1970 American 500

Race 47 of 48

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:14:24
Average speed of winner: 117.811 mph
Margin of victory: 4 sec.
Lead changes: 13 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 46 laps
Lap leaders: Glotzbach 1-81, Yarborough 82-85, Pearson 86-188, Yarborough 189-190, Pearson 191-255, Yarbrough 256, Petty 257-280, Yarborough 281-282, Yarbrough 283, Yarborough 284-325, Pearson 326-329, Yarborough 330-441, Pearson 442-449, Yarborough 450-492

Race notes: Finale for Hoss Ellington and Buddy Young.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Cale Yarborough	21		'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		492	6	205	running	20445	0
2	6	David Pearson	17	Purolator	'69 Ford	Holman-Moody			492	4	180	running	11170	0
3	3	Bobby Allison	22		'69 Dodge Daytona	Rossi	Rossi		489	0	0	running	6195	0
4	16	Donnie Allison	27		'69 Ford	Banjo Matthews			486	0	0	running	3045	0
5	9	Buddy Baker	6		'69 Dodge Daytona	Owens	Owens		485	0	0	running	2190	0
6	7	Richard Petty	43	Plymouth by Petty	'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Petty	Inman		481	1	24	running	1920	0
7	5	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'69 Dodge Daytona	Krauskopf	Hyde		478	0	0	running	2020	0
8	22	James Hylton	48		'70 Ford	Hylton			469	0	0	running	1245	0
9	21	Friday Hassler	39		'69 Chevrolet	Hanley			464	0	0	running	1145	0
10	14	Buddy Young	13		'69 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			464	0	0	running	1170	0
11	20	Joe Frasson	18		'69 Dodge Daytona	Frasson			458	0	0	running	1270	0
12	30	Neil Castles	06		'69 Dodge Daytona	Castles			457	0	0	running	1045	0
13	28	Elmo Langley	64		'69 Mercury	Langley			455	0	0	running	1020	0
14	34	Jabe Thomas	25		'69 Plymouth	Don Robertson			450	0	0	running	995	0
15	10	Pete Hamilton	40	Plymouth by Petty	'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Petty			449	0	0	accident	1145	0
16	17	Jim Vandiver	31		'69 Dodge Daytona	O.L. Nixon			448	0	0	running	1045	0
17	32	Ben Arnold	76		'69 Ford	Ben Arnold			436	0	0	running	895	0
18	38	J.D. McDuffie	70		'69 Mercury	McDuffie			435	0	0	running	895	0
19	24	Raymond Williams	45		'69 Ford	Seifert			428	0	0	running	870	0
20	39	Wendell Scott	34		'69 Ford	Wendell Scott			427	0	0	engine	845	0
21	31	Cecil Gordon	24		'68 Ford	Cecil Gordon			420	0	0	running	795	0
22	29	Johnny Halford	57		'69 Dodge	Ervin Pruitt			420	0	0	running	795	0
23	19	Roy Mayne	36		'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Richard Brown			420	0	0	running	795	0
24	33	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad	'69 Ford				402	0	0	running	745	0
25	18	Bill Champion	10		'69 Ford	Bill Champion			395	0	0	fan pulley	795	0
26	40	Frank Warren	79		'69 Plymouth	Frank Warren			384	0	0	running	695	0
27	27	Hoss Ellington	61		'69 Ford	Ellington			356	0	0	rear end	670	0
28	37	Henley Gray	19		'69 Ford	Henley Gray			347	0	0	running	645	0
29	11	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98		'69 Mercury	Johnson	Nab		343	2	2	engine	695	0
30	26	John Sears	4		'69 Dodge	Sears			336	0	0	ignition	595	0
31	1	Charlie Glotzbach	99	Dow Chemical	'69 Dodge Daytona	Nichels-Goldsmith		136.498	324	1	81	engine	2160	0
32	8	Dave Marcis	30		'69 Dodge Daytona	Marcis			273	0	0	accident	955	0
33	12	Benny Parsons	72		'69 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			119	0	0	rear end	695	0
34	23	Bill Seifert	47		'70 Ford	Seifert			117	0	0	drive shaft	545	0
35	13	Tiny Lund	55		'69 Dodge Daytona	John McConnell			87	0	0	engine	565	0
36	36	Bill Shirey	74		'69 Plymouth	Shirey			81	0	0	engine	585	0
37	15	Bill Dennis	90		'69 Mercury	Donlavey			53	0	0	transmission	630	0
38	35	Roy Tyner	92		'69 Ford	Tyner			52	0	0	clutch	550	0
39	4	Dick Brooks	32		'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Dick Brooks			43	0	0	engine	1320	0
40	25	Buddy Arrington	5		'69 Dodge	Arrington			10	0	0	rear end	540	0