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1970 Carolina 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 6 of 48
Sunday, March 8, 1970 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.4 miles)

Time of race: 4:18:32
Average Speed: 116.117 mph
Pole Speed: 139.048 mph

Cautions: 9 for 67 laps
Margin of Victory: 3 laps +
Attendance: 38,000
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 1970 NASCAR Grand National results / 1970 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'70 Plymouth	492	16,715	running	188
2	6	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'70 Mercury	489	9,890	running	91
3	5	32	Dick Brooks	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	484	5,265	running	1
4	1	22	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Mario Rossi)	'69 Dodge	483	3,315	running	162
5	7	40	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	'70 Plymouth	475	2,090	running	0
6	12	30	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'69 Dodge	470	1,565	running	14
7	32	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter	'69 Chevrolet	460	1,465	running	0
8	14	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	456	1,315	running	0
9	15	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Ford	454	1,215	running	0
10	23	4	James Sears	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Ford	448	1,390	running	0
11	25	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'69 Plymouth	447	1,140	running	0
12	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'68 Ford	438	1,115	running	0
13	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Buick	427	1,090	running	0
14	3	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'69 Dodge	423	1,090	running	34
15	35	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	421	1,050	running	0
16	34	65	Joe Phipps	Joe Phipps	'69 Chevrolet	401	1,035	running	0
17	2	99	Charlie Glotzbach	Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels)	'69 Dodge	366	1,095	ignition	2
18	24	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'69 Ford	345	1,005	clutch	0
19	40	26	Earl Brooks	Earl Brooks	'69 Ford	345	990	running	0
20	17	47	Raymond Williams	Bill Seifert	'68 Ford	343	975	running	0
21	9	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Ford	330	960	lug bolt	0
22	22	37	Don Tarr	Don Tarr	'69 Dodge	298	995	oil leak	0
23	29	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	257	930	engine	0
24	28	57	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt	'69 Dodge	244	915	engine	0
25	20	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'69 Plymouth	242	900	engine	0
26	33	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	'69 Mercury	211	810	flagged	0
27	21	49	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'69 Plymouth	203	845	oil pressure	0
28	38	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'70 Pontiac	181	755	engine	0
29	11	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson	'69 Ford	160	840	crash	0
30	16	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Plymouth	119	725	engine	0
31	13	39	Friday Hassler	James Hanley	'69 Chevrolet	108	735	crash	0
32	31	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge	105	770	crash	0
33	4	6	Buddy Baker	Cotton Owens	'69 Dodge	95	680	lug bolts	0
34	39	23	James Cox	Don Robertson	'69 Plymouth	85	665	clutch	0
35	30	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	85	650	crash	0
36	36	51	Dub Simpson	Bill Strong	'69 Chevrolet	73	635	engine	0
37	10	59	Bunkie Blackburn	Tom Pistone	'70 Ford	35	620	crash	0
38	37	33	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith	'69 Chevrolet	29	605	steering	0
39	27	84	John Sears	Elmo Langley	'69 Ford	14	590	rear end	0
40	26	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'68 Ford	3	575	crash	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	1	1
Bobby Isaac	2	32	31
Charlie Glotzbach	33	34	2
Dave Marcis	35	48	14
Bobby Allison	49	81	33
Richard Petty	82	82	1
Bobby Allison	83	113	31
Dick Brooks	114	114	1
Bobby Isaac	115	115	1
Cale Yarborough	116	167	52
Richard Petty	168	191	24
Bobby Isaac	192	193	2
Richard Petty	194	199	6
Cale Yarborough	200	201	2
Bobby Allison	202	285	84
Richard Petty	286	289	4
Cale Yarborough	290	291	2
Bobby Allison	292	304	13
Richard Petty	305	318	14
Cale Yarborough	319	319	1
Richard Petty	320	320	1
Cale Yarborough	321	321	1
Richard Petty	322	322	1
Cale Yarborough	323	355	33
Richard Petty	356	492	137

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