National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1970

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

LeeRoy Yarbrough won the 1970 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1970, leading 112 of 334 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Fred Lorenzen rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1970

Winner

LeeRoy Yarbrough

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	334	—	Running	112	0
2	10	+8	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	334	—	Running	22	147
3	4	+1	Fred Lorenzen	Fox Racing	Dodge	333	—	Running	3	144
4	15	+11	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		329	—	Running	—	141
5	9	+4	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	323	—	DNF - Engine	2	138
6	18	+12	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	321	—	Running	—	135
7	19	+12	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		320	—	Running	—	132
8	20	+12	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	319	—	Running	—	129
9	36	+27	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		317	—	Running	—	126
10	22	+12	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		315	—	DNF - Engine	—	123
11	26	+15	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	313	—	Running	—	120
12	31	+19	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	310	—	Running	—	117
13	34	+21	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		307	—	Running	—	114
14	23	+9	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	304	—	Running	—	111
15	39	+24	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	302	—	Running	—	108
16	38	+22	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		300	—	Running	—	0
17	30	+13	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		300	—	Running	—	102
18	13	-5	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		296	—	DNF - Engine	—	99
19	17	-2	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	295	—	Running	—	96
20	28	+8	Henley Gray	Negre Racing		294	—	Running	—	93
21	40	+19	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	291	—	Running	—	90
22	21	-1	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		258	—	DNF	—	87
23	2	-21	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	239	—	DNF - Crash	64	84
24	6	-18	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	226	—	DNF - Crash	109	81
25	25	—	Butch Hirst	Richard Brown (Owner)	Plymouth	224	—	DNF	—	0
26	3	-23	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	163	—	DNF - Crash	20	75
27	32	+5	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	163	—	DNF - Crash	—	72
28	24	-4	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	158	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	16	-13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		125	—	DNF - Crash	—	66
30	11	-19	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	122	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	27	-4	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	122	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
32	33	+1	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	105	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	14	-19	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	105	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
34	29	-5	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		94	—	DNF	—	51
35	37	+2	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	84	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	12	-24	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	54	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	1	-36	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	44	—	DNF - Crash	2	42
38	35	-3	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing		33	—	DNF	—	39
39	7	-32	David Pearson	Holman Moody		13	—	DNF - Crash	—	36
40	8	-32	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	10	—	DNF - Crash	—	33