1970 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Dixie 500 Race Results

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1970 - Dixie 500 Race Results

Race Name - Dixie 500
Date - 8/2/1970
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 157.625 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 10
Average Race Speed - 142.71 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $85,175
Race Number - 31

More Races from 1970

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	6	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	328	70 Plymout	295	$19,600
2	4	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	327	69 Mercury	0	$11,525
3	7	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	326	69 Mercury	17	$7,200
4	2	Buddy Baker	6	Cotton Owens	326	69 Dodge	15	$3,775
5	11	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	325	69 Ford	0	$2,800
6	10	Pete Hamilton	40	Petty Enterprises	324	70 Plymout	0	$2,500
7	29	Bobby Allison	22	CocaCola (Mario Rossi)	323	69 Dodge	0	$1,875
8	12	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	323	69 Ford	0	$1,850
9	13	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	316	69 Dodge	0	$1,800
10	18	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	310	69 Ford	0	$1,525
11	26	Friday Hassler	39	James Hanley	307	69 Chevrol	0	$1,475
12	34	John Sears	4	John Sears	304	69 Dodge	0	$1,400
13	17	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	303	69 Mercury	0	$1,375
14	27	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	300	69 Chevrol	0	$1,325
15	32	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	300	69 Chevrol	0	$1,255
16	21	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	299	69 Ford	0	$1,225
17	37	Johnny Halford	57	Ervin Pruitt	297	69 Dodge	0	$1,150
18	28	Buddy Arrington	5	Buddy Arrington	295	69 Dodge	0	$1,125
19	31	Dick Bown	2	Mike Ober	292	70 Plymout	0	$1,060
20	39	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	292	69 Ford	0	$1,000
21	15	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	287	69 Dodge	0	$1,000
22	1	Fred Lorenzen	28	Ray Fox	284	69 Dodge	0	$1,550
23	22	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	279	69 Ford	0	$950
24	40	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	278	69 Plymout	0	$900
25	24	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	244	69 Ford	0	$915
26	9	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	219	70 Plymout	0	$930
27	23	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	196	69 Plymout	0	$895
28	19	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	183	69 Dodge	0	$880
29	14	Dave Marcis	30	Dave Marcis	165	69 Dodge	0	$875
30	20	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	164	69 Plymout	0	$865
31	36	Wendell Scott	34	Don Robertson	136	69 Plymout	0	$830
32	5	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	126	69 Ford	1	$1,370
33	8	Charlie Glotzbach	99	Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels)	108	69 Dodge	0	$860
34	35	Bill Dennis	54	Bill Dennis	93	69 Chevrol	0	$800
35	3	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	83	69 Dodge	0	$840
36	38	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	77	69 Ford	0	$780
37	25	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	69	68 Ford	0	$795
38	30	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	53	69 Ford	0	$770
39	33	JD McDuffie	16	Ken Spikes	30	70 Chevrol	0	$755
40	16	Bugs Stevens	36	Richard Brown	24	70 Plymout	0	$775