Motor State 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1970

Cale Yarborough

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1970 Motor State 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1970, leading 61 of 200 laps. Pete Hamilton finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1970

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	61	0
2	1	-1	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	—	Running	27	147
3	3	—	David Pearson	Holman Moody		200	—	Running	—	144
4	8	+4	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	6	0
5	6	+1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	199	—	Running	12	138
6	16	+10	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Dodge	198	—	Running	—	135
7	5	-2	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	198	—	Running	—	132
8	12	+4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		196	—	Running	—	129
9	9	—	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	196	—	Running	—	126
10	11	+1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		193	—	Running	—	123
11	13	+2	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	189	—	Running	—	120
12	23	+11	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	117
13	22	+9	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	185	—	Running	—	0
14	21	+7	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	185	—	Running	—	111
15	25	+10	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	184	—	Running	—	108
16	27	+11	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing		183	—	Running	—	105
17	7	-10	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	179	—	Running	—	102
18	28	+10	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	178	—	Running	—	0
19	39	+20	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		176	—	Running	—	96
20	30	+10	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		171	—	Running	—	93
21	26	+5	Bill Dennis	Bill Dennis (Owner)		165	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
22	18	-4	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	156	—	Running	—	87
23	15	-8	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	151	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
24	10	-14	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	149	—	DNF - Engine	14	81
25	20	-5	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		147	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	38	+12	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey (Owner)	Plymouth	146	—	DNF - Engine	—	75
27	14	-13	Ron Grana	C.J. Grana (Owner)		124	—	DNF - Engine	—	72
28	2	-26	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	109	—	DNF	80	69
29	34	+5	Ron Keselowski	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	105	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
30	17	-13	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	88	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	37	+6	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		71	—	DNF	—	0
32	29	-3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		68	—	DNF	—	57
33	36	+3	Harold Smith	Giachetti Brothers		30	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	33	-1	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		15	—	DNF	—	51
35	40	+5	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	24	-12	Tommy Gale	Smokey Yunick Racing	Mercury	6	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	32	-5	Dick Brooks	Dennis Gallion (Owner)	Dodge	5	—	DNF	—	42
38	31	-7	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	35	-4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	3	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
40	19	-21	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	33