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The ''1969 Alabama 200'' was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup 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 race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more. ==Summary== Bobby Allison managed to defeat Richard Petty by a distance of .〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1969 Alabama 200 racing results (second reference) )〕 Two hundred laps were done on a paved oval track spanning .〔 Eleven laps were given two cautions flags〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1969 Alabama 200 additional yellow flags information )〕 due to various racing issues.〔 Only 2800 people would attend this live race with the average racing speed being .〔 However, the event was a "crowd pleaser" with most fans going home in a pleasant mood after the ending.〔 Sherral Pruitt would be the last-place finisher due to his 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle overheating.〔 Other finishers in the top ten were (in reverse order): Dave Marcis, Cecil Gordon, Henley Gray, Ben Arnold, John Sears, Neil Castles, Bobby Isaac, and James Hylton.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1969 Alabama 200 racing results (third reference) )〕 Elmo Langley, Red Farmer, and Roy Tyner were also notable NASCAR drivers who attended this event.〔〔 It took one hour and twenty-one minutes to go from the first green flag to the checkered flag.〔〔 Bill Ervin would retire from NASCAR after this race was held while Lee Gordon would start his NASCAR career here.〔 Hylton still races regularly in the ARCA Series〔 (currently being sponsored by Menards). While the winner of the race got to take home a thousand dollars in winnings ($ when considering inflation), the bottom nine finishers of the race were lucky to receive a paycheck for $100 ($ when considering inflation).〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Prize winnings information )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1969 Alabama 200」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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