1970 Southern 500

Race #38 of 48 in the 1970 NASCAR Grand National Season

1970 Running of the Southern 500

1970 Southern 500
*Held on September 7, 1970 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC*
367 L, 501.322 M, 806.666 KM - Scheduled Distance

FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	6	Buddy Baker	Addy Dodge	1969 Dodge “Wing”	367	88	running	150
2	5	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance	1969 Dodge “Wing”	366	79	running	147
3	6	40	Pete Hamilton	7-Up “The Uncola”, Plymouth By Petty	1970 Plymouth “Wing”	364	0	running	144
4	1	17	David Pearson	Purolator	1969 Ford	363	15	running	141
5	10	43	Richard Petty	Southern Chrysler & Plymouth	1970 Plymouth “Wing”	362	0	running	138
6	4	99	Charlie Glotzbach	Dow Chemicals	1969 Dodge “Wing”	360	1	running	135
7	14	48	James Hylton	Mullins Ford	1969 Ford	356	2	running	132
8	13	32	Dick Brooks	Bestline Products	1970 Plymouth “Wing”	354	8	running	129
9	11	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Racing	1969 Plymouth	350	0	running	126
10	3	22	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola, Dodge	1969 Dodge “Wing”	348	0	running	123
11	8	27	Donnie Allison	Sunny King Ford	1969 Ford	346	151	accident	0
12	18	39	Friday Hassler	James Hanley	1969 Chevrolet	341	0	running	117
13	17	61	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	1969 Ford	339	0	running	114
14	12	5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	1969 Dodge	338	0	running	111
15	19	18	Joe Frasson	Mario Frasson Cement Company	1969 Dodge “Wing”	337	0	running	108
16	33	4	John Sears	John Sears	1969 Dodge	336	0	running	105
17	37	34	Wendell Scott	Star City Body Shop, Robertson Racing	1969 Plymouth	336	0	running	102
18	36	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	1969 Chevrolet	336	0	running	99
19	24	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	1969 Ford	332	0	lug bolts	96
20	7	21	Cale Yarborough	Danville Lincoln-Mercury, 60 Minute Cleaners	1969 Mercury	331	23	accident	93
21	21	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	1969 Mercury	322	0	running	90
22	38	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	1968 Ford	318	0	running	87
23	34	57	Johnny Halford	Sponsor Wanted	1969 Dodge	313	0	running	0
24	27	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	1969 Ford	311	0	running	81
25	32	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	1969 Plymouth	310	0	lug bolts	78
26	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	1969 Mercury	301	0	ignition	75
27	39	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	1969 Ford	300	0	lug bolts	72
28	20	06	Neil Castles	Castles Racing	1969 Dodge	274	0	engine	69
29	29	62	Dave Marcis	Kaye Engineering	1969 Dodge	255	0	wheel	66
30	28	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad	1969 Ford	242	0	engine	63
31	23	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	1969 Plymouth	235	0	engine	60
32	35	33	Wayne Smith		1969 Chevrolet	212	0	engine	57
33	9	98	Fred Lorenzen	Jim Robbins Co.	1969 Ford	209	0	accident	0
34	31	38	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	1969 Pontiac	180	0	rear end	0
35	26	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	1969 Ford	154	0	steering	48
36	22	8	Ed Negre	Pyramid Motors	1969 Ford	150	0	engine	45
37	40	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	1969 Ford	47	0	ignition	42
38	25	36	Bugsy Stevens	Brown Associates	1970 Plymouth	42	0	engine	39
39	15	72	Benny Parsons	Montgomery Motors	1969 Ford	39	0	accident	36
40	16	37	Don Tarr	Coca-Cola	1969 Dodge	11	0	accident	33
DID NOT QUALIFY
		54	Bill Dennis		1969 Chevrolet			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:55:03
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: David Pearson - 32.663 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: 128.817 mph
Cautions: 9 for 50 laps - Laps 13-18 (#37 accident turns 3/4); Laps 34-39 (#72 accident turn 2); Laps 65-68 (debris); Laps 108-112 (#32 accident turn 2); Laps 170-173 (#17 accident turn 2); Laps 203-208 (#40 accident turn 4); Laps 268-271 (#48 spun turn 4); Laps 332-339 (#21 accident turn 1); Laps 345-351 (#27 accident turn 2)
Lead Changes: 19 among 8 drivers - David Pearson (1-14); Bobby Isaac (15-34); Charlie Glotzbach (35); Donnie Allison (36-50); Cale Yarborough (51-57); Bobby Isaac (58-84); Donnie Allison (85-86); David Pearson (87); James Hylton (88-89); Dick Brooks (90-97); Donnie Allison (98-208); Buddy Baker (209); Donnie Allison (210-232); Buddy Baker (233); Cale Yarborough (234-247); Buddy Baker (248); Cale Yarborough (249-250); Buddy Baker (251-270); Bobby Isaac (271-302); Buddy Baker (303-367)
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered