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1970 Motor Trend 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 1 of 48 Sunday, January 18, 1970 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 193 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (505.660 miles) Time of race: 5:11:19 Average speed: 97.45 mph Pole speed: 112.06 mph Cautions: 6 for 31 laps Margin of victory: 3.5 sec Attendance: 43200 Lead changes: 20 Glossary    1970 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1970 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 11   A.J. Foyt Don Wagner Ford   (Jack Bowsher) '70 Ford 193 19700 running 35 2 13 1   Roger McCluskey Plymouth   (Norm Nelson) '70 Plymouth 193 9000 running 2 3 5 98   LeeRoy Yarbrough Jim Robbins Co.   (Junior Johnson) '70 Ford 193 6275 running 5 4 8 27   Donnie Allison Sunny King Ford   (Banjo Matthews) '70 Ford 190 4475 running 22 5 6 43   Richard Petty Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '70 Plymouth 186 3000 engine 2 6 1 42   Dan Gurney Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '70 Plymouth 180 2400 running 0 7 18 06   Neil Castles Warren Fox Dodge   (Neil Castles) '69 Dodge 178 1750 running 0 8 17 39   Friday Hassler James Hanley '69 Chevrolet 176 1550 running 0 9 22 116   Jerry Oliver Concord Olds   (Cos Cancilla) '70 Oldsmobile 176 1400 running 0 10 25 83   Dick Guldstrand Fred Gledhill Chevrolet   (James Good) '69 Chevrolet 170 1350 running 0 11 35 21   Parnelli Jones Danville Lincoln-Mercury   (Wood Brothers) '70 Mercury 168 1275 clutch 88 12 34 321   Kevin Terris Gary Sigman '69 Plymouth 165 1250 running 0 13 4 22   Bobby Allison Saddleback Dodge   (Mario Rossi) '69 Dodge 164 1225 bell housing 0 14 20 30   Dave Marcis Glen E. Thomas Dodge   (Dave Marcis) '69 Dodge 163 1200 crash 0 15 43 09   Sam Rose Sam Rose '68 Ford 157 1175 running 0 16 21 81   Dave Alonzo Dave Alonzo '68 Plymouth 150 1150 running 0 17 2 17   David Pearson East Tenn. Ford   (Holman-Moody Racing) '70 Ford 148 1925 transmission 39 18 28 4   Dick Kranzler Dick Kranzler '68 Chevrolet 148 1100 running 0 19 42 15   Paul Dorrity Glen Dorrity '68 Chevrolet 143 1075 engine 0 20 11 132   Joe Frasson Hopkins Dodge   (Joe Frasson) '70 Dodge 142 1050 running 0 21 40 00   Frank James Jim Calder '69 Chevrolet 137 1025 rear end 0 22 39 61   Dick Bown Ober Logging   (Mike Ober) '69 Chevrolet 135 1025 running 0 23 29 179   Ranny Dodd Workrite Products   (Wally Vandertoorn) '69 Chevrolet 111 1000 clutch 0 24 36 96   Ray Elder Hargis Engineering   (Fred Elder) '69 Dodge 106 975 engine 0 25 19 38   Jimmy Insolo Ober Logging   (Marvin Rowley) '68 Chevrolet 98 950 engine 0 26 32 18   Jim Cook Bob Bristol '68 Ford 94 925 crash 0 27 41 16   Steve Froines Concord Olds   (Cos Cancilla) '68 Oldsmobile 83 900 crash 0 28 9 6   Sam Posey Dave Schenk Dodge   (Cotton Owens) '69 Dodge 82 900 engine 0 29 7 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '69 Dodge 77 885 engine 0 30 37 7   Jack McCoy Hilton Hyper Lube   (Ernie Conn) '69 Dodge 69 850 oil leak 0 31 33 23   G.T. Tallas G.T. Tallas '69 Ford 49 840 engine 0 32 44 40   Les Loeser, Jr. Pacific Roofing   (Les Loeser, Sr.) '68 Ford 38 830 clutch 0 33 15 32   Dick Brooks Bestline Products   (Dick Brooks) '69 Plymouth 37 895 engine 0 34 12 31   Buddy Young Montgomery Motors   (L.G. DeWitt) '69 Ford 37 810 crash 0 35 10 48   James Hylton Bonanza Mobile Homes   (James Hylton) '69 Dodge 34 820 engine 0 36 24 64   Elmo Langley Woodfield Ford   (Elmo Langley) '68 Ford 29 800 engine 0 37 26 126   Carl Joiner Bor-A-Car / Chevy   (Dean Thorne) '69 Ford 23 800 rear end 0 38 16 88   Don Noel Noel-Lewin   (Don Noel) '68 Ford 18 800 engine 0 39 14 93   Don White Worthington Dodge   (Ray Nichels) '69 Dodge 16 880 brakes 0 40 31 144   Lothar Motschenbacher Parkside Chevrolet   (Lothar Motschenbacher) '68 Chevrolet 7 800 clutch 0 41 23 05   Frank Deiny Frank Deiny '68 Chevrolet 4 800 wheel bearing 0 42 38 45   Scotty Cain Bill Clinton '69 Ford 3 800 transmission 0 43 27 80   Bob England Bob England '69 Chevrolet 3 800 transmission 0 44 30 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Plymouth 1 800 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Hank Dekker, Jr. 44 Joseph Williams Dodge George Wiltshire 139 Star Dodge Dodge John Soares, Jr. 421 John Soares, Sr. Dodge Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 25 25   A.J. Foyt 26 26 1   Richard Petty 27 28 2   David Pearson 29 34 6   LeeRoy Yarbrough 35 35 1   A.J. Foyt 36 42 7   Parnelli Jones 43 43 1   LeeRoy Yarbrough 44 44 1   Donnie Allison 45 64 20   A.J. Foyt 65 66 2   Parnelli Jones 67 84 18   Donnie Allison 85 86 2   David Pearson 87 94 8   LeeRoy Yarbrough 95 95 1   Roger McCluskey 96 97 2   LeeRoy Yarbrough 98 98 1   Parnelli Jones 99 109 11   LeeRoy Yarbrough 110 110 1   Parnelli Jones 111 168 58   A.J. Foyt 169 193 25