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1970 - Capital City 500 Race Results


Race Name - Capital City 500
Date - 9/13/1970
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 271 miles
Pole Speed - 87.014 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 9
Average Race Speed - 81.476 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $23,350
Race Number - 40
 More Races from 1970
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 500 70 Plymout 488 $4,675
2 7 Bobby Allison 22 CocaCola (Bobby Allison) 498 69 Dodge 0 $2,550
3 3 Donnie Allison 27 Banjo Matthews 497 70 Ford 12 $1,800
4 4 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 496 69 Dodge 0 $1,175
5 9 Sonny Hutchins 90 Junie Donlavey 492 69 Ford 0 $950
6 6 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 492 69 Ford 0 $675
7 8 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 491 69 Plymout 0 $625
8 5 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 489 69 Ford 0 $600
9 2 Dick Brooks 32 Dick Brooks 481 70 Plymout 0 $655
10 13 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 481 69 Plymout 0 $570
11 19 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 476 69 Ford 0 $560
12 14 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 476 69 Ford 0 $550
13 20 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 471 68 Ford 0 $540
14 24 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 470 69 Ford 0 $505
15 17 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 468 69 Mercury 0 $520
16 21 Wendell Scott 34 Don Robertson 467 69 Plymout 0 $485
17 23 Roy Tyner 92 Roy Tyner 462 69 Ford 0 $475
18 25 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 451 69 Ford 0 $465
19 27 Johnny Halford 57 Ervin Pruitt 396 69 Dodge 0 $455
20 15 Dave Marcis 26 Earl Brooks 394 69 Ford 0 $470
21 29 Ken Meisenhelder 4 Ken Meisenhelder 376 69 Chevrol 0 $435
22 18 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 359 69 Plymout 0 $450
23 12 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 340 69 Dodge 0 $440
24 30 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 154 69 Ford 0 $405
25 11 John Sears 4 John Sears 148 69 Dodge 0 $420
26 22 Buddy Arrington 5 Buddy Arrington 138 69 Dodge 0 $390
27 10 Bill Dennis 54 Bill Dennis 41 69 Chevrol 0 $405
28 16 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 21 69 Ford 0 $395
29 26 Lee Roy Carrigg 87 John Pemberton 4 68 Ford 0 $360
30 28 Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey 0 69 Plymout 0 $350