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1970 Daytona 500
Held on February 22, 1979 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL
200 L, 500 M, 804.6 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	9	40	Pete Hamilton	7-Up	'70 Plymouth	200	13	running
2	31	17	David Pearson	East Tenn. Motor Co.	'69 Ford	200	82	running
3	6	22	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola	'69 Dodge	199	6	running
4	4	99	Charlie Glotzbach	Dow Chemicals	'69 Dodge	199	36	running
5	3	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	'69 Dodge	198	30	running
6	10	14	Richard Brickhouse	Bill Ellis	'70 Plymouth	198	0	running
7	34	59	Jim Hurtubise	Pepsi	'70 Ford	197	0	running
8	15	7	Ramo Stott	Plymouth	'70 Plymouth	194	2	running
9	5	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson	'69 Ford	193	1	running
10	33	30	Dave Marcis	Winter Park Dodge	'69 Dodge	193	0	running
11	12	96	Ray Elder	Fred Elder	'69 Dodge	189	0	running
12	35	06	Neil Castles	Stewart Mathena Dodge	'69 Dodge	188	0	running
13	8	55	Tiny Lund	Baughman Hi-Speed	'69 Dodge	187	3	engine
14	14	88	Benny Parsons		'69 Ford	187	0	running
15	16	39	Friday Hassler	James Hanley	'69 Chevrolet	187	0	running
16	22	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'69 Chevrolet	184	0	running
17	27	86	John Sears	Dennis Gallion	'69 Dodge	184	0	running
18	40	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	'69 Chevrolet	182	0	running
19	13	32	Dick Brooks	Bestline Products	'70 Plymouth	181	0	engine
20	24	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	'69 Plymouth	181	0	running
21	26	82	Joe Frasson	Mario Frasson Cement Company	'70 Dodge	175	0	running
22	21	23	James Hylton	Star City Body Shop	'69 Plymouth	174	0	running
23	39	89	Butch Hirst	Morris Davis	'69 Ford	172	0	running
24	20	93	Paul Feldner	Jack Janos	'69 Dodge	167	0	running
25	19	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'69 Plymouth	140	0	running
26	36	09	Dick Trickle	Fran Kelly	'69 Ford	131	0	head gasket
27	2	6	Buddy Baker	Cotton Owens	'69 Dodge	122	1	ignition
28	25	64	Elmo Langley	Woodfield Ford Mercury	'69 Mercury	109	0	ignition
29	32	5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	'69 Dodge	77	0	accident
30	18	05	Ron Grana	C.J. Grana	'69 Ford	72	0	engine
31	29	03	Tommy Gale	Walt Valerio	'69 Mercury	70	0	engine
32	28	11	A.J. Foyt	Don Wagner Ford	'69 Ford	58	0	engine
33	37	95	Len Blanchard		'70 Ford	57	0	overheating
34	38	62	Ron Keselowski	Kaye Engineering	'69 Dodge	46	0	valve
35	7	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	'69 Ford	41	0	engine
36	23	37	Don Tarr	Coca-Cola	'69 Dodge	41	0	steering
37	1	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners	'69 Mercury	31	26	engine
38	17	3	Jim Vandiver	Ray Fox	'69 Dodge	15	0	clutch
39	11	43	Richard Petty	Plymouth By Petty	'70 Plymouth	7	0	engine
40	30	24	Cecil Gordon		'68 Ford	7	0	a frame
DID NOT QUALIFY
			Bill Champion					DNQ
			Bob Ashbrook					DNQ
			Harry Shipe					DNQ
			Johnny Halford					DNQ
			Bill Seifert					DNQ
			Talmadge Prince					DNQ
			Earl Brooks					DNQ
			J.D. McDuffie					DNQ
			E.J. Trivette					DNQ
			Dick May					DNQ
			Ed Hessert					DNQ
			Arnold Bennett					DNQ
			Joe Hines					DNQ
			Wayne Smith					DNQ
			Bill Kimmel					DNQ
			Raymond Williams					DNQ
			Dub Simpson					DNQ
			Ben Arnold					DNQ
			Roy Tyner					DNQ
			Bill Shirey					DNQ
			Jimmy Crawford					DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered