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1970 Motor Trend 500

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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 (505.7 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: 43,200
Lead changes: 20

Glossary 1970 NASCAR Grand National results / 1970 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	11	A.J. Foyt	Don Wagner Ford (Jack Bowsher)	'70 Ford	193	19,700	running	35
2	13	1	Roger McCluskey	Plymouth (Norm Nelson)	'70 Plymouth	193	9,000	running	2
3	5	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Jim Robbins Co. (Junior Johnson)	'70 Ford	193	6,275	running	5
4	8	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	'70 Ford	190	4,475	running	22
5	6	43	Richard Petty	Plymouth By Petty (Petty Enterprises)	'70 Plymouth	186	3,000	engine	2
6	1	42	Dan Gurney	Plymouth (Petty Enterprises)	'70 Plymouth	180	2,400	running	0
7	18	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge	178	1,750	running	0
8	17	39	Friday Hassler	James Hanley	'69 Chevrolet	176	1,550	running	0
9	22	116	Jerry Oliver	Coz Concilla	'70 Oldsmobile	176	1,400	running	0
10	25	83	Dick Guldstrand	James Good	'69 Chevrolet	170	1,350	running	0
11	35	21	Parnelli Jones	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'70 Mercury	168	1,275	clutch	88
12	34	321	Kevin Terris	Gary Sigman	'69 Plymouth	165	1,250	running	0
13	4	22	Bobby Allison	Saddleback Dodge (Mario Rossi)	'69 Dodge	164	1,225	bell housing	0
14	20	30	Dave Marcis	Dodge (Dave Marcis)	'69 Dodge	163	1,200	crash	0
15	43	09	Sam Rose	Sam Rose	'68 Ford	157	1,175	running	0
16	21	81	Dave Alonzo	Dave Alonzo	'68 Plymouth	150	1,150	running	0
17	2	17	David Pearson	East Tenn. Ford (Holman-Moody)	'70 Ford	148	1,925	transmission	39
18	28	4	Dick Kranzler	Dick Kranzler	'68 Chevrolet	148	1,100	running	0
19	42	15	Paul Dorrity		'68 Chevrolet	143	1,075	engine	0
20	11	132	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'70 Dodge	142	1,050	running	0
21	40	00	Frank James	Jim Calder	'69 Chevrolet	137	1,025	rear end	0
22	39	61	Dick Bown	Mike Ober	'69 Chevrolet	135	1,025	running	0
23	29	179	Ranny Dodd	Randy Dodd	'69 Chevrolet	111	1,000	clutch	0
24	36	96	Ray Elder	Fred Elder	'69 Dodge	106	975	engine	0
25	19	38	Jimmy Insolo	Marvin Rowley	'68 Chevrolet	98	950	engine	0
26	32	18	Jim Cook		'68 Ford	94	925	crash	0
27	41	16	Steve Froines		'68 Oldsmobile	83	900	crash	0
28	9	6	Sam Posey	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	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	Les Loeser	'68 Ford	38	830	clutch	0
33	15	32	Dick Brooks	Dick Brooks	'69 Plymouth	37	895	engine	0
34	12	31	Buddy Young	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Ford	37	810	crash	0
35	10	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (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	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	Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels)	'69 Dodge	16	880	brakes	0
40	31	144	Lothar Motschenbacher		'68 Chevrolet	7	800	clutch	0
41	23	05	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

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