Way Back Wednesday - 1969

US in 1969

Cost of a new home: $27,900.00 

Median Household Income: $8,389.00 

Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.06 

Cost of a gallon of regular gas: $0.35 

Cost of a dozen eggs: $0.62 

Cost of a gallon of Milk: $1.10 

President: Richard M. Nixon 

Vice President: Spiro T. Agnew

Federal spending: $183.64 billion 

Federal debt: $365.8 billion 

Inflation: 5.7% 

Consumer Price Index: 36.7 

Unemployment: 3.6%  

NASCAR In 1969

  Top 12 In Points

1 Richard Petty
2 James Hylton
3 John Sears
4 Neil Castles
5 Henley Gray
6 Ben Arnold
7 Elmo Langley
8 Cecil Gordon
9 Bobby Isaac
10 Bobby Allison
11 Wendell Scott
12 Roy Tyner

The Inaugural  Race happened in Dover Downs!