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1970 - Motor Trend 500 Race Results


Race Name - Motor Trend 500
Date - 1/18/1970
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.62 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 506 miles
Pole Speed - 112.06 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 31
Average Race Speed - 97.45 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $84,235
Race Number - 1
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 AJ Foyt 11 Don Wagner Ford (Jack Bowsher) 193 70 Ford 35 $19,700
2 13 Roger McCluskey 1 Plymouth (Norm Nelson) 193 70 Plymout 2 $9,000
3 5 LeeRoy Yarbrough 98 Jim Robbins Co (Junior Johnson) 193 70 Ford 5 $6,275
4 8 Donnie Allison 27 Banjo Matthews 190 70 Ford 22 $4,475
5 6 Richard Petty 43 Plymouth By Petty (Petty Enterprises) 186 70 Plymout 2 $3,000
6 1 Dan Gurney 42 Plymouth (Petty Enterprises) 180 70 Plymout 0 $2,400
7 18 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 178 69 Dodge 0 $1,750
8 17 Friday Hassler 39 James Hanley 176 69 Chevrol 0 $1,550
9 22 Jerry Oliver 116 Coz Concilla 176 70 Oldsmob 0 $1,400
10 25 Dick Guldstrand 83 James Good 170 69 Chevrol 0 $1,350
11 35 Parnelli Jones 21 60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers) 168 70 Mercury 88 $1,275
12 34 Kevin Terris 321 Gary Sigman 165 69 Plymout 0 $1,250
13 4 Bobby Allison 22 Saddleback Dodge (Mario Rossi) 164 69 Dodge 0 $1,225
14 20 Dave Marcis 30 Dodge (Dave Marcis) 163 69 Dodge 0 $1,200
15 43 Sam Rose 9 Sam Rose 157 68 Ford 0 $1,175
16 21 Dave Alonzo 81 Dave Alonzo 150 68 Plymout 0 $1,150
17 2 David Pearson 17 East Tenn Ford (HolmanMoody) 148 70 Ford 39 $1,925
18 28 Dick Kranzler 4 Dick Kranzler 148 68 Chevrol 0 $1,100
19 42 Paul Dorrity 15 143 68 Chevrol 0 $1,075
20 11 Joe Frasson 132 Joe Frasson 142 70 Dodge 0 $1,050
21 40 Frank James 0 Jim Calder 137 69 Chevrol 0 $1,025
22 39 Dick Bown 61 Mike Ober 135 69 Chevrol 0 $1,025
23 29 Ranny Dodd 179 111 69 Chevrol 0 $1,000
24 36 Ray Elder 96 Fred Elder 106 69 Dodge 0 $975
25 19 Jimmy Insolo 38 Marvin Rowley 98 68 Chevrol 0 $950
26 32 Jim Cook 18 94 68 Ford 0 $925
27 41 Steve Froines 16 83 68 Oldsmob 0 $900
28 9 Sam Posey 6 Cotton Owens 82 69 Dodge 0 $900
29 7 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 77 69 Dodge 0 $885
30 37 Jack McCoy 7 Ernie Conn 69 69 Dodge 0 $850
31 33 GT Tallas 23 GT Tallas 49 69 Ford 0 $840
32 44 Les Loeser 40 Les Loeser 38 68 Ford 0 $830
33 15 Dick Brooks 32 Dick Brooks 37 69 Plymout 0 $895
34 12 Buddy Young 31 LG DeWitt 37 69 Ford 0 $810
35 10 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 34 69 Dodge 0 $820
36 24 Elmo Langley 64 Woodfield Ford (Elmo Langley) 29 68 Ford 0 $800
37 26 Carl Joiner 126 Dean Thorne 23 69 Ford 0 $800
38 16 Don Noel 88 NoelLewin (Don Noel) 18 68 Ford 0 $800
39 14 Don White 93 Nichels Engineering (Ray Nichels) 16 69 Dodge 0 $880
40 31 Lothar Motschenbacher 144 7 68 Chevrol 0 $800
41 23 Frank Deiny 5 4 68 Chevrol 0 $800
42 38 Scotty Cain 45 Bill Clinton 3 69 Ford 0 $800
43 27 Bob England 80 Bob England 3 69 Chevrol 0 $800
44 30 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 1 69 Plymout 0 $800