Nashville 420

Nashville Speedway — January 1, 1970

Bobby Isaac

Winner

420

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Isaac won the 1970 Nashville 420 at Nashville Speedway on January 1, 1970, leading 214 of 420 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Neil Castles rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Nashville Speedway

Season

1970

Winner

Bobby Isaac

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	420	—	Running	214	100
2	8	+6	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	418	—	Running	—	98
3	16	+13	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	394	—	Running	—	96
4	15	+11	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		391	—	Running	—	94
5	26	+21	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	385	—	Running	—	92
6	6	—	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		384	—	Running	—	90
7	10	+3	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		380	—	Running	—	88
8	23	+15	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	365	—	Running	—	86
9	36	+27	Eddie Yarboro	Eddie Yarboro (Owner)	Plymouth	338	—	Running	—	0
10	13	+3	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	336	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
11	25	+14	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	318	—	DNF	—	80
12	29	+17	John Kenney	Bob Freeman (Owner)		242	—	DNF - Crash	—	78
13	28	+15	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		221	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
14	7	-7	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		209	—	DNF	56	74
15	34	+19	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	167	—	DNF	—	72
16	3	-13	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	154	—	DNF - Crash	134	70
17	21	+4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		151	—	DNF - Engine	—	68
18	19	+1	Dick May	Ron Ronacher (Owner)		139	—	DNF - Crash	—	66
19	27	+8	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	111	—	DNF	—	64
20	31	+11	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		78	—	DNF - Engine	—	62
21	9	-12	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Plymouth	63	—	DNF	—	60
22	12	-10	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		59	—	DNF	—	58
23	1	-22	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		45	—	DNF - Crash	16	0
24	30	+6	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		45	—	DNF	—	54
25	32	+7	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Dodge	39	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
26	14	-12	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		35	—	DNF - Engine	—	50
27	24	-3	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	34	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
28	5	-23	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		17	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
29	17	-12	Wendell Scott	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	10	—	DNF	—	44
30	22	-8	Ron Keselowski	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	8	—	DNF - Engine	—	42
31	35	+4	Lee Gordon	Gordon Racing		7	—	DNF	—	40
32	11	-21	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	5	—	DNF	—	38
33	18	-15	Bill Dennis	Bill Dennis (Owner)		5	—	DNF	—	36
34	33	-1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	3	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
35	4	-31	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	1	—	DNF	—	32
36	20	-16	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	30