Motor Trend 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1970

A.J. Foyt

Winner

193

Laps

Entries

Leaders

A.J. Foyt won the 1970 Motor Trend 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1970, leading 35 of 193 laps. Roger McCluskey finished second; LeeRoy Yarbrough rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1970

Winner

A.J. Foyt

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	A.J. Foyt	Jack Bowsher & Associates		193	—	Running	35	0
2	13	+11	Roger McCluskey	Norm Nelson (Owner)	Plymouth	193	—	Running	2	0
3	5	+2	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson & Associates		193	—	Running	5	144
4	8	+4	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing		190	—	Running	—	141
5	6	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	186	—	DNF - Engine	2	138
6	1	-5	Dan Gurney	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	180	—	Running	—	0
7	18	+11	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	178	—	Running	—	132
8	17	+9	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		176	—	Running	—	129
9	22	+13	Jerry Oliver	Coz Concilla (Owner)		176	—	Running	—	126
10	25	+15	Dick Guldstrand	James Good (Owner)		170	—	Running	—	0
11	35	+24	Parnelli Jones	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	168	—	DNF	88	0
12	34	+22	Kevin Terris	Gary Sigman (Owner)	Plymouth	165	—	Running	—	117
13	4	-9	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	164	—	DNF	22	114
14	20	+6	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	163	—	DNF - Crash	—	111
15	43	+28	Sam Rose	Sam Rose (Owner)		157	—	Running	—	108
16	21	+5	Dave Alonzo	Dave Alonzo (Owner)	Plymouth	150	—	Running	—	105
17	2	-15	David Pearson	Holman Moody		148	—	DNF	39	102
18	28	+10	Dick Kranzler	Kranzler Racing		148	—	Running	—	99
19	42	+23	Paul Dorrity			143	—	DNF - Engine	—	96
20	11	-9	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	142	—	Running	—	93
21	40	+19	Frank James	Jim Calder (Owner)		137	—	DNF	—	90
22	39	+17	Dick Bown	Ober Logging		135	—	Running	—	87
23	29	+6	Ranny Dodd			111	—	DNF	—	84
24	36	+12	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	106	—	DNF - Engine	—	81
25	19	-6	Jimmy Insolo	Marvin Rowley (Owner)		98	—	DNF - Engine	—	78
26	32	+6	Jim Cook			94	—	DNF - Crash	—	75
27	41	+14	Steve Froines			83	—	DNF - Crash	—	72
28	9	-19	Sam Posey	Owens Racing	Dodge	82	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
29	7	-22	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	77	—	DNF - Engine	—	66
30	37	+7	Jack McCoy	Ernie Conn (Owner)	Dodge	69	—	DNF - Engine	—	63
31	33	+2	G.T. Tallas	G.T. Tallas (Owner)		49	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
32	44	+12	Les Loeser	Les Loeser (Owner)		38	—	DNF	—	57
33	15	-18	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	37	—	DNF - Engine	—	54
34	12	-22	Buddy Young	DeWitt Racing		37	—	DNF - Crash	—	51
35	10	-25	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Dodge	34	—	DNF - Engine	—	48
36	24	-12	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		29	—	DNF - Engine	—	45
37	26	-11	Carl Joiner	Joiner Racing		23	—	DNF	—	42
38	16	-22	Don Noel	Don Noel (Owner)		18	—	DNF - Engine	—	39
39	14	-25	Don White	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	16	—	DNF	—	0
40	31	-9	Lothar Motschenbacher			7	—	DNF	—	0
41	23	-18	Frank Deiny			4	—	DNF	—	30
42	38	-4	Scotty Cain	Bill Clifton (Owner)		3	—	DNF	—	27
43	27	-16	Bob England	Bob England (Owner)		3	—	DNF	—	24
44	30	-14	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	1	—	DNF - Engine	—	21