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1970 - Talladega 500 Race Results


Race Name - Talladega 500
Date - 8/23/1970
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 186.834 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 30
Average Race Speed - 158.51 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $106,085
Race Number - 35
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Pete Hamilton 40 Petty Enterprises 188 70 Plymout 153 $23,165
2 1 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 188 69 Dodge 12 $11,490
3 3 Charlie Glotzbach 99 Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels) 187 69 Dodge 6 $7,380
4 2 David Pearson 17 HolmanMoody 184 69 Ford 0 $5,540
5 7 Buddy Baker 6 Cotton Owens 184 69 Dodge 4 $3,915
6 9 Cale Yarborough 21 TelePromTer 60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers) 183 69 Mercury 2 $3,015
7 5 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 183 70 Plymout 0 $2,540
8 11 Ramo Stott 77 Ramo Stott 182 70 Plymout 0 $2,015
9 13 Jim Vandiver 31 OL Nixon 180 69 Dodge 0 $1,915
10 10 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 179 69 Ford 1 $1,865
11 12 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 178 69 Dodge 0 $1,815
12 25 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 177 69 Mercury 0 $1,765
13 6 Bobby Allison 22 CocaCola (Mario Rossi) 175 69 Dodge 1 $1,715
14 39 Coo Coo Marlin 7 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 173 69 Chevrol 0 $1,665
15 18 Friday Hassler 39 James Hanley 172 69 Chevrol 0 $1,575
16 41 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 172 69 Plymout 0 $1,670
17 33 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 171 69 Ford 0 $1,515
18 28 John Sears 4 John Sears 170 69 Dodge 0 $1,465
19 32 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 168 69 Ford 0 $1,415
20 17 Johnny Halford 57 Ervin Pruitt 167 69 Dodge 0 $1,315
21 19 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 166 68 Ford 0 $1,290
22 44 Wendell Scott 34 Don Robertson 165 69 Plymout 0 $1,290
23 42 Frog Fagan 44 Giachetti Brothers (Richard Giachetti) 163 69 Chevrol 0 $1,290
24 15 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 159 69 Plymout 0 $1,215
25 34 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 159 69 Ford 0 $1,190
26 36 Earl Brooks 26 Earl Brooks 158 69 Ford 0 $1,165
27 50 Bill Dennis 97 Cecil Gordon 158 68 Ford 0 $1,140
28 37 Joe Phipps 65 Joe Phipps 157 69 Chevrol 0 $1,115
29 16 Larry Baumel 68 Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer) 154 69 Ford 0 $1,090
30 39 Lee Roy Carrigg 87 John Pemberton 152 68 Ford 0 $1,065
31 30 Ron Keselowski 62 Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski) 151 69 Dodge 0 $1,040
32 21 Dave Marcis 30 Dave Marcis 148 69 Dodge 0 $1,115
33 46 Ken Meisenhelder 7 Ken Meisenhelder 148 69 Chevrol 0 $990
34 48 Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter 146 69 Chevrol 0 $965
35 24 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 130 69 Ford 0 $965
36 31 Raymond Williams 47 Bill Seifert 128 69 Ford 0 $915
37 49 Ken Spikes 16 Ken Spikes 116 70 Chevrol 0 $890
38 47 Wayne Smith 33 Wayne Smith 102 69 Chevrol 0 $865
39 23 Tiny Lund 55 John McConnell 101 69 Dodge 4 $865
40 8 Dick Brooks 32 Dick Brooks 94 70 Plymout 0 $815
41 29 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 73 69 Mercury 0 $750
42 14 Buddy Arrington 5 Buddy Arrington 64 69 Dodge 0 $700
43 20 Charlie Roberts 60 Charlie Roberts 45 69 Dodge 0 $630
44 45 Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey 34 69 Plymout 0 $610
45 26 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 29 69 Ford 0 $590
46 27 Don Tarr 37 Don Tarr 25 69 Dodge 5 $565
47 40 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 13 69 Ford 0 $550
48 43 Richard Brickhouse 59 Tom Pistone 11 70 Ford 0 $565
49 22 Fred Lorenzen 28 Ray Fox 9 69 Dodge 0 $580
50 35 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 5 69 Dodge 0 $515