1970 National 500

Race 44 of 48

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 4:03:28
Average speed of winner: 123.246 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 23 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 63 laps
Lap leaders: Glotzbach 1-2, Baker 3-20, Petty 21-60, Yarbrough 61-66, Lorenzen 67-69, Petty 70-73, Hamilton 74-81, Baker 82, Petty 83-89, B. Allison 90-97, Yarbrough 98-107, B. Allison 108-109, Hamilton 110-120, Petty 121-133, Baker 134, Hamilton 135-174, Yarbrough 175, Hamilton 176, B. Allison 177, Hamilton 178-226, Yarbrough 227-309, B. Allison 310-320, Isaac 321-322, Yarbrough 323-334

Race notes: Last win for LeeRoy Yarbrough.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98		'69 Mercury	Johnson	Nab		334	5	112	running	23700	0
2	10	Bobby Allison	22		'69 Dodge Daytona	Rossi	Rossi		334	4	22	running	10950	0
3	4	Fred Lorenzen	3		'69 Dodge Daytona	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		333	1	3	running	6400	0
4	15	Benny Parsons	72		'69 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			329	0	0	running	3955	0
5	9	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'69 Dodge Daytona	Krauskopf	Hyde		323	1	2	engine	3330	0
6	18	Elmo Langley	64		'69 Mercury	Langley			321	0	0	running	2265	0
7	19	Bill Champion	10		'69 Ford	Bill Champion			320	0	0	running	2065	0
8	20	Buddy Arrington	5		'69 Dodge	Arrington			319	0	0	running	1965	0
9	36	Roy Mayne	46		'69 Chevrolet	Tom Hunter			317	0	0	running	1955	0
10	22	Friday Hassler	39		'69 Chevrolet	Hanley			315	0	0	engine	1765	0
11	26	G.C. Spencer	49		'69 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			313	0	0	running	1730	0
12	31	Jabe Thomas	25		'69 Plymouth	Don Robertson			310	0	0	running	1655	0
13	34	Bill Seifert	47		'70 Ford	Seifert			307	0	0	running	1605	0
14	23	Bill Dennis	90		'69 Mercury	Donlavey			304	0	0	running	1590	0
15	39	J.D. McDuffie	70		'69 Mercury	McDuffie			302	0	0	running	1565	0
16	38	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad	'69 Ford				300	0	0	running	1775	0
17	30	Cecil Gordon	24		'68 Ford	Cecil Gordon			300	0	0	running	1760	0
18	13	Donnie Allison	27		'69 Ford	Banjo Matthews			296	0	0	engine	1796	0
19	17	Joe Frasson	18		'69 Dodge Daytona	Frasson			295	0	0	running	1705	0
20	28	Henley Gray	8		'69 Ford	Negre			294	0	0	running	1654	0
21	40	John Sears	4		'69 Dodge	Sears			291	0	0	running	1591	0
22	21	Ben Arnold	76		'69 Ford	Ben Arnold			258	0	0	fuel pump	1568	0
23	2	Richard Petty	43	Plymouth by Petty	'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Petty	Inman		239	4	64	accident	2039	0
24	6	Pete Hamilton	40	Plymouth by Petty	'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Petty			226	5	109	accident	2001	0
25	25	Butch Hirst	36		'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Richard Brown			224	0	0	suspension	1499	0
26	3	Buddy Baker	6		'69 Dodge Daytona	Owens	Owens		163	3	20	accident	1738	0
27	32	Neil Castles	06		'69 Dodge Daytona	Castles			163	0	0	accident	1338	0
28	24	Frank Warren	79		'69 Plymouth	Frank Warren			158	0	0	engine	1318	0
29	16	James Hylton	48		'69 Ford	Hylton			125	0	0	accident	1260	0
30	11	Dick Brooks	32		'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Dick Brooks			122	0	0	engine	1247	0
31	27	Don Tarr	37		'69 Dodge	Tarr			122	0	0	accident	1212	0
32	33	Marty Robbins	42		'69 Dodge Daytona	Robbins			105	0	0	engine	1160	0
33	14	Jim Vandiver	31		'69 Dodge Daytona	O.L. Nixon			105	0	0	accident	1185	0
34	29	Coo Coo Marlin	07		'69 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			94	0	0	wheel bearing	1109	0
35	37	Johnny Halford	57		'69 Dodge	Ervin Pruitt			84	0	0	engine	1114	0
36	12	Dave Marcis	30		'69 Dodge Daytona	Marcis			54	0	0	engine	1034	0
37	1	Charlie Glotzbach	99	Dow Chemical	'69 Dodge Daytona	Nichels-Goldsmith		157.273	44	1	2	accident	1449	0
38	35	Hoss Ellington	61		'69 Ford	Ellington			33	0	0	steering	938	0
39	7	David Pearson	17	Purolator	'69 Ford	Holman-Moody			13	0	0	accident	1418	0
40	8	Cale Yarborough	21		'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		10	0	0	accident	890	0