NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1970 - Gwyn Staley 400 Race Results
Race Name - Gwyn Staley 400Date - 4/18/1970Race Track - North Wilkesboro SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.625 milesRace Length (Miles) - 250 milesPole Speed - 107.041 mphNumber of Cautions - 3Caution Laps - 21Average Race Speed - 94.246 mphLead Changes - 1Total Race Purse - $35,780Race Number - 11 | More Races from 1970 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 16 | Richard Petty | 43 | Southern Chrysler Plymouth (Petty Enterprises) | 400 | 70 Plymout | 349 | $6,025 |
2 | 1 | Bobby Isaac | 71 | K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) | 399 | 69 Dodge | 51 | $3,725 |
3 | 3 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 98 | Junior Johnson | 399 | 70 Ford | 0 | $2,350 |
4 | 4 | James Hylton | 48 | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | 396 | 69 Ford | 0 | $1,500 |
5 | 6 | Dick Brooks | 32 | Dick Brooks | 394 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $1,250 |
6 | 17 | Bobby Allison | 22 | CocaCola (Don Robertson) | 388 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $1,025 |
7 | 7 | Bill Seifert | 45 | Bill Seifert | 379 | 69 Ford | 0 | $975 |
8 | 12 | Elmo Langley | 64 | Elmo Langley | 379 | 68 Ford | 0 | $925 |
9 | 9 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 377 | 68 Ford | 0 | $930 |
10 | 11 | Bill Dennis | 54 | Bill Dennis | 374 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $895 |
11 | 19 | Don Tarr | 37 | Don Tarr | 374 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $910 |
12 | 13 | Dub Simpson | 51 | Bill Strong | 374 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $895 |
13 | 22 | Frank Warren | 79 | Frank Warren | 371 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $890 |
14 | 21 | Bill Champion | 10 | Bill Champion | 370 | 69 Ford | 0 | $880 |
15 | 20 | Friday Hassler | 39 | James Hanley | 366 | 69 Chevrol | 0 | $845 |
16 | 28 | Raymond Williams | 47 | Bill Seifert | 362 | 68 Ford | 0 | $835 |
17 | 30 | Ron Keselowski | 62 | Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski) | 347 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $825 |
18 | 24 | Neil Castles | 4 | John Sears | 345 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $850 |
19 | 14 | Henley Gray | 19 | Henley Gray | 313 | 69 Ford | 0 | $830 |
20 | 5 | Dave Marcis | 30 | Dave Marcis | 295 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $820 |
21 | 8 | Jabe Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | 295 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $810 |
22 | 2 | Donnie Allison | 27 | Banjo Matthews | 236 | 69 Ford | 0 | $825 |
23 | 27 | Ken Meisenhelder | 4 | Ken Meisenhelder | 235 | 68 Chevrol | 0 | $765 |
24 | 15 | Wendell Scott | 34 | Wendell Scott | 234 | 69 Ford | 0 | $755 |
25 | 25 | Johnny Halford | 57 | Ervin Pruitt | 217 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $770 |
26 | 29 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | 95 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $740 |
27 | 23 | Larry Manning | 5 | Buddy Arrington | 83 | 69 Dodge | 0 | $755 |
28 | 18 | Benny Parsons | 72 | LG DeWitt | 48 | 69 Ford | 0 | $745 |
29 | 26 | Ben Arnold | 76 | Ben Arnold | 36 | 69 Ford | 0 | $710 |
30 | 10 | GC Spencer | 49 | GC Spencer | 32 | 69 Plymout | 0 | $725 |