Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1970

Bobby Allison

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1970 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1970, leading 9 of 328 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Pete Hamilton rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1970

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	328	—	Running	9	150
2	1	-1	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	129	0
3	5	+2	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	326	—	Running	2	143
4	7	+3	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		325	—	Running	—	0
5	4	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	321	—	Running	9	138
6	11	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		320	—	Running	6	135
7	8	+1	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		317	—	DNF - Engine	83	132
8	16	+8	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		315	—	Running	—	129
9	18	+9	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		308	—	Running	—	0
10	19	+9	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	306	—	Running	—	123
11	14	+3	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	300	—	Running	—	120
12	21	+9	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		298	—	Running	—	0
13	15	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	298	—	Running	—	114
14	22	+8	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	295	—	Running	—	111
15	23	+8	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		291	—	Running	—	108
16	30	+14	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		289	—	Running	—	105
17	24	+7	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		282	—	Running	—	102
18	26	+8	Ron Keselowski	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	281	—	Running	—	99
19	28	+9	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		273	—	Running	—	96
20	3	-17	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	263	—	DNF	88	93
21	13	-8	Jim Vandiver	Fox Racing	Dodge	261	—	DNF	—	90
22	34	+12	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		256	—	DNF - Engine	—	87
23	38	+15	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		245	—	Running	—	84
24	27	+3	John Sears	Dennis Gallion (Owner)	Dodge	228	—	DNF	—	81
25	20	-5	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	217	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	6	-20	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	194	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
27	36	+9	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		179	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	10	-18	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	159	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	32	+3	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	155	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	40	+10	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		124	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	12	-19	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	119	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
32	33	+1	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		114	—	DNF - Engine	—	57
33	31	-2	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		89	—	DNF	—	54
34	37	+3	Lennie Pond	Joe Phipps (Owner)		88	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	29	-6	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		70	—	DNF	—	48
36	35	-1	Bill Dennis	Bill Dennis (Owner)		40	—	DNF	—	0
37	25	-12	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	33	—	DNF	—	42
38	2	-36	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	29	—	DNF	2	39
39	17	-22	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	10	—	DNF	—	36
40	39	-1	E.J. Trivette	E.C. Reid (Owner)		2	—	DNF	—	33