1970 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Carolina 500 Race Results

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1970 - Carolina 500 Race Results

Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/8/1970
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 139.048 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps - 67
Average Race Speed - 116.11 mph
Lead Changes - 24
Total Race Purse - $70,010
Race Number - 6

More Races from 1970

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	8	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	492	70 Plymout	188	$16,715
2	6	Cale Yarborough	21	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	489	70 Mercury	91	$9,890
3	5	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	484	70 Plymout	1	$5,265
4	1	Bobby Allison	22	CocaCola (Mario Rossi)	483	69 Dodge	162	$3,315
5	7	Pete Hamilton	40	Petty Enterprises	475	70 Plymout	0	$2,090
6	12	Dave Marcis	30	Dave Marcis	470	69 Dodge	14	$1,565
7	32	Roy Mayne	46	Tom Hunter	460	69 Chevrol	0	$1,465
8	14	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	456	69 Ford	0	$1,315
9	15	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	454	69 Ford	0	$1,215
10	23	James Sears	4	LG DeWitt	448	69 Ford	0	$1,390
11	25	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	447	69 Plymout	0	$1,140
12	18	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	438	68 Ford	0	$1,115
13	19	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	427	69 Buick	0	$1,090
14	3	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	423	69 Dodge	34	$1,090
15	35	Ben Arnold	76	Ben Arnold	421	69 Ford	0	$1,050
16	34	Joe Phipps	65	Joe Phipps	401	69 Chevrol	0	$1,035
17	2	Charlie Glotzbach	99	Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels)	366	69 Dodge	2	$1,095
18	24	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	345	69 Ford	0	$1,005
19	40	Earl Brooks	26	Earl Brooks	345	69 Ford	0	$990
20	17	Raymond Williams	47	Bill Seifert	343	68 Ford	0	$975
21	9	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	330	69 Ford	0	$960
22	22	Don Tarr	37	Don Tarr	298	69 Dodge	0	$995
23	29	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	257	69 Ford	0	$930
24	28	Johnny Halford	57	Ervin Pruitt	244	69 Dodge	0	$915
25	20	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	242	69 Plymout	0	$900
26	33	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	211	69 Mercury	0	$810
27	21	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	203	69 Plymout	0	$845
28	38	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	181	70 Pontiac	0	$755
29	11	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	160	69 Ford	0	$840
30	16	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	119	69 Plymout	0	$725
31	13	Friday Hassler	39	James Hanley	108	69 Chevrol	0	$735
32	31	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	105	69 Dodge	0	$770
33	4	Buddy Baker	6	Cotton Owens	95	69 Dodge	0	$680
34	39	James Cox	23	Don Robertson	85	69 Plymout	0	$665
35	30	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	85	69 Ford	0	$650
36	36	Dub Simpson	51	Bill Strong	73	69 Chevrol	0	$635
37	10	Bunkie Blackburn	59	Tom Pistone	35	70 Ford	0	$620
38	37	Wayne Smith	33	Wayne Smith	29	69 Chevrol	0	$605
39	27	John Sears	84	Elmo Langley	14	69 Ford	0	$590
40	26	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	3	68 Ford	0	$575