Halifax County 100

South Boston Speedway — January 1, 1970

Richard Petty

Winner

281

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1970 Halifax County 100 at South Boston Speedway on January 1, 1970, leading 271 of 281 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

South Boston Speedway

Season

1970

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

2 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	281	—	Running	271	50
2	2	—	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	281	—	Running	—	49
3	3	—	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	280	—	Running	—	48
4	4	—	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		279	—	Running	10	47
5	7	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		277	—	Running	—	46
6	5	-1	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	276	—	Running	—	45
7	10	+3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	273	—	Running	—	44
8	18	+10	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		272	—	Running	—	43
9	19	+10	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	272	—	Running	—	42
10	12	+2	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	272	—	Running	—	41
11	11	—	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		267	—	Running	—	40
12	20	+8	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		260	—	Running	—	39
13	8	-5	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	258	—	Running	—	38
14	17	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	178	—	DNF	—	37
15	9	-6	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		161	—	DNF	—	36
16	15	-1	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		150	—	DNF	—	35
17	16	-1	Wendell Scott	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	125	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
18	13	-5	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		97	—	DNF	—	33
19	6	-13	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		87	—	DNF - Engine	—	32
20	21	+1	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		80	—	DNF	—	31
21	22	+1	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		54	—	DNF	—	30
22	14	-8	Bill Dennis	Bill Dennis (Owner)		24	—	DNF	—	29
23	24	+1	John Kenney	Bob Freeman (Owner)		19	—	DNF	—	28
24	23	-1	Dave Marcis	Wayne Smith (Owner)		3	—	DNF	—	27