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In the final months of the 1969 campaign, the PDA drivers returned to the speedway , albeit with considerable tension, to cap off another season of thrills and controversy. To get a better picture of this season, this article will guide you through the year's highlights, photos, and standings. (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....nascar.htm)
The 1969 NASCAR Grand National season brought tensions between drivers and NASCAR officials over safety, speed, and money . Amidst the problems, the Alabama International Motor Speedway opened and hosted the first Talladega 500 in 1969 , a race that had no crashes or spin outs. For the results of the inaugural Talladega 500, along with all 54 races of the 1969 NASCAR Grand National season, see the chart below. (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....esults.htm)
Carroll Shelby's 1969 GT-500 convertible was recently restored under the direction of Stephen Becker. The car , which is one of only 246 Ford Shelby GT-500 convertibles built in 1969 , was sold at the 2008 Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale, Ariz. on January 19th for $675,000. (mustangs.about.com....x_t.01.htm)
Inhis ten seasons as a regular with the Reds, Tony Perez averaged over100 RBI a year. If he had a fault, it was that he struck out too often.But although he fanned 1,867 times, the fourth-highest career total inhistory, he was never a league-leader in whiffs. In 1969 , he had 122RBI and 131 Ks. (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....eason1.htm)
Onlyage 31 in 1969 and still in his prime, Curt Flood chose to quit thegame rather than be traded against his will. His act of protest and thelegal repercussions that ensued resulted in the most serious threat tobaseball's reserve clause since its origin in the late 1870s. (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....eason1.htm)
Withthe exception of the 1961 expansion season, Rod Carew's .332 average in1969 was the American League's highest mark that decade. As it turnedout, 1969 was also an expansion year. The only American League playersbetween 1960 and 1973 to hit .330 in a non-expansion season were TonyOliva and Bobby Murcer, both in 1971. (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....eason1.htm)
Pearson's third NASCAR title came in only his fourth concentrated attempt at the largest plum of the annual NASCAR Grand National campaign. He finished third in 1964 during his first full-season run, and won in 1966, 1968, and 1969 . (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....ascar1.htm)
Bobby Isaac was the most prolific winner in 1969 , winning 17 NASCAR Grand National races. He finished 6th in the final standings. For the rest of the standings from the 1969 NASCAR Grand National season, see the chart below. (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....ascar1.htm)
Rookie manager Ted Williamspiloted the expansion Senators to 86 wins in 1969 , easily the club'shighest number of triumphs while in the nation's capital. Williams notonly seemed able to teach hitting, he turned around a pitching staffthat had been the worst in the majors the previous year. (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....eason2.htm)
FrankRobinson hit .333 for Baltimore in the 1969 American LeagueChampionship Series and just .188 against the Mets in the 1969 WorldSeries. As a team, the Orioles had a meager .146 batting average offNew York pitching in the fall classic that year. Four Baltimoreregulars - Brooks Robinson , Dave Johnson, Don Buford, and Paul Blair - hit a combined .080. (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....eason2.htm)
WillieDavis topped the Dodgers with a .311 batting average in 1969 to becomethe club's first .300 hitter since 1963. Los Angeles was the NationalLeague team with the weakest punch during the late 1960s. In 1968,catcher Tom Haller spearheaded the Dodgers with 53 RBI and substituteoutfielder Len Gabrielson was the lone Dodger to hit as many as tenhome runs. (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....eason2.htm)
Phil Niekro had accumulated 31 career victories going into the 1969 season. Thatyear, at age 30, he collected a personal-best 23 wins. Niekro posted 20or more triumphs on just two additional occasions - the year he turned35 and the year he turned 40. He finished his 24-year career with atotal of 318 wins. (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....eason2.htm)
Arguably the most memorable event of the 1969 baseball season was the Mets incredible World Series win. But the year also saw a number of other firsts - it was Bowie Kuhn's first year as the new commissioner and the first year that both leagues had 12 teams. You can find highlights of the 1969 baseball season below: (entertainment.howstuffworks.com....eason3.htm)
At the opposite end of the COPO spectrum from the striped and badged Chevelles marketed by Don Yenko were those delivered just as Chevy built them. This muscle car - the 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle COPO 427 - spoke softly but carried a very big stick . (musclecars.howstuffworks.com....po-427.htm)
The cid-ceiling would be lifted for '70, so COPO Chevelles were built for 1969 only. But these were among the most feared muscle cars of any day. And they didn't need any badges. (musclecars.howstuffworks.com....po-427.htm)
The December 4, 1969 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) ran a piece by James MacDonald titled, "Food in 2000 A.D." that examined the food of the future within the context of Jamaican beef imports and communal eating. (www.paleofuture.com....-1969.html)
Only one Blind Faith performance was ever filmed, a free concert in London 's Hyde Park in June 1969 . That performance, plus archival footage of the band's members in their earlier incarnations, is being released by Sanctuary Records on DVD September 19. (classicrock.about.com....69-dvd.htm)
It was supposed to be the Lakersā year, but 1969 would instead become their nightmare, with a finish that would haunt Jerry West and his teammates like no other loss. (hoopedia.nba.com....9_Overview)
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