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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
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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