Camaro 180 Running
11 2 87 Buck Baker 68 Camaro 177 Bln. Eng.
12 14 41 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 176 Running
13 17 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 135 Running
14 18 74 Al Straub 69 Mustang 112 Bln. Eng.
15 9 25 Pete Hamilton 68 Camaro 78 Bln. Eng.
16 13 2 Randy Hutchinson 68 Camaro 25 Ignition
17 8 10 Don Baumgardner 68 Camaro 21 Fuel Pump
18 16 7 Jimmy Vaughn 68 Camaro 4 Fuel Pump
Jim Paschal
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM