1970 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Nashville 420 Race Results

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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

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1970 - Nashville 420 Race Results

Race Name - Nashville 420
Date - 7/25/1970
Race Track - Nashville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.596 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 114.115 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 39
Average Race Speed - 87.943 mph
Lead Changes - 5
Total Race Purse - $29,475
Race Number - 30

More Races from 1970

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	420	69 Dodge	214	$3,310
2	8	Bobby Allison	22	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	418	69 Dodge	0	$1,910
3	16	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	394	69 Dodge	0	$1,310
4	15	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	391	68 Ford	0	$1,010
5	26	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	385	69 Mercury	0	$910
6	6	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	384	69 Chevrol	0	$860
7	10	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	380	69 Ford	0	$835
8	23	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	365	69 Plymout	0	$810
9	36	Eddie Yarboro	3	Eddie Yarboro	338	69 Plymout	0	$800
10	13	Dave Marcis	30	Dave Marcis	336	69 Dodge	0	$790
11	25	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	318	69 Plymout	0	$780
12	29	John Kenney	77	Bob Freeman	242	68 Ford	0	$770
13	28	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	221	69 Ford	0	$760
14	7	Friday Hassler	39	James Hanley	209	69 Chevrol	56	$750
15	34	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	167	69 Plymout	0	$740
16	3	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	154	70 Plymout	134	$730
17	21	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	151	69 Ford	0	$720
18	19	Dick May	67	Ron Ronacher	139	69 Ford	0	$710
19	27	Johnny Halford	57	Ervin Pruitt	111	69 Dodge	0	$700
20	31	Raymond Williams	45	Bill Seifert	78	69 Ford	0	$690
21	9	Dick Bown	2	Mike Ober	63	70 Plymout	0	$680
22	12	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	59	69 Ford	0	$670
23	1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	45	70 Ford	16	$660
24	30	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	45	69 Ford	0	$650
25	32	Charlie Roberts	60	Charlie Roberts	39	69 Dodge	0	$640
26	14	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	35	69 Ford	0	$635
27	24	John Sears	4	John Sears	34	69 Dodge	0	$625
28	5	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	17	69 Ford	0	$615
29	17	Wendell Scott	34	Don Robertson	10	69 Plymout	0	$605
30	22	Ron Keselowski	62	Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski)	8	69 Dodge	0	$590
31	35	Lee Gordon	97	Cecil Gordon	7	68 Ford	0	$570
32	11	Buddy Arrington	5	Buddy Arrington	5	69 Dodge	0	$550
33	18	Bill Dennis	54	Bill Dennis	5	69 Chevrol	0	$530
34	33	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	3	69 Mercury	0	$525
35	4	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	1	70 Plymout	0	$520
36	20	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	1	69 Plymout	0	$515