Alabama 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1970

Pete Hamilton

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Pete Hamilton won the 1970 Alabama 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1970, leading 19 of 188 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1970

Winner

Pete Hamilton

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	188	—	Running	19	150
2	1	-1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	188	—	Running	3	147
3	2	-1	David Pearson	Holman Moody		187	—	Running	7	144
4	11	+7	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		187	—	Running	—	141
5	21	+16	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	183	—	Running	12	138
6	9	+3	Freddy Fryar	Bill Ellis (Owner)	Plymouth	182	—	Running	—	135
7	8	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	181	—	Running	—	132
8	22	+14	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		180	—	Running	—	129
9	33	+24	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	179	—	Running	—	126
10	38	+28	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		177	—	Running	—	123
11	10	-1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	176	—	Running	—	120
12	5	-7	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	175	—	DNF - Engine	101	117
13	7	-6	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	175	—	Running	—	114
14	36	+22	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		175	—	Running	—	0
15	16	+1	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	174	—	Running	—	108
16	30	+14	Butch Hirst	Davis Racing		169	—	Running	—	105
17	24	+7	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	168	—	Running	—	102
18	15	-3	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		167	—	Running	—	99
19	29	+10	John Sears	Dennis Gallion (Owner)	Dodge	167	—	Running	—	96
20	32	+12	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		165	—	Running	—	93
21	18	-3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		164	—	Running	—	90
22	20	-2	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		162	—	Running	—	87
23	35	+12	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		160	—	Running	—	84
24	39	+15	Alton Jones	Arnold Racing		155	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
25	26	+1	Ron Keselowski	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	153	—	DNF	—	78
26	27	+1	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		150	—	Running	—	75
27	14	-13	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		149	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	19	-9	Jimmy Crawford			143	—	Running	—	69
29	4	-25	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	126	—	DNF - Engine	40	66
30	25	-5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		125	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	3	-28	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	117	—	DNF - Engine	4	60
32	17	-15	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		107	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	23	-10	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	93	—	DNF	—	0
34	34	—	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		78	—	DNF	—	51
35	40	+5	E.J. Trivette			73	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
36	37	+1	Bobby Mausgrover	Buster Davis (Owner)	Dodge	66	—	DNF	—	45
37	12	-25	Richard Brickhouse	Pistone Racing		25	—	DNF - Engine	2	0
38	13	-25	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	17	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	28	-11	Dave Alonzo	Dave Alonzo (Owner)	Dodge	10	—	DNF - Crash	—	36
40	31	-9	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	3	—	DNF - Engine	—	33