1970 Old Dominion 500

Race #45 of 48 in the 1970 NASCAR Grand National Season

1970 Old Dominion 500
*Held on October 18, 1970 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA (Third configuration)*
500 L, 262.5 M, 422.452 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	43	Richard Petty	Plymouth By Petty	1970 Plymouth	500	480	running	100
2	1	22	Bobby Allison	Honda of Danville	1970 Dodge	499	17	running	98
3	3	21	Cale Yarborough	Kar-Kare, 60 Minute Cleaners	1970 Mercury	498	0	running	96
4	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	1970 Dodge	498	1	running	94
5	6	27	Donnie Allison	Sunny King Ford	1970 Ford	497	2	running	92
6	11	17	David Pearson	Purolator, East Tennessee Motor	1970 Ford	496	0	running	90
7	7	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jim Robbins Co.	1970 Ford	490	0	running	88
8	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	1970 Ford	487	0	running	86
9	10	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	1969 Ford	485	0	running	84
10	17	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	1969 Mercury	467	0	running	82
11	30	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	1970 Dodge	445	0	rear end	80
12	13	5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	1969 Dodge	396	0	engine	78
13	27	54	Bill Dennis	Mallory's Speed	1969 Chevrolet	297	0	engine	76
14	22	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	1968 Ford	76	0	steering	74
15	19	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	1969 Ford	74	0	engine	72
16	9	32	Dick Brooks	Plymouth	1969 Plymouth	60	0	accident	70
17	28	46	Roy Mayne		1969 Chevrolet	38	0	quit	68
18	23	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	1969 Ford	33	0	quit	66
19	25	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	1969 Plymouth	22	0	quit	64
20	8	39	Friday Hassler		1969 Chevrolet	20	0	overheating	62
21	20	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	1969 Ford	16	0	quit	60
22	21	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	1969 Ford	11	0	quit	58
23	29	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	1969 Plymouth	9	0	overheating	56
24	26	57	Johnny Halford		1969 Dodge	5	0	quit	54
25	5	30	Dave Marcis	Marcis Racing	1969 Dodge “Wing”	5	0	quit	52
26	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	1968 Ford	5	0	quit	50
27	15	49	James Cox	Star City Body Shop, Robertson Racing	1969 Plymouth	4	0	quit	0
28	16	4	John Sears		1969 Dodge	3	0	quit	46
29	24	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	1968 Ford	2	0	quit	44
30	12	06	Neil Castles	Castles Racing	1969 Dodge	2	0	quit	42
DID NOT QUALIFY
		74	Bill Shirey		1969 Plymouth			DNQ
		58	Buck Baker	Brown Associates	1970 Chevrolet			DNQ
		04	Ken Meisenhelder		1969 Chevrolet			DNQ
		16	Ken Spikes	Spikes Garage	1970 Chevrolet			DNQ
		33	Wayne Smith		1969 Chevrolet			DNQ
		34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	1969 Ford			DNQ
		37	Don Tarr	Don Tarr	1969 Dodge			DNQ
		47	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing	1969 Ford			DNQ
		60	Charlie Roberts		1969 Dodge			DNQ
		62	Ron Keselowski	Kaye Engineering	1969 Dodge			DNQ
		65	Joe Phipps		1969 Chevrolet			DNQ
		67	Dick May		1969 Ford			DNQ
		68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad	1969 Ford			DNQ
		77	John Kenney		1968 Ford			DNQ
		87	Lee Roy Carrigg		1968 Ford			DNQ
		88	Bill Hollar		1969 Ford			DNQ
		90	Sonny Hutchins	Donlavey Racing	1969 Mercury			DNQ
		92	Roy Tyner		1969 Ford			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:38:16
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Bobby Allison - 23.002 sec.
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}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}\|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}\|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}\|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory: 1+ laps
Average Speed: 72.235 mph
Cautions: 5 for 32 laps - not available
Lead Changes: 5 among 4 drivers - Bobby Allison (1-17); Richard Petty (18-62); Bobby Isaac (63); Richard Petty (64-212); Donnie Allison (213-214); Richard Petty (215-500)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
The independent drivers were upset over $10,000 in additional money that was given to top qualifiers in the race, which most of that money ended up with factory-backed teams and owners, leaving the independents high and dry. So one by one they parked their cars in protest.