Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1970

Bobby Isaac

Winner

377

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Isaac won the 1970 Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1970, leading 223 of 377 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1970

Winner

Bobby Isaac

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	377	—	Running	223	100
2	3	+1	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	377	—	Running	84	98
3	4	+1	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	376	—	Running	51	96
4	7	+3	David Pearson	Junior Johnson & Associates		375	—	Running	—	0
5	9	+4	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	373	—	Running	—	92
6	18	+12	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	370	—	Running	—	90
7	10	+3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		369	—	Running	—	88
8	19	+11	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	365	—	Running	—	86
9	13	+4	Bill Dennis	Bill Dennis (Owner)		363	—	Running	—	84
10	17	+7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		359	—	Running	—	82
11	21	+10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		358	—	Running	—	80
12	27	+15	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		357	—	Running	—	78
13	23	+10	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	356	—	Running	—	76
14	32	+18	Ron Keselowski	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	355	—	Running	—	74
15	35	+20	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		352	—	Running	—	72
16	25	+9	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		337	—	Running	—	70
17	29	+12	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		333	—	Running	—	68
18	15	-3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	329	—	Running	—	66
19	12	-7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	273	—	DNF	—	64
20	26	+6	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		231	—	Running	—	62
21	33	+12	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		141	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
22	11	-11	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	132	—	DNF	—	58
23	28	+5	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		116	—	DNF	—	56
24	14	-10	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		112	—	DNF	—	54
25	36	+11	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	110	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	1	-25	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Matthews Racing		102	—	DNF	19	0
27	37	+10	John Kenney	Bob Freeman (Owner)		99	—	DNF	—	48
28	22	-6	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		74	—	DNF	—	46
29	34	+5	Dick May	Ron Ronacher (Owner)		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	44
30	24	-6	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	61	—	DNF	—	42
31	31	—	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		51	—	DNF	—	40
32	20	-12	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		37	—	DNF	—	38
33	5	-28	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	37	—	DNF	—	36
34	39	+5	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		35	—	DNF	—	34
35	16	-19	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	30	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
36	6	-30	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		22	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
37	30	-7	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		22	—	DNF	—	28
38	8	-30	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		19	—	DNF	—	26
39	38	-1	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith (Owner)		18	—	DNF	—	24