1970 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Motor State 400 Race Results

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1970 - Motor State 400 Race Results

Race Name - Motor State 400
Date - 6/7/1970
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 162.737 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 28
Average Race Speed - 138.3 mph
Lead Changes - 15
Total Race Purse - $60,070
Race Number - 19

More Races from 1970

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	200	69 Mercury	61	$14,675
2	1	Pete Hamilton	40	Petty Enterprises	200	70 Plymout	27	$7,120
3	3	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	200	69 Ford	0	$4,980
4	8	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	200	69 Ford	6	$2,800
5	6	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	199	69 Dodge	12	$2,025
6	16	Jim Vandiver	31	Jim Vandiver	198	69 Dodge	0	$1,550
7	5	Buddy Baker	6	Cotton Owens	198	69 Dodge	0	$1,300
8	12	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	196	69 Ford	0	$1,200
9	9	Dave Marcis	30	Dave Marcis	196	69 Dodge	0	$1,100
10	11	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	193	69 Ford	0	$1,000
11	13	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	189	69 Mercury	0	$975
12	23	Friday Hassler	39	James Hanley	188	69 Chevrol	0	$950
13	22	Don Tarr	37	Don Tarr	285	69 Dodge	0	$925
14	21	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	185	69 Plymout	0	$900
15	25	John Sears	4	John Sears	184	69 Dodge	0	$875
16	27	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	183	69 Ford	0	$850
17	7	Bobby Allison	22	CocaCola (Mario Rossi)	179	69 Dodge	0	$830
18	28	Johnny Halford	57	Ervin Pruitt	178	69 Dodge	0	$820
19	39	Raymond Williams	47	Bill Seifert	176	68 Ford	0	$805
20	30	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	171	69 Ford	0	$790
21	26	Bill Dennis	54	Bill Dennis	165	69 Chevrol	0	$775
22	18	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	156	69 Dodge	0	$785
23	15	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	151	69 Plymout	0	$745
24	10	Charlie Glotzbach	99	Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels)	149	69 Dodge	14	$730
25	20	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	147	69 Ford	0	$715
26	38	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	146	69 Plymout	0	$700
27	14	Ron Grana	5	CJ Grana	124	69 Ford	0	$690
28	2	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	109	70 Plymout	80	$755
29	34	Ron Keselowski	62	Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski)	105	69 Dodge	0	$670
30	17	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	88	69 Dodge	0	$710
31	37	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	71	69 Chevrol	0	$645
32	29	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	68	68 Ford	0	$640
33	36	Harold Smith	44	Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti)	30	69 Chevrol	0	$635
34	33	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	15	69 Ford	0	$655
35	40	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	9	69 Ford	0	$625
36	24	Tommy Gale	3	Walt Valerio	6	69 Mercury	0	$620
37	32	Dick Brooks	86	Dennis Gallion	5	69 Dodge	0	$640
38	31	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	5	69 Ford	0	$660
39	35	Buddy Arrington	5	Buddy Arrington	3	69 Dodge	0	$605
40	19	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	1	69 Ford	0	$600