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1970 - Richmond 500 Race Results


Race Name - Richmond 500
Date - 3/1/1970
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 271 miles
Pole Speed - 89.137 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 7
Average Race Speed - 82.044 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $22,760
Race Number - 5
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 500 69 Ford 160 $5,195
2 1 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 500 70 Plymout 303 $2,970
3 8 Elmo Langley 64 Elmo Langley 491 69 Ford 0 $1,845
4 2 Bobby Isaac 71 K K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf) 485 69 Dodge 37 $1,220
5 5 Neil Castles 6 Neil Castles 482 69 Dodge 0 $945
6 15 Dub Simpson 51 Bill Strong 470 69 Chevrol 0 $670
7 7 Jabe Thomas 25 Don Robertson 465 69 Plymout 0 $620
8 10 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 449 70 Pontiac 0 $595
9 19 Bill Shirey 74 Bill Shirey 442 69 Plymout 0 $575
10 12 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 438 69 Ford 0 $565
11 25 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 434 69 Buick 0 $530
12 9 Ben Arnold 76 Ben Arnold 407 69 Ford 0 $545
13 4 Dave Marcis 30 Dave Marcis 299 69 Dodge 0 $560
14 6 Bill Dennis 54 Bill Dennis 263 69 Chevrol 0 $525
15 26 Benny Parsons 72 LG DeWitt 260 69 Ford 0 $490
16 20 John Kenney 77 Bob Freeman 232 68 Ford 0 $505
17 13 John Sears 84 Elmo Langley 228 68 Ford 0 $495
18 17 Bill Champion 10 Bill Champion 187 69 Ford 0 $485
19 11 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 153 68 Ford 0 $475
20 21 Henley Gray 19 Henley Gray 115 69 Ford 0 $440
21 18 Frank Warren 79 Frank Warren 100 69 Plymout 0 $455
22 16 Wayne Smith 33 Wayne Smith 69 69 Chevrol 0 $445
23 23 Bill Seifert 47 Bill Seifert 50 69 Ford 0 $410
24 22 Ken Meisenhelder 4 Ken Meisenhelder 11 69 Chevrol 0 $400
25 24 Dick May 67 Ron Ronacher 9 69 Ford 0 $390
26 14 Johnny Halford 57 Ervin Pruitt 8 69 Dodge 0 $410