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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1969
Page
7
Benny Phillips reports on a rain soaked Southern 500 at Darlington where 68,000 fans endured delays and mud. The race restarted after hours of postponement with Lee Roy Yarbrough leading, but a turn incident collect_ed Cale Yarborough, Donnie Allison, and others as chaos hit the fourth turn.
Lee Roy Yarbrough conquered the rain delayed Southern 500 at Darlington, passing David Pearson on the final lap to claim his sixth superspeedway win of the season. The Ford driver earned 21,850 dollars, boosting his 1969 NASCAR total to a record 164,915, with overall year winnings around 187,825. The race endured a four hour four minute rain delay and ended in a late duel as Yarbrough moved low in turn three to reach the front and stay there.
AP reports the Darlington South 500 final results with prize money for drivers led by Lee Roy Yarbrough at 21,800 dollars and David Parson at 12,250. The full field includes Petty, Brock, Allison, Yarborough, and others with cars from Ford Dodge Plymouth and Buick. Time of race was 2 hours 7 minutes 7 seconds at an average speed of 105.612 mph over 330 laps.
In Wethersfield Connecticut rain delays shuffled the NL West race as Bob Lunn won a playoff for $20,000 at the Greater Hartford Open while the Reds’ game with the Cubs was postponed. San Francisco's 12-2 rout of Montreal put the Giants ahead by .002 in the standings.
Balimore blanked Chicago 8-05. Minnesota beat Cleveland 7-11. Washington beat California then lost. Boston topped Oakland 6-2. New York beat Seattle 6-1 and lost 5-1 in 13 innings. Detroit edged Kansas City 5-4 in 10 then lost 3-2 in nightcap. Davis tied Zack Wheat’s all time Dodger hitting streak with a second inning single and is eight games from the NL record.
Hi-Toms open a best of three playoff series at Finch Field with several regulars unavailable. Starters include The Brookens on the mound with Pettis set to start Wednesday. Monty Montgomery may pitch, while Crichton Cleary depart for operations in Kansas City.
Morey surged from a slow start to win the Willow Creek club championship with rounds of 69 and 72 for a 218 total, overcoming Jay Harris by six strokes who finished with 224. Dean Tester led the first flight at 231, Jim Vann captured the second flight with 247, Jon Benk won the third flight with 243, and Don Linder took the fourth flight at 263.
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