Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1970

Richard Petty

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1970 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1970, leading 188 of 492 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Dick Brooks rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1970

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	492	—	Running	188	150
2	6	+4	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	489	—	Running	91	0
3	5	+2	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	484	—	Running	1	144
4	1	-3	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	483	—	Running	162	141
5	7	+2	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	475	—	Running	—	138
6	12	+6	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	470	—	Running	14	135
7	32	+25	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		460	—	Running	—	132
8	14	+6	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		456	—	Running	—	129
9	15	+6	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		454	—	Running	—	126
10	23	+13	James Sears	DeWitt Racing		448	—	Running	—	0
11	25	+14	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	447	—	Running	—	120
12	18	+6	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		438	—	Running	—	117
13	19	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		427	—	Running	—	114
14	3	-11	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	423	—	Running	34	111
15	35	+20	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		421	—	Running	—	108
16	34	+18	Joe Phipps	Joe Phipps (Owner)		401	—	Running	—	0
17	2	-15	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	366	—	DNF	2	0
18	24	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		345	—	DNF	—	99
19	40	+21	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		345	—	Running	—	96
20	17	-3	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		343	—	Running	—	93
21	9	-12	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		330	—	DNF	—	90
22	22	—	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	298	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
23	29	+6	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		257	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
24	28	+4	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	244	—	DNF - Engine	—	81
25	20	-5	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	242	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	33	+7	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)	Mercury	211	—	DNF	—	75
27	21	-6	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	203	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	38	+10	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		181	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	11	-18	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		160	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
30	16	-14	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	119	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	13	-18	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		108	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
32	31	-1	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	105	—	DNF - Crash	—	57
33	4	-29	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	95	—	DNF	—	0
34	39	+5	James Cox	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	85	—	DNF	—	51
35	30	-5	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		85	—	DNF - Crash	—	48
36	36	—	Dub Simpson	Strong Racing		73	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	10	-27	Bunkie Blackburn	Pistone Racing		35	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
38	37	-1	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith (Owner)		29	—	DNF	—	39
39	27	-12	John Sears	Langley-Woodfield Racing		14	—	DNF	—	36
40	26	-14	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		3	—	DNF - Crash	—	33