1970 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1970 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/7/1970
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 150.555 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps - 50
Average Race Speed - 128.81 mph
Lead Changes - 19
Total Race Purse - $105,000
Race Number - 38

More Races from 1970

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Buddy Baker	6	Cotton Owens	367	69 Dodge	88	$27,450
2	5	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	366	69 Dodge	79	$11,825
3	6	Pete Hamilton	40	Petty Enterprises	364	70 Plymout	0	$7,000
4	1	David Pearson	17	Purolator (HolmanMoody)	363	69 Ford	15	$6,175
5	10	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	362	70 Plymout	0	$3,100
6	4	Charlie Glotzbach	99	Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels)	360	69 Dodge	1	$2,150
7	14	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	356	69 Ford	2	$2,500
8	13	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	354	70 Plymout	8	$2,025
9	11	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	350	69 Plymout	0	$1,750
10	3	Bobby Allison	22	CocaCola (Mario Rossi)	348	69 Dodge	0	$1,700
11	8	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	346	69 Ford	151	$4,100
12	18	Friday Hassler	39	James Hanley	341	69 Chevrol	0	$1,550
13	17	Hoss Ellington	61	Hoss Ellington	339	69 Ford	0	$1,525
14	12	Buddy Arrington	5	Buddy Arrington	338	69 Dodge	0	$1,500
15	19	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	337	69 Dodge	0	$1,475
16	33	John Sears	4	John Sears	336	69 Dodge	0	$1,445
17	37	Wendell Scott	34	Star City Body Shop (Don Robertson)	336	69 Plymout	0	$1,420
18	36	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	336	69 Chevrol	0	$1,395
19	24	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	332	69 Ford	0	$1,370
20	7	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	331	69 Mercury	23	$1,720
21	21	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	322	69 Mercury	0	$1,320
22	38	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	318	68 Ford	0	$1,295
23	34	Johnny Halford	57	Ervin Pruitt	313	69 Dodge	0	$1,270
24	27	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	311	69 Ford	0	$1,245
25	32	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	310	69 Plymout	0	$1,220
26	30	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	301	69 Mercury	0	$1,195
27	39	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	300	69 Ford	0	$1,170
28	20	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	274	69 Dodge	0	$1,145
29	29	Dave Marcis	62	Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski)	255	69 Dodge	0	$1,145
30	28	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	242	69 Ford	0	$1,145
31	23	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	235	69 Plymout	0	$1,070
32	35	Wayne Smith	33	Wayne Smith	212	69 Chevrol	0	$1,045
33	9	Fred Lorenzen	98	Jim Robbins Co (Junior Johnson)	209	69 Ford	0	$1,020
34	31	HB Bailey	38	HB Bailey	180	69 Pontiac	0	$995
35	26	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	154	69 Ford	0	$970
36	22	Ed Negre	8	Pyramid Motors (Ed Negre)	150	69 Ford	0	$945
37	40	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	47	69 Ford	0	$920
38	25	Bugs Stevens	36	Richard Brown	42	70 Plymout	0	$970
39	15	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	39	69 Ford	0	$895
40	16	Don Tarr	37	Don Tarr	11	69 Dodge	0	$845