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1970 Nashville 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 30 of 48 Saturday, July 25, 1970 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:50:47 Average speed: 87.943 mph Pole speed: 114.115 mph Cautions: 4 for 39 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 17000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1970 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1970 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '70 Dodge 420 3310 running 214 2 8 22   Bobby Allison Dodge   (Bobby Allison) '70 Dodge 418 1910 running 0 3 16 06   Neil Castles Howard Furniture   (Neil Castles) '69 Dodge 394 1310 running 0 4 15 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon '68 Ford 391 1010 running 0 5 26 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '69 Mercury 385 910 running 0 6 6 07   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '69 Chevrolet 384 860 running 0 7 10 76   Ben Arnold Ben Arnold '69 Ford 380 835 running 0 8 23 25   Jabe Thomas Star City Body Shop   (Don Robertson) '69 Plymouth 365 810 running 0 9 36 03   Eddie Yarboro Yarboro Racing   (Eddie Yarboro) '69 Plymouth 338 800 running 0 10 13 30   Dave Marcis Goodyear / Lunda Construction   (Dave Marcis) '69 Dodge 336 790 crash 0 11 25 79   Frank Warren Frank Warren '69 Plymouth 318 780 rear end 0 12 29 77   John Kenney Bob Freeman '68 Ford 242 770 crash 0 13 28 10   Bill Champion Bill Champion '69 Ford 221 760 crash 0 14 7 39   Friday Hassler Chattanooga Valley / See Rock City   (James Hanley) '69 Chevrolet 209 750 ignition 56 15 34 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth 167 740 quit 0 16 3 43   Richard Petty Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '70 Plymouth 154 730 crash 134 17 21 8   Ed Negre Pyramid Motors   (Ed Negre) '69 Ford 151 720 engine 0 18 19 67   Dick May Ron Ronacher '69 Ford 139 710 crash 0 19 27 57   Johnny Halford Ervin Pruitt '69 Dodge 111 700 vibration 0 20 31 45   Raymond Williams Bill Seifert '69 Ford 78 690 engine 0 21 9 02   Dick Bown Mike Ober '70 Plymouth 63 680 sway bar 0 22 12 72   Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt '69 Ford 59 670 wheel 0 23 1 98   LeeRoy Yarbrough Jim Robbins Ford Co.   (Junior Johnson) '70 Ford 45 660 crash 16 24 30 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 45 650 quit 0 25 32 60   Charlie Roberts Charlie Roberts '69 Dodge 39 640 oil leak 0 26 14 26   Earl Brooks Earl Brooks '69 Ford 35 635 engine 0 27 24 4   John Sears J. Marvin Mills   (John Sears) '69 Dodge 34 625 engine 0 28 5 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '69 Ford 17 615 crash 0 29 17 34   Wendell Scott Star City Body Shop   (Don Robertson) '69 Plymouth 10 605 oil line 0 30 22 62   Ron Keselowski Kaye Engineering   (John Keselowski) '69 Dodge 8 590 engine 0 31 35 97   Lee Gordon Cecil Gordon '68 Ford 7 570 quit 0 32 11 5   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington '69 Dodge 5 550 rear end 0 33 18 54   Bill Dennis Bill Dennis '69 Chevrolet 5 530 overheating 0 34 33 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '69 Mercury 3 525 engine 0 35 4 32   Dick Brooks Dick Brooks '70 Plymouth 1 520 axle 0 36 20 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '69 Plymouth 1 515 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   LeeRoy Yarbrough 1 16 16   Richard Petty 17 150 134   Friday Hassler 151 164 14   Bobby Isaac 165 167 3   Friday Hassler 168 209 42   Bobby Isaac 210 420 211