1970 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Thompson 200 Race Results

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1970 - Thompson 200 Race Results

Race Name - Thompson 200
Date - 7/9/1970
Race Track - Thompson Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 108 miles
Pole Speed - 87.029 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 7
Average Race Speed - 80.296 mph
Lead Changes - 3
Total Race Purse - $16,800
Race Number - 26

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Bobby Isaac	71	K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	200	69 Dodge	182	$2,500
2	2	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	200	70 Plymout	11	$1,800
3	5	Benny Parsons	72	LG DeWitt	198	69 Ford	7	$1,100
4	9	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	198	69 Plymout	0	$900
5	4	Neil Castles	6	Neil Castles	198	69 Dodge	0	$800
6	10	Dave Marcis	30	Dave Marcis	197	69 Dodge	0	$700
7	3	Bobby Allison	22	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	196	69 Dodge	0	$650
8	6	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	195	69 Ford	0	$600
9	14	Jabe Thomas	25	Don Robertson	189	69 Plymout	0	$550
10	12	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	188	69 Mercury	0	$500
11	11	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	187	69 Mercury	0	$475
12	17	Bill Seifert	45	Bill Seifert	183	69 Ford	0	$450
13	20	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	183	70 Plymout	0	$425
14	16	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	183	69 Plymout	0	$400
15	21	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	182	69 Ford	0	$390
16	15	John Sears	4	John Sears	181	69 Dodge	0	$380
17	13	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	176	68 Ford	0	$370
18	24	Raymond Williams	47	Bill Seifert	176	68 Ford	0	$360
19	29	Ken Meisenhelder	4	Ken Meisenhelder	172	69 Chevrol	0	$350
20	18	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	171	69 Ford	0	$340
21	7	GC Spencer	49	GC Spencer	156	69 Plymout	0	$330
22	19	Bill Champion	10	Bill Champion	125	69 Ford	0	$320
23	28	James Cox	23	Don Robertson	113	69 Plymout	0	$310
24	23	Ron Keselowski	62	Keselowski Auto (John Keselowski)	101	69 Dodge	0	$300
25	26	Dick May	67	Ron Ronacher	57	69 Ford	0	$250
26	27	John Jennings	82	Mack Sellers	54	69 Ford	0	$250
27	25	John Kenney	77	Bob Freeman	37	68 Ford	0	$250
28	30	Cliff Tyler	0		21	69 Chevrol	0	$250
29	8	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	10	69 Ford	0	$250
30	22	Bill Shirey	74	Bill Shirey	5	69 Plymout	0	$250