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1970 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/7/1970
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 150.555 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps - 50
Average Race Speed - 128.81 mph
Lead Changes - 19
Total Race Purse - $105,000
Race Number - 38
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Buddy Baker 6 Cotton Owens 367 69 Dodge 88 $27,450
2 5 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 366 69 Dodge 79 $11,825
3 6 Pete Hamilton 40 Petty Enterprises 364 70 Plymout 0 $7,000
4 1 David Pearson 17 Purolator (HolmanMoody) 363 69 Ford 15 $6,175
5 10 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 362 70 Plymout 0 $3,100
6 4 Charlie Glotzbach 99 Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels) 360 69 Dodge 1 $2,150
7 14 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 356 69 Ford 2 $2,500
8 13 Dick Brooks 32 Dick Brooks 354 70 Plymout 8 $2,025
9 11 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 350 69 Plymout 0 $1,750
10 3 Bobby Allison 22 CocaCola (Mario Rossi) 348 69 Dodge 0 $1,700
11 8 Donnie Allison 27 Banjo Matthews 346 69 Ford 151 $4,100
12 18 Friday Hassler 39 James Hanley 341 69 Chevrol 0 $1,550
13 17 Hoss Ellington 61 Hoss Ellington 339 69 Ford 0 $1,525
14 12 Buddy Arrington 5 Buddy Arrington 338 69 Dodge 0 $1,500
15 19 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 337 69 Dodge 0 $1,475
16 33 John Sears 4 John Sears 336 69 Dodge 0 $1,445
17 37 Wendell Scott 34 Star City Body Shop (Don Robertson) 336 69 Plymout 0 $1,420
18 36 Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter 336 69 Chevrol 0 $1,395
19 24 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 332 69 Ford 0 $1,370
20 7 Cale Yarborough 21 60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers) 331 69 Mercury 23 $1,720
21 21 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 322 69 Mercury 0 $1,320
22 38 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 318 68 Ford 0 $1,295
23 34 Johnny Halford 57 Ervin Pruitt 313 69 Dodge 0 $1,270
24 27 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 311 69 Ford 0 $1,245
25 32 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 310 69 Plymout 0 $1,220
26 30 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 301 69 Mercury 0 $1,195
27 39 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 300 69 Ford 0 $1,170
28 20 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 274 69 Dodge 0 $1,145
29 29 Dave Marcis 62 Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski) 255 69 Dodge 0 $1,145
30 28 Larry Baumel 68 Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer) 242 69 Ford 0 $1,145
31 23 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 235 69 Plymout 0 $1,070
32 35 Wayne Smith 33 Wayne Smith 212 69 Chevrol 0 $1,045
33 9 Fred Lorenzen 98 Jim Robbins Co (Junior Johnson) 209 69 Ford 0 $1,020
34 31 HB Bailey 38 HB Bailey 180 69 Pontiac 0 $995
35 26 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 154 69 Ford 0 $970
36 22 Ed Negre 8 Pyramid Motors (Ed Negre) 150 69 Ford 0 $945
37 40 Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks 47 69 Ford 0 $920
38 25 Bugs Stevens 36 Richard Brown 42 70 Plymout 0 $970
39 15 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 39 69 Ford 0 $895
40 16 Don Tarr 37 Don Tarr 11 69 Dodge 0 $845