1970 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Yankee 400 Race Results

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1970 - Yankee 400 Race Results

Race Name - Yankee 400
Date - 8/16/1970
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.04 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 402 miles
Pole Speed - 157.363 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 9
Average Race Speed - 147.57 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $59,145
Race Number - 34

More Races from 1970

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Charlie Glotzbach	99	Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels)	197	69 Dodge	116	$14,275
2	6	Bobby Allison	22	CocaCola (Mario Rossi)	197	69 Dodge	26	$6,845
3	9	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	196	70 Plymout	0	$4,430
4	2	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	196	69 Dodge	1	$2,800
5	12	Pete Hamilton	40	Petty Enterprises	196	70 Plymout	0	$1,975
6	7	Buddy Baker	6	Cotton Owens	196	69 Dodge	0	$1,475
7	4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	196	69 Mercury	2	$1,350
8	14	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	192	69 Ford	22	$1,200
9	13	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	190	69 Ford	0	$1,100
10	5	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	188	69 Mercury	26	$1,050
11	17	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	187	69 Dodge	0	$975
12	23	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	183	69 Dodge	0	$950
13	15	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	183	69 Mercury	0	$925
14	3	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	183	70 Plymout	1	$975
15	27	Raymond Williams	47	Bill Seifert	183	70 Ford	0	$875
16	25	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	182	69 Ford	0	$850
17	31	Coo Coo Marlin	7	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	182	69 Chevrol	0	$880
18	26	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	180	69 Plymout	0	$820
19	21	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	179	69 Plymout	0	$805
20	36	Bill Dennis	54	Bill Dennis	177	69 Chevrol	0	$790
21	30	Bob Senneker	1	Tire City	175	69 Mercury	0	$775
22	33	Wendell Scott	34	Don Robertson	170	69 Plymout	0	$785
23	19	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	140	69 Ford	0	$745
24	28	John Sears	4	John Sears	136	69 Dodge	0	$730
25	29	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	131	69 Ford	0	$715
26	16	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	123	69 Ford	0	$700
27	34	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	104	69 Plymout	0	$690
28	8	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	101	69 Ford	3	$680
29	22	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	74	69 Ford	0	$670
30	18	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	27	69 Ford	0	$660
31	39	Roy Tyner	86	Neil Castles	26	69 Dodge	0	$645
32	20	Buddy Arrington	5	Buddy Arrington	22	69 Dodge	0	$640
33	40	Frog Fagan	44	Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti)	16	69 Chevrol	0	$635
34	24	Friday Hassler	39	James Hanley	13	69 Chevrol	0	$630
35	35	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	11	69 Ford	0	$625
36	38	Lee Roy Carrigg	87	John Pemberton	11	69 Ford	0	$620
37	11	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	5	69 Ford	0	$1,015
38	32	Ron Keselowski	62	Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski)	5	69 Dodge	0	$635
39	10	Dave Marcis	30	Dave Marcis	3	69 Dodge	0	$605
40	37	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	0	68 Ford	0	$600