American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1970

Cale Yarborough

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1970 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1970, leading 205 of 492 laps. David Pearson finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1970

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	492	—	Running	205	150
2	6	+4	David Pearson	Holman Moody		492	—	Running	180	147
3	3	—	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	489	—	Running	—	144
4	16	+12	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		486	—	Running	—	0
5	9	+4	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	485	—	Running	—	138
6	7	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	481	—	Running	24	135
7	5	-2	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	478	—	Running	—	132
8	22	+14	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		469	—	Running	—	129
9	21	+12	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		464	—	Running	—	126
10	14	+4	Buddy Young	DeWitt Racing		464	—	Running	—	123
11	20	+9	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	458	—	Running	—	120
12	30	+18	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	457	—	Running	—	117
13	28	+15	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	455	—	Running	—	114
14	34	+20	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	450	—	Running	—	111
15	10	-5	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	449	—	DNF - Crash	—	108
16	17	+1	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	448	—	Running	—	0
17	32	+15	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		436	—	Running	—	102
18	38	+20	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	435	—	Running	—	99
19	24	+5	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		428	—	Running	—	96
20	39	+19	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		427	—	DNF - Engine	—	93
21	31	+10	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		420	—	Running	—	90
22	29	+7	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	420	—	Running	—	87
23	19	-4	Roy Mayne	Richard Brown (Owner)	Dodge	420	—	Running	—	84
24	33	+9	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		402	—	Running	—	81
25	18	-7	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		395	—	DNF	—	78
26	40	+14	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	384	—	Running	—	75
27	27	—	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Mercury	356	—	DNF	—	72
28	37	+9	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		347	—	Running	—	69
29	11	-18	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Mercury	343	—	DNF - Engine	2	0
30	26	-4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	336	—	DNF	—	63
31	1	-30	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	324	—	DNF - Engine	81	60
32	8	-24	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	323	—	DNF - Crash	—	57
33	12	-21	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		119	—	DNF	—	54
34	23	-11	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		110	—	DNF	—	51
35	13	-22	Tiny Lund	John McConnell (Owner)	Dodge	87	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
36	36	—	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	81	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	15	-22	Bill Dennis	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	53	—	DNF	—	42
38	35	-3	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		52	—	DNF	—	39
39	4	-35	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	43	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
40	25	-15	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	10	—	DNF	—	33