1969 Pickens 200

1969 Pickens 200
Race details[1]
Race 26 of 54 in the 1969 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date June 21, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-06-21)
Official name Pickens 200
Location Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Greenville, South Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 200 laps, 100 mi (160 km)
Weather Very hot with temperatures of 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds of 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)
Average speed 62.456 mph (100.513 km/h)
Attendance 9,300[2]
Pole position
Driver
Nord Krauskopf
Most laps led
Driver Bobby Isaac Nord Krauskopf
Laps 197
Winner
No. 71 Bobby Isaac Nord Krauskopf
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1969 Pickens 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on June 21, 1969, at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, South Carolina.

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.

  1. ^ Weather information for the 1969 Pickens 200 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference rr was invoked but never defined (see the help page).