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1970 - Dixie 500 Race Results


Race Name - Dixie 500
Date - 8/2/1970
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 157.625 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 10
Average Race Speed - 142.71 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $85,175
Race Number - 31
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 6 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 328 70 Plymout 295 $19,600
2 4 Cale Yarborough 21 60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers) 327 69 Mercury 0 $11,525
3 7 LeeRoy Yarbrough 98 Junior Johnson 326 69 Mercury 17 $7,200
4 2 Buddy Baker 6 Cotton Owens 326 69 Dodge 15 $3,775
5 11 Donnie Allison 27 Banjo Matthews 325 69 Ford 0 $2,800
6 10 Pete Hamilton 40 Petty Enterprises 324 70 Plymout 0 $2,500
7 29 Bobby Allison 22 CocaCola (Mario Rossi) 323 69 Dodge 0 $1,875
8 12 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 323 69 Ford 0 $1,850
9 13 Jim Vandiver 31 OL Nixon 316 69 Dodge 0 $1,800
10 18 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 310 69 Ford 0 $1,525
11 26 Friday Hassler 39 James Hanley 307 69 Chevrol 0 $1,475
12 34 John Sears 4 John Sears 304 69 Dodge 0 $1,400
13 17 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 303 69 Mercury 0 $1,375
14 27 Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter 300 69 Chevrol 0 $1,325
15 32 Coo Coo Marlin 7 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 300 69 Chevrol 0 $1,255
16 21 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 299 69 Ford 0 $1,225
17 37 Johnny Halford 57 Ervin Pruitt 297 69 Dodge 0 $1,150
18 28 Buddy Arrington 5 Buddy Arrington 295 69 Dodge 0 $1,125
19 31 Dick Bown 2 Mike Ober 292 70 Plymout 0 $1,060
20 39 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 292 69 Ford 0 $1,000
21 15 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 287 69 Dodge 0 $1,000
22 1 Fred Lorenzen 28 Ray Fox 284 69 Dodge 0 $1,550
23 22 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 279 69 Ford 0 $950
24 40 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 278 69 Plymout 0 $900
25 24 Larry Baumel 68 Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer) 244 69 Ford 0 $915
26 9 Dick Brooks 32 Dick Brooks 219 70 Plymout 0 $930
27 23 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 196 69 Plymout 0 $895
28 19 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 183 69 Dodge 0 $880
29 14 Dave Marcis 30 Dave Marcis 165 69 Dodge 0 $875
30 20 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 164 69 Plymout 0 $865
31 36 Wendell Scott 34 Don Robertson 136 69 Plymout 0 $830
32 5 David Pearson 17 HolmanMoody 126 69 Ford 1 $1,370
33 8 Charlie Glotzbach 99 Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels) 108 69 Dodge 0 $860
34 35 Bill Dennis 54 Bill Dennis 93 69 Chevrol 0 $800
35 3 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 83 69 Dodge 0 $840
36 38 Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks 77 69 Ford 0 $780
37 25 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 69 68 Ford 0 $795
38 30 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 53 69 Ford 0 $770
39 33 JD McDuffie 16 Ken Spikes 30 70 Chevrol 0 $755
40 16 Bugs Stevens 36 Richard Brown 24 70 Plymout 0 $775