Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1970

Buddy Baker

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1970 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1970, leading 88 of 367 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Pete Hamilton rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1970

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	367	—	Running	88	150
2	5	+3	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	366	—	Running	79	147
3	6	+3	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	364	—	Running	—	144
4	1	-3	David Pearson	Holman Moody		363	—	Running	15	141
5	10	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	362	—	Running	—	138
6	4	-2	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	360	—	Running	1	135
7	14	+7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		356	—	Running	2	132
8	13	+5	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	354	—	Running	8	129
9	11	+2	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	350	—	Running	—	126
10	3	-7	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	348	—	Running	—	123
11	8	-3	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		346	—	DNF - Crash	151	0
12	18	+6	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		341	—	Running	—	117
13	17	+4	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing		339	—	Running	—	114
14	12	-2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	338	—	Running	—	111
15	19	+4	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	337	—	Running	—	108
16	33	+17	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	336	—	Running	—	105
17	37	+20	Wendell Scott	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	336	—	Running	—	102
18	36	+18	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)		336	—	Running	—	99
19	24	+5	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		332	—	Running	—	96
20	7	-13	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	331	—	DNF - Crash	23	93
21	21	—	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	322	—	Running	—	90
22	38	+16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		318	—	Running	—	87
23	34	+11	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	313	—	Running	—	0
24	27	+3	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		311	—	Running	—	81
25	32	+7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	310	—	DNF	—	78
26	30	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	301	—	Running	—	75
27	39	+12	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		300	—	DNF	—	72
28	20	-8	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	274	—	DNF - Engine	—	69
29	29	—	Dave Marcis	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	255	—	DNF	—	66
30	28	-2	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		242	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	23	-8	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	235	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	35	+3	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith (Owner)		212	—	Running	—	57
33	9	-24	Fred Lorenzen	Junior Johnson & Associates		209	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
34	31	-3	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		180	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
35	26	-9	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		154	—	DNF	—	48
36	22	-14	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		150	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	40	+3	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		47	—	DNF	—	42
38	25	-13	Bugs Stevens	Richard Brown (Owner)	Plymouth	42	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
39	15	-24	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		39	—	DNF - Crash	—	36
40	16	-24	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	11	—	DNF - Crash	—	33