East Tennessee 200

Smokey Mountain Raceway — January 1, 1970

Richard Petty

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1970 East Tennessee 200 at Smokey Mountain Raceway on January 1, 1970, leading 172 of 200 laps. Bobby Isaac finished second; Dick Brooks rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1970

Track

Smokey Mountain Raceway

Season

1970

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

3 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	200	—	Running	172	50
2	3	+1	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	200	—	Running	14	49
3	10	+7	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	198	—	Running	14	48
4	6	+2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		196	—	Running	—	47
5	2	-3	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	46
6	12	+6	Dick Bown	Ober Logging	Plymouth	190	—	Running	—	45
7	8	+1	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	189	—	Running	—	44
8	26	+18	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	186	—	Running	—	43
9	17	+8	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		185	—	Running	—	42
10	20	+10	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		183	—	Running	—	41
11	23	+12	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	183	—	Running	—	40
12	18	+6	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing		182	—	Running	—	39
13	9	-4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		180	—	DNF	—	38
14	27	+13	Raymond Williams	Seifert Racing		180	—	Running	—	37
15	4	-11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	177	—	DNF	—	36
16	29	+13	Ken Meisenhelder	Ken Meisenhelder (Owner)		174	—	Running	—	35
17	5	-12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Dodge	173	—	Running	—	34
18	21	+3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	171	—	DNF	—	33
19	30	+11	Lee Gordon	Gordon Racing		169	—	Running	—	32
20	16	-4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		107	—	DNF	—	31
21	13	-8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	80	—	DNF	—	30
22	22	—	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	66	—	DNF	—	0
23	19	-4	Ed Negre	Negre Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	28
24	7	-17	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	51	—	DNF - Crash	—	27
25	24	-1	Wendell Scott	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	21	—	DNF - Engine	—	26
26	14	-12	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing		19	—	DNF	—	25
27	11	-16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	15	—	DNF	—	0
28	15	-13	Bill Dennis	Bill Dennis (Owner)		11	—	DNF	—	23
29	28	-1	Charlie Roberts	Roberts Racing	Dodge	11	—	DNF	—	22
30	25	-5	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		7	—	DNF - Engine	—	21