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1970 Alabama 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 10 of 48
Sunday, April 12, 1970 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 3:16:59
Average speed: 152.321 mph
Pole speed: 199.658 mph

Cautions: 6 for 42 laps
Margin of victory: 44 sec
Attendance: 36000
Lead changes: 32

Glossary 1970 NASCAR Grand National results / 1970 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	6	40	Pete Hamilton	7-Up (Petty Enterprises)	'70 Plymouth	188	26650	running	19
2	1	71	Bobby Isaac	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'69 Dodge	188	12500	running	3
3	2	17	David Pearson	Purolator (Holman-Moody Racing)	'69 Ford	187	8675	running	7
4	11	72	Benny Parsons	L.G. DeWitt	'69 Ford	187	5825	running	0
5	21	21	Cale Yarborough	60 Minute Cleaners (Wood Brothers)	'69 Mercury	183	4425	running	12
6	9	14	Freddy Fryar	Bill Ellis	'70 Plymouth	182	3000	running	0
7	8	43	Richard Petty	Plymouth by Petty (Petty Enterprises)	'70 Plymouth	181	2500	running	0
8	22	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	'69 Ford	180	2300	running	0
9	33	06	Neil Castles	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	'69 Dodge	179	2200	running	0
10	38	07	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'69 Chevrolet	177	2000	running	0
11	10	79	Frank Warren	Frank Warren	'69 Plymouth	176	1885	running	0
12	5	6	Buddy Baker	Eberhart Nunn Dodge (Cotton Owens)	'69 Dodge	175	1860	spin/fire	101
13	7	32	Dick Brooks	Bestline Products (Dick Brooks)	'70 Plymouth	175	1785	running	0
14	36	39	Friday Hassler	James Hanley	'69 Chevrolet	175	1760	running	0
15	16	25	Jabe Thomas	Don Robertson	'69 Plymouth	174	1710	running	0
16	30	89	Butch Hirst	Morris Davis	'69 Ford	169	1685	running	0
17	24	30	Dave Marcis	Dodge of Decatur, AL (Dave Marcis)	'69 Dodge	168	1685	running	0
18	15	45	Bill Seifert	Bill Seifert	'69 Ford	167	1635	running	0
19	29	86	John Sears	Dennis Gallion	'69 Dodge	167	1610	running	0
20	32	34	Wendell Scott	Ford (Wendell Scott)	'69 Ford	165	1585	running	0
21	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	'68 Ford	164	1560	running	0
22	20	51	Dub Simpson	Bill Strong	'69 Chevrolet	162	1535	running	0
23	35	76	Ben Arnold	Ben Arnold	'69 Ford	160	1510	running	0
24	39	7	Alton Jones	Ben Arnold	'68 Ford	155	1485	engine	0
25	26	62	Ron Keselowski	Kaye Engineering (John Keselowski)	'69 Dodge	153	1460	water pump	0
26	27	68	Larry Baumel	Auto Lad (Allan Schlauer)	'69 Ford	150	1435	running	0
27	14	64	Elmo Langley	Elmo Langley	'69 Mercury	149	1435	engine	0
28	19	63	Jimmy Crawford	Crawford Racing (Crawford Brothers)	'69 Chevrolet	143	1385	running	0
29	4	22	Bobby Allison	Bill Strange Dodge (Mario Rossi)	'69 Dodge	126	1410	engine	40
30	25	10	Bill Champion	Bill Champion	'69 Ford	125	1335	oil leak	0
31	3	99	Charlie Glotzbach	Dow Chemicals (Ray Nichels)	'69 Dodge	117	1385	engine	4
32	17	47	Raymond Williams	Bill Seifert	'69 Ford	107	1285	engine	0
33	23	31	Jim Vandiver	Jim Vandiver	'69 Dodge	93	1285	overheating	0
34	34	19	Henley Gray	Henley Gray	'69 Ford	78	1285	steering	0
35	40	96	E.J. Trivette	–	'68 Ford	73	1210	engine	0
36	37	84	Bobby Mausgrover	Buster Davis	'69 Dodge	25	1210	engine	0
37	12	59	Richard Brickhouse	Pepsi-Cola (Tom Pistone)	'70 Ford	25	1210	engine	2
38	13	37	Don Tarr	Coca-Cola (Don Tarr)	'69 Dodge	17	1160	engine	0
39	28	81	Dave Alonzo	Dave Alonzo	'69 Dodge	10	1110	crash	0
40	31	74	Bill Shirey	Bill Shirey	'69 Plymouth	3	1085	engine	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Johnny Halford	57	Ervin Pruitt	Dodge
	Dick May	67	Ron Ronacher	Ford
	J.D. McDuffie	70	J.D. McDuffie	Ford
WD	Wayne Smith	33	Wayne Smith	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	12	12
	13	19	7	#81 engine turn 1
	20	22	3
	23	35	13	#59 engine
	36	52	17
	53	59	7	debris
	60	115	56
	116	122	7	debris
	123	138	16
	139	141	3	#10 spun backstretch
	142	175	34
	176	180	5	#6 spun frontstretch
	181	188	8
Percent of race run under caution: 22.3% Average green flag run: 20.9 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	1	1
David Pearson	2	2	1
Buddy Baker	3	3	1
Bobby Isaac	4	4	1
Buddy Baker	5	13	9
Richard Brickhouse	14	15	2
Cale Yarborough	16	23	8
Buddy Baker	24	27	4
Charlie Glotzbach	28	29	2
Cale Yarborough	30	33	4
Buddy Baker	34	36	3
Bobby Allison	37	37	1
Bobby Isaac	38	38	1
Buddy Baker	39	39	1
Bobby Isaac	40	40	1
Charlie Glotzbach	41	42	2
Buddy Baker	43	48	6
Bobby Allison	49	51	3
Buddy Baker	52	53	2
David Pearson	54	59	6
Buddy Baker	60	73	14
Bobby Allison	74	76	3
Buddy Baker	77	78	2
Bobby Allison	79	79	1
Buddy Baker	80	81	2
Bobby Allison	82	84	3
Buddy Baker	85	86	2
Bobby Allison	87	115	29
Buddy Baker	116	139	24
Pete Hamilton	140	140	1
Buddy Baker	141	170	30
Pete Hamilton	171	188	18