1970 - NASCAR Grand National Series - American 500 Race Results

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1970 - American 500 Race Results

Race Name - American 500
Date - 11/15/1970
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 136.496 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 46
Average Race Speed - 117.81 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $76,360
Race Number - 47

More Races from 1970

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	492	69 Mercury	205	$20,445
2	6	David Pearson	17	HolmanMoody	492	69 Ford	180	$11,170
3	3	Bobby Allison	22	CocaCola (Mario Rossi)	489	69 Dodge	0	$6,195
4	16	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	486	69 Ford	0	$3,045
5	9	Buddy Baker	6	Cotton Owens	485	69 Dodge	0	$2,190
6	7	Richard Petty	43	Southern Chrysler Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	481	70 Plymout	24	$1,920
7	5	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	478	69 Dodge	0	$2,020
8	22	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	469	70 Ford	0	$1,245
9	21	Friday Hassler	39	James Hanley	464	69 Chevrol	0	$1,145
10	14	Buddy Young	13	LG DeWitt	464	69 Ford	0	$1,170
11	20	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	458	69 Dodge	0	$1,270
12	30	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	457	69 Dodge	0	$1,045
13	28	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	455	69 Mercury	0	$1,020
14	34	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	450	69 Plymout	0	$995
15	10	Pete Hamilton	40	7Up (Petty Enterprises)	449	70 Plymout	0	$1,145
16	17	Jim Vandiver	31	OL Nixon	448	69 Dodge	0	$1,045
17	32	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	436	69 Ford	0	$895
18	38	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	435	69 Mercury	0	$895
19	24	Raymond Williams	45	Bill Seifert	428	69 Ford	0	$870
20	39	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	427	69 Ford	0	$845
21	31	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	420	68 Ford	0	$795
22	29	Johnny Halford	57	Ervin Pruitt	420	69 Dodge	0	$795
23	19	Roy Mayne	36	Richard Brown	420	70 Plymout	0	$795
24	33	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	402	69 Ford	0	$745
25	18	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	395	69 Ford	0	$795
26	40	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	384	69 Plymout	0	$695
27	27	Hoss Ellington	61	Hoss Ellington	356	69 Ford	0	$670
28	37	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	347	69 Ford	0	$645
29	11	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	343	69 Mercury	2	$695
30	26	John Sears	4	John Sears	336	69 Dodge	0	$595
31	1	Charlie Glotzbach	99	Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels)	324	69 Dodge	81	$2,160
32	8	Dave Marcis	30	Dave Marcis	273	69 Dodge	0	$955
33	12	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	119	69 Ford	0	$695
34	23	Bill Seifert	47	Bill Seifert	117	70 Ford	0	$545
35	13	Tiny Lund	55	John McConnell	87	69 Dodge	0	$565
36	36	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	81	69 Plymout	0	$585
37	15	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	53	69 Mercury	0	$630
38	35	Roy Tyner	92	Roy Tyner	52	69 Ford	0	$550
39	4	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	43	70 Plymout	0	$1,320
40	25	Buddy Arrington	5	Buddy Arrington	10	69 Dodge	0	$540