Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1970

Richard Petty

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1970 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1970, leading 295 of 328 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; LeeRoy Yarbrough rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1970

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	328	—	Running	295	150
2	4	+2	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	327	—	Running	—	147
3	7	+4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	326	—	Running	17	144
4	2	-2	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	326	—	Running	15	141
5	11	+6	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		325	—	Running	—	138
6	10	+4	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	324	—	Running	—	135
7	29	+22	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	323	—	Running	—	132
8	12	+4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		323	—	Running	—	129
9	13	+4	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	316	—	Running	—	0
10	18	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		310	—	Running	—	123
11	26	+15	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		307	—	Running	—	120
12	34	+22	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	304	—	Running	—	117
13	17	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	303	—	Running	—	114
14	27	+13	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		300	—	Running	—	111
15	32	+17	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		300	—	Running	—	0
16	21	+5	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		299	—	Running	—	105
17	37	+20	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	297	—	Running	—	102
18	28	+10	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	295	—	Running	—	99
19	31	+12	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Dodge	292	—	Running	—	96
20	39	+19	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		292	—	Running	—	93
21	15	-6	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	287	—	Running	—	90
22	1	-21	Fred Lorenzen	Fox Racing	Dodge	284	—	DNF - Engine	—	87
23	22	-1	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		279	—	Running	—	84
24	40	+16	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	278	—	Running	—	81
25	24	-1	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		244	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	9	-17	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	219	—	DNF - Crash	—	75
27	23	-4	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	196	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	19	-9	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	183	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	14	-15	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	165	—	DNF	—	66
30	20	-10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	164	—	DNF	—	63
31	36	+5	Wendell Scott	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	136	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	5	-27	David Pearson	Holman Moody		126	—	DNF - Engine	1	57
33	8	-25	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	108	—	DNF	—	54
34	35	+1	Bill Dennis	Bill Dennis (Owner)		93	—	DNF	—	51
35	3	-32	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	83	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	38	+2	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		77	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	25	-12	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		69	—	DNF	—	42
38	30	-8	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		53	—	DNF	—	39
39	33	-6	J.D. McDuffie	Ken Spikes (Owner)		30	—	DNF	—	36
40	16	-24	Bugs Stevens	Richard Brown (Owner)	Dodge	24	—	DNF - Engine	—	33