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1970 Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Grand National race number 24 of 48
July 4, 1970 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:27:56
Average Speed: 162.235 mph
Pole Speed: 191.64 mph

Cautions: 3 for 17 laps
Margin of Victory: 15 sec
Attendance: 55,700
Lead changes: 32

Glossary 1970 NASCAR Grand National results / 1970 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	15	27	Donnie Allison	Banjo Matthews	'69 Ford	160	21,025	running	7
2	8	6	Buddy Baker	Cotton Owens	'69 Dodge	160	10,795	running	71
3	9	22	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola (Mario Rossi)	'69 Dodge	160	7,005	running	1
4	6	99	Charlie Glotzbach	Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels)	'69 Dodge	159	3,825	running	7
5	10	32	Dick Brooks	Dick Brooks	'70 Plymouth	158	2,500	running	0
6	21	36	Don Tarr	Coca-Cola (Richard Brown)	'70 Plymouth	157	2,050	running	0
7	13	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'69 Ford	155	1,400	running	0
8	5	17	David Pearson	Holman-Moody	'69 Ford	154	1,700	blew tire	34
9	2	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'69 Dodge	151	1,250	running	4
10	23	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles	'69 Dodge	148	1,075	running	0
11	16	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'69 Ford	147	1,040	running	0
12	31	57	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt	'69 Dodge	146	990	running	0
13	30	4	John Sears	John Sears	'69 Dodge	143	965	running	0
14	18	5	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	'69 Dodge	143	940	running	0
15	25	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	143	940	running	0
16	27	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	'69 Ford	142	890	running	0
17	20	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Plymouth	141	865	running	0
18	11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'70 Plymouth	139	965	engine	0
19	33	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'68 Ford	135	820	running	0
20	28	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'69 Ford	135	805	running	0
21	26	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	'69 Ford	129	820	running	0
22	14	30	Dave Marcis	Dave Marcis	'69 Dodge	122	810	running	0
23	24	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	'69 Dodge	111	800	oil leak	0
24	36	16	Roy Mayne	Ken Spikes	'70 Chevrolet	96	765	oil pump	0
25	3	98	LeeRoy Yarbrough	Junior Johnson	'69 Mercury	90	830	engine	16
26	39	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'69 Ford	88	745	engine	0
27	38	89	Gary DuPuis	Morris Davis	'69 Ford	78	735	crash	0
28	17	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	59	725	oil leak	0
29	32	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'69 Plymouth	58	715	oil pan	0
30	4	40	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	'70 Plymouth	46	760	ignition	10
31	7	72	Benny Parsons	Montgomery Motors (L.G. DeWitt)	'69 Ford	43	700	engine	1
32	12	28	Fred Lorenzen	Piper Trash Can Liners (Ray Fox)	'69 Dodge	30	765	distributor	0
33	22	31	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	'69 Dodge	27	735	oil line	0
34	19	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'69 Chevrolet	25	680	engine	0
35	1	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	23	875	engine	9
36	29	39	Friday Hassler	James Hanley	'69 Chevrolet	15	670	steering	0
37	35	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	'69 Ford	6	665	quit	0
38	34	84	Bobby Mausgrover	Buster Davis	'69 Dodge	5	660	engine	0
39	37	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'69 Plymouth	0	655	overheating	0
40	40	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	0	650	quit	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Pete Hamilton	1	2	2
Buddy Baker	3	9	7
Cale Yarborough	10	14	5
Buddy Baker	15	18	4
Cale Yarborough	19	22	4
Buddy Baker	23	23	1
Charlie Glotzbach	24	25	2
Pete Hamilton	26	33	8
LeeRoy Yarbrough	34	37	4
Benny Parsons	38	38	1
LeeRoy Yarbrough	39	45	7
Buddy Baker	46	47	2
Charlie Glotzbach	48	52	5
LeeRoy Yarbrough	53	53	1
David Pearson	54	54	1
LeeRoy Yarbrough	55	56	2
David Pearson	57	58	2
Buddy Baker	59	64	6
LeeRoy Yarbrough	65	66	2
Buddy Baker	67	72	6
David Pearson	73	73	1
Buddy Baker	74	86	13
David Pearson	87	87	1
Buddy Baker	88	94	7
Bobby Allison	95	95	1
Buddy Baker	96	96	1
David Pearson	97	102	6
Buddy Baker	103	106	4
Bobby Isaac	107	110	4
Buddy Baker	111	130	20
David Pearson	131	153	23
Donnie Allison	154	160	7

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