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1970 Motor Trend 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National West race number 1 of 19 Combination race with Grand National drivers An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn Sunday, January 18, 1970 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 193 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (505.660 miles) Time of race: 5:11:19 Average speed: 97.45 mph Pole speed: 112.06 mph Cautions: 3 for 31 laps Margin of victory: 3.5 sec Attendance: 43200 Lead changes: 20 Glossary    1970 NASCAR Grand National West results   /   1970 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 11   A.J. Foyt   (GN) Don Wagner Ford   (Jack Bowsher) '70 Ford 193 19700 running 35   2 13 1   Roger McCluskey   (GN) Plymouth   (Norm Nelson) '70 Plymouth 193 9000 running 2   3 5 98   LeeRoy Yarbrough   (GN) Jim Robbins Co.   (Junior Johnson) '70 Ford 193 6275 running 5   4 8 27   Donnie Allison   (GN) Banjo Matthews '70 Ford 190 4475 running 22   5 6 43   Richard Petty   (GN) Plymouth By Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '70 Plymouth 186 3000 engine 2   6 1 42   Dan Gurney   (GN) Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '70 Plymouth 180 2400 running 0   7 18 06   Neil Castles   (GN) Neil Castles '69 Dodge 178 1750 running 0   8 17 39   Friday Hassler   (GN) James Hanley '69 Chevrolet 176 1550 running 0   9 22 116   Jerry Oliver Coz Concilla '70 Oldsmobile 176 1400 running 0   10 25 83   Dick Guldstrand James Good '69 Chevrolet 170 1350 running 0   11 35 21   Parnelli Jones   (GN) 60 Minute Cleaners   (Wood Brothers) '70 Mercury 168 1275 clutch 88   12 34 321   Kevin Terris Gary Sigman '69 Plymouth 165 1250 running 0   13 4 22   Bobby Allison   (GN) Saddleback Dodge   (Mario Rossi) '69 Dodge 164 1225 bell housing 0   14 20 30   Dave Marcis   (GN) Dodge   (Dave Marcis) '69 Dodge 163 1200 crash 0   15 43 09   Sam Rose Sam Rose '68 Ford 157 1175 running 0   16 21 81   Dave Alonzo   (GN) Dave Alonzo '68 Plymouth 150 1150 running 0   17 2 17   David Pearson   (GN) East Tenn. Ford   (Holman-Moody) '70 Ford 148 1925 transmission 39   18 28 4   Dick Kranzler Dick Kranzler '68 Chevrolet 148 1100 running 0   19 42 15   Paul Dorrity Glen Dorrity '68 Chevrolet 143 1075 engine 0   20 11 132   Joe Frasson   (GN) Joe Frasson '70 Dodge 142 1050 running 0   21 40 00   Frank James Jim Calder '69 Chevrolet 137 1025 rear end 0   22 39 61   Dick Bown Mike Ober '69 Chevrolet 135 1025 running 0   23 29 179   Ranny Dodd Workrite Products   (Wally Vandertoorn) '69 Chevrolet 111 1000 clutch 0   24 36 96   Ray Elder Hargis Engineering   (Fred Elder) '69 Dodge 106 975 engine 0   25 19 38   Jimmy Insolo Ober Logging   (Marvin Rowley) '68 Chevrolet 98 950 engine 0   26 32 18   Jim Cook Bob Bristol '68 Ford 94 925 crash 0   27 41 16   Steve Froines Cos Cancilla '68 Oldsmobile 83 900 crash 0   28 9 6   Sam Posey   (GN) Dave Schenk Dodge   (Cotton Owens) '69 Dodge 82 900 engine 0   29 7 71   Bobby Isaac   (GN) K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '69 Dodge 77 885 engine 0   30 37 7   Jack McCoy Hilton Hyper Lube   (Ernie Conn) '69 Dodge 69 850 oil leak 0   31 33 23   G.T. Tallas G.T. Tallas '69 Ford 49 840 engine 0   32 44 40   Les Loeser, Jr. Pacific Roofing   (Les Loeser, Sr.) '68 Ford 38 830 clutch 0   33 15 32   Dick Brooks   (GN) Dick Brooks '69 Plymouth 37 895 engine 0   34 12 31   Buddy Young   (GN) L.G. DeWitt '69 Ford 37 810 crash 0   35 10 48   James Hylton   (GN) Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) '69 Dodge 34 820 engine 0   36 24 64   Elmo Langley   (GN) Woodfield Ford   (Elmo Langley) '68 Ford 29 800 engine 0   37 26 126   Carl Joiner Dean Thorne '69 Ford 23 800 rear end 0   38 16 88   Don Noel Noel-Lewin   (Don Noel) '68 Ford 18 800 engine 0   39 14 93   Don White   (GN) Nichels Engineering   (Ray Nichels) '69 Dodge 16 880 brakes 0   40 31 144   Lothar Motschenbacher   (GN) Lothar Motschenbacher '68 Chevrolet 7 800 clutch 0   41 23 05   Frank Deiny Speedway Engineering   (Frank Deiny) '68 Chevrolet 4 800 wheel bearing 0   42 38 45   Scotty Cain Bill Clinton '69 Ford 3 800 transmission 0   43 27 80   Bob England Bob England '69 Chevrolet 3 800 transmission 0   44 30 79   Frank Warren   (GN) Frank Warren '69 Plymouth 1 800 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Hank Dekker, Jr. 44 Joseph Williams Dodge George Wiltshire 139 Star Dodge Dodge John Soares, Jr. 421 John Soares, Sr. Dodge Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 25 25   A.J. Foyt 26 26 1   Richard Petty 27 28 2   David Pearson 29 34 6   LeeRoy Yarbrough 35 35 1   A.J. Foyt 36 42 7   Parnelli Jones 43 43 1   LeeRoy Yarbrough 44 44 1   Donnie Allison 45 64 20   A.J. Foyt 65 66 2   Parnelli Jones 67 84 18   Donnie Allison 85 86 2   David Pearson 87 94 8   LeeRoy Yarbrough 95 95 1   Roger McCluskey 96 97 2   LeeRoy Yarbrough 98 98 1   Parnelli Jones 99 109 11   LeeRoy Yarbrough 110 110 1   Parnelli Jones 111 168 58   A.J. Foyt 169 193 25