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JACKSON GT200 Nov. 23,1969

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JACKSON GT 200

Jackson, Miss. Nov. 23, 1969

The 35th and last Grand Touring race of 1969 was held at Jackson International Speedway and was 200 laps on the half mile paved oval. Pete Hamilton qualified on the pole with a record time of 20.60 seconds and led all but 26 of the 200 laps. Hamilton dominated the field winning by 4 laps for his second in a row and 12^th win of the season. There were 4 cautions for 30 laps. Ken Rush capped his Championship season with a second place finish but he only had to start the race to wrap up the points title by 53 points over Frank Sessoms.

Finish	Start	Car #	Driver	Car	Laps Run	Reason Out
1	2	25	Pete Hamilton	68 Camaro	200	Running
2	6	44	Ken Rush	68 Camaro	196	Running
3	3	95	Butch Harben	68 Camaro	196	Running
4	5	147	Stick Elliott	68 Camaro	193	Running
5	10	01	Tommie Andrews	68 Mustang	193	Running
6	18	87	Buck Baker	69 Firebird	193	Running
7	13	74	Al Straub	68 Mustang	190	Running
8	15	8	Phil Wills	68 Camaro	190	Running
9	12	89	Tiny Lund	68 Camaro	188	Running
10	4	88	T. C. Hunt	68 Camaro	186	Running
11	14	9	Stan Starr, Jr.	68 Camaro	183	Running
12	2	10	Charlie Blanton	68 Camaro	156	Bln. Eng.
13	16	47	Al Arnold	68 Cougar	151	Running
14	20	52	Billy Hagan	68 Cougar	81	Oil Leak
15	11	21	Frank Sessoms	68 Camaro	65	Bln. Eng.
16	9	93	Bob Tullius	68 Javelin	65	Push Rod
17	17	56	Richard Childress	68 Camaro	55	Over Heat
18	7	16	Tom Pistone	68 Cougar	34	Bln. Eng.
19	8	0	Martin Sharp	68 Camaro	34	Head Gskt.
20	21	17	Ernie Shaw	68 Mustang	13	Ignition
21	22	4	Bobby Brewer	68 Camaro	3	Oil Leak
22	19	13	Les Covey	68 Camaro	1	Head Gskt.
23	23	31	Earl Canavan	68 Javelin	1	Quit

updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

HAMPTON GT 250 Nov. 15, 1969

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No Johnny I don't now who owned the #147 Stick Elliot drove in this race. I wondered if it might have been a Toy Bolton car but that is only speculation on my part.

HAMPTON GT 250 Nov. 15, 1969

Stock Car Racing History

Dennis, I don't know for sure but I think the car Al Grinnan (thanks for the spelling correction, NASCAR Newsletter had it wrong) was driving that day was a Stan Starr Sr. car that was normally #9.

HAMPTON GT 250 Nov. 15, 1969

Stock Car Racing History

HAMPTON GT 250

Hampton, Va. Nov. 15, 1969

The 34th Grand Touring race of 1969 was held at Langley Field Speedway and was 250 laps on the 4 tenths mile paved oval. Randy Hutchison came back to his home track, qualified on the pole, and led the first 6 laps before Pete Hamilton took over and led thru lap 120. Hutchinson went back out front and led thru lap 202 when Hamilton went out front and stayed there the rest of the way to record his 11^th win of the season. There were 5 cautions for 37 laps. Frank Sessoms needed a good run to stay in the points battle and finishedfifthbut Ken Rush came in 7^th and virtually assured himself the points title.

The date may be in error as I have one document that gives the date as the 15^th which was on a Saturday and one that gives the date as the 16^th.

Finish	Start	Car #	Driver	Car	Laps Run	Reason Out
1	2	25	Pete Hamilton	68 Camaro	250	Running
2	1	2	Randy Hutchison	68 Camaro	250	Running
3	3	88	T. C. Hunt	68 Camaro	249	Running
4	11	15	Wayne Andrews	68 Cougar	248	Running
5	7	21	Frank Sessoms	68 Camaro	246	Running
6	6	10	Charlie Blanton	68 Camaro	246	Running
7	5	44	Ken Rush	68 Camaro	246	Running
8	8	87	Buck Baker	69 Firebird	237	Running
9	16	8	Phil Wills	68 Camaro	236	Running
10	15	74	Al Straub	69 Mustang	223	Running
11	17	47	Al Arnold	68 Cougar	213	Running
12	12	90	Al Grinnan	68 Camaro	213	Running
13	19	17	Ernie Shaw	68 Mustang	212	Bln. Eng.
14	4	93	Bob Tullius	68 Javelin	212	Bln. Eng.
15	20	54	Bobby Fleming	68 Camaro	198	Running
16	9	147	Stick Elliott	68 Camaro	195	Bln. Eng.
17	24	4	Bobby Brewer	68 Camaro	191	Oil Leak
18	22	7	Jimmy Vaughn	68 Camaro	163	Bln. Eng.
19	10	89	Tiny Lund	68 Camaro	145	Bln. Eng.
20	23	39	Bruce Warren	68 Camaro	130	Running
21	18	13	Richard Childress	68 Camaro	108	Rear End
22	13	3	Larry Wallace	68 Camaro	72	Oil Leak
23	21	56	Les Covey	68 Camaro	57	Oil Leak
24	21	O4	C. B. Gwyn	68 Cougar	52	Wrecked
25	25	31	Earl Canavan	68 Javelin	19	Quit

updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

Dave Fulton

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Thanks Tim. Good news.

You are in our thoughts and prayers Dave.

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October 18, 1970 - Old Dominion 500

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Thanks Dave,

I have never seen this report on that race. Dad said it was a long day for him. The car ran poorly from the drop of the green; spit, sputtered, popped and coughed all day.

CASEY 200 October 18, 1969

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CASEY 200

Raleigh, N.C. October 18, 1969

The Grand Touring cars visited Raleigh, N.C. for the 33rd race of the year. A 200 lap event on the 1/2 mile dirt oval at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds before a reported 9,000 fans.

Jim Paschal started on the pole with a time of 25.92 seconds but lost an engine in his Javelin and did not finish. Always tough on dirt, the old veteran Buck Baker got the win over Wayne Andrews in yet another second place finish.

FinSrtCar # DriverCarLaps Reason out

1 87 Buck Baker 69 Firebird 200Running

2 15 Wayne Andrews 68 Cougar Running

3 44 Ken Rush 68 Camaro Running

4 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro Running

5 04 C. B. Gwyn 68 Cougar Running

6 72 Al Straub 68 Mustang

7 7 Jim Vaughan 68 Camaro

8 21 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro

9 10 Charlie Blanton 68 Camaro

10 54 Bobby Fleming 68 Camaro

North Carolina State Fairgrounds Speedway

updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM

LAKEWOOD GT 100 Oct. 12, 1969

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LAKEWOOD GT 100

Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 12, 1969

The Grand Touring cars visited the Lakewood Speedway for the 32nd race of the year. A 100 lap event on the 1 mile dirt track for $7,065 in prize money.

Pete Hamilton started on the pole with a time of 40.75 seconds but T.C. Hunt claimed his second victory of the year. This time without relief driver Russell Nelson who finished 18 ^th .

Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out

1 8 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro 100 Running

2 12 21 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro 100 Running

3 9 15 Wayne Andrews 68 Cougar 100 Running

4 2 16 Tiny Lund 68 Cougar 98 Running

5 18 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 98 Running

6 17 54 Bobby Fleming 68 Camaro 97 Running

7 20 4 Bobby Brewer 68 Camaro 97 Running

8 21 13 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 96 Running

9 14 9 Stan Starr, Jr. 68 Camaro 94 Running

10 6 87 Buck Baker 69 Firebird 90 Running

11 4 44 Ken Rush 68 Camaro 89

12 19 0 Martin Sharpe 68 Camaro 84

13 15 74 Al Straub 69 Mustang 78

14 10 10 Charlie Blanton 68 Camaro 69

15 2 27 Jim Paschal 69 Javelin 69

16 11 04 C. B. Gwyn 68 Cougar 53

17 5 81 Don Schisler 68 Camaro 47

18 7 37 Russell Nelson 68 Camaro 46

19 1 25 Pete Hamilton 69 Camaro 42

20 16 72 Doug Easton 68 Mustang 40

21 13 8 Phil Wills 68 Camaro 26

#15 Wayne Andrews in Reid Shaw Cougar and #72 Doug Easton in Al Straub Mustang

at Lakeside Speedway

updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM