Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1970

Pete Hamilton

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Pete Hamilton won the 1970 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1970, leading 153 of 188 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Charlie Glotzbach rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1970

Winner

Pete Hamilton

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	188	—	Running	153	150
2	1	-1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	188	—	Running	12	147
3	3	—	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	187	—	Running	6	144
4	2	-2	David Pearson	Holman Moody		184	—	Running	—	141
5	7	+2	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	184	—	Running	4	0
6	9	+3	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	183	—	Running	2	0
7	5	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	183	—	Running	—	132
8	11	+3	Ramo Stott	Ramo Stott (Owner)	Plymouth	182	—	Running	—	0
9	13	+4	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	180	—	Running	—	126
10	10	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		179	—	Running	1	123
11	12	+1	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	178	—	Running	—	120
12	25	+13	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	177	—	Running	—	117
13	6	-7	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	175	—	Running	1	114
14	39	+25	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		173	—	Running	—	111
15	18	+3	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		172	—	Running	—	108
16	41	+25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	172	—	Running	—	105
17	33	+16	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		171	—	Running	—	102
18	28	+10	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	170	—	Running	—	99
19	32	+13	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		168	—	Running	—	96
20	17	-3	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	167	—	Running	—	93
21	19	-2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		166	—	Running	—	90
22	44	+22	Wendell Scott	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	165	—	Running	—	87
23	42	+19	Frog Fagan	Giachetti Brothers		163	—	Running	—	0
24	15	-9	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	159	—	DNF	—	81
25	34	+9	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		159	—	Running	—	78
26	36	+10	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		158	—	Running	—	75
27	50	+23	Bill Dennis	Gordon Racing		158	—	Running	—	72
28	37	+9	Joe Phipps	Joe Phipps (Owner)		157	—	Running	—	69
29	16	-13	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		154	—	Running	—	66
30	38	+8	Lee Roy Carrigg	John Pemberton (Owner)		152	—	Running	—	63
31	30	-1	Ron Keselowski	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	151	—	Running	—	60
32	21	-11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	148	—	DNF	—	57
33	46	+13	Ken Meisenhelder	Jimmy Vaughn (Owner)	Dodge	148	—	Running	—	0
34	48	+14	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		146	—	DNF	—	51
35	24	-11	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		130	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	31	-5	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		128	—	DNF - Crash	—	45
37	49	+12	Ken Spikes	Ken Spikes (Owner)		116	—	Running	—	42
38	47	+9	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith (Owner)		102	—	DNF	—	0
39	23	-16	Tiny Lund	John McConnell (Owner)	Dodge	101	—	DNF	4	0
40	8	-32	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	94	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
41	29	-12	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	73	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
42	14	-28	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	64	—	DNF	—	27
43	20	-23	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Dodge	45	—	DNF - Engine	—	24
44	45	+1	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	34	—	DNF - Engine	—	21
45	26	-19	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		29	—	DNF - Engine	—	18
46	27	-19	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	25	—	DNF - Engine	5	15
47	40	-7	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		13	—	DNF	—	12
48	43	-5	Richard Brickhouse	Pistone Racing		11	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
49	22	-27	Fred Lorenzen	Fox Racing	Dodge	9	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
50	35	-15	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	5	—	DNF	—	3