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1294:1969 NASCAR Grand National Series
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1205:"1969 National 500 crew chiefs"
1126:"1969 National 500 information"
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932:Bill Dennis
926:Bobby Isaac
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857:Earl Brooks
851:Dave Marcis
843:Jabe Thomas
822:Henley Gray
817:Dub Simpson
779:Wayne Smith
748:Dick Brooks
731:Buddy Baker
657:Dick Brooks
606:Milt Lunda
597:Dave Marcis
577:Bobby Isaac
497:Buddy Baker
286:Race report
1288:Categories
1211:2018-08-16
1178:2015-01-23
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1132:2020-05-05
1088:2012-08-02
1068:References
944:Bob Cooper
920:A. J. Foyt
868:Roy Tyner*
807:Ben Arnold
768:John Sears
697:John Sears
385:Qualifying
363:Dale Inman
359:Harry Hyde
316:A. J. Foyt
307:in a 1967
237:Announcers
124:Attendance
637:A.J. Foyt
371:Glen Wood
294:defeated
241:Jim McKay
963:Timeline
763:Don Tarr
662:Plymouth
626:Ray Fox
355:Herb Nab
100:Distance
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422:Mercury
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226:Network
108:Weather
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261:NASCAR
259:was a
202:No. 27
196:Winner
169:Driver
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