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1970 - Atlanta 500 Race Results


Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 3/29/1970
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 159.929 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 23
Average Race Speed - 139.55 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $92,655
Race Number - 8
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 9 Bobby Allison 22 CocaCola (Mario Rossi) 328 69 Dodge 7 $21,825
2 1 Cale Yarborough 21 60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers) 328 69 Mercury 129 $11,375
3 5 Pete Hamilton 40 Petty Enterprises 326 70 Plymout 2 $6,550
4 7 LeeRoy Yarbrough 98 Junior Johnson 325 69 Ford 0 $4,300
5 4 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 321 70 Plymout 9 $3,375
6 11 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 320 69 Ford 6 $2,525
7 8 Donnie Allison 27 Banjo Matthews 317 69 Ford 85 $2,075
8 16 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 315 69 Ford 0 $1,950
9 18 Coo Coo Marlin 7 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 308 69 Chevrol 0 $1,725
10 19 Don Tarr 37 Don Tarr 306 69 Dodge 0 $1,625
11 14 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 300 69 Mercury 0 $1,575
12 21 Friday Hassler 39 James Hanley 298 69 Chevrol 0 $1,500
13 15 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 298 69 Plymout 0 $1,475
14 22 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 295 70 Dodge 0 $1,400
15 23 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 291 69 Ford 0 $1,350
16 30 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 289 69 Ford 0 $1,300
17 24 Bill Seifert 45 Bill Seifert 282 69 Ford 0 $1,275
18 26 Ron Keselowski 62 Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski) 281 69 Dodge 0 $1,250
19 28 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 273 69 Ford 0 $1,225
20 3 Buddy Baker 6 Cotton Owens 263 69 Dodge 88 $1,250
21 13 Jim Vandiver 3 Ray Fox 261 69 Dodge 0 $1,205
22 34 Raymond Williams 47 Bill Seifert 256 68 Ford 0 $1,165
23 38 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 245 69 Ford 0 $1,150
24 27 John Sears 86 Dennis Gallion 228 69 Dodge 0 $1,135
25 20 GC Spencer 49 GC Spencer 217 69 Plymout 0 $1,145
26 6 Dick Brooks 32 Dick Brooks 194 70 Plymout 0 $1,130
27 36 Roy Mayne 46 Tom Hunter 179 69 Chevrol 0 $1,090
28 10 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 159 69 Dodge 0 $1,105
29 32 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 155 69 Plymout 0 $1,120
30 40 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 124 69 Buick 0 $1,060
31 12 Dave Marcis 30 Dave Marcis 119 69 Dodge 0 $1,075
32 33 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 114 69 Ford 0 $1,040
33 31 Larry Baumel 68 Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer) 89 69 Ford 0 $1,105
34 37 Lennie Pond 65 Joe Phipps 88 69 Chevrol 0 $1,020
35 29 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 70 68 Ford 0 $1,010
36 35 Bill Dennis 54 Bill Dennis 40 69 Chevrol 0 $1,025
37 25 Johnny Halford 57 Ervin Pruitt 33 69 Dodge 0 $1,000
38 2 Charlie Glotzbach 99 Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels) 29 69 Dodge 2 $1,100
39 17 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 10 69 Dodge 0 $1,050
40 39 EJ Trivette 8 EC Reid 2 69 Chevrol 0 $1,000