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1970 Southeastern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 9 of 48 Sunday, April 5, 1970 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 3:02:42 Average speed: 87.543 mph Pole speed: 107.079 mph Cautions: 6 for 58 laps Margin of victory: 3 laps + Attendance: 32000 Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1970 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1970 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 27   Donnie Allison Sunny King Ford   (Banjo Matthews) '70 Ford 500 6670 running 269 2 6 22   Bobby Allison Star City Body Shop   (Don Robertson) '69 Plymouth 497 3820 running 0 3 4 21   Cale Yarborough 60 Minute Cleaners   (Wood Brothers) '70 Mercury 456 2345 engine 154 4 9 48   James Hylton Mullins Ford   (James Hylton) '69 Ford 453 1295 running 1 5 7 32   Dick Brooks Bestline Products   (Dick Brooks) '70 Plymouth 447 1020 oil pump 36 6 23 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie '69 Buick 444 820 running 0 7 27 19   Henley Gray Henley Gray '69 Ford 443 770 running 0 8 24 24   Cecil Gordon Casa Linda Motel   (Cecil Gordon) '69 Ford 440 670 running 0 9 13 07   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '69 Chevrolet 437 645 running 0 10 26 04   Ken Meisenhelder Ken Meisenhelder '68 Chevrolet 411 595 running 0 11 11 30   Dave Marcis Dave Marcis '69 Dodge 373 615 running 0 12 19 25   Jabe Thomas Don Robertson '69 Plymouth 344 545 running 0 13 17 64   Elmo Langley Elmo Langley '68 Ford 292 535 crash 0 14 8 49   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '69 Plymouth 226 525 engine 0 15 20 57   Johnny Halford Sponsor Wanted   (Ervin Pruitt) '69 Dodge 217 515 rear end 0 16 21 74   Bill Shirey Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth 207 505 oil leak 0 17 10 71   Bobby Isaac K & K Insurance   (Nord Krauskopf) '69 Dodge 198 495 engine 1 18 1 17   David Pearson Purolator   (Holman-Moody Racing) '69 Ford 180 1435 engine 39 19 29 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre '69 Ford 105 475 oil leak 0 20 15 06   Neil Castles Neil Castles '69 Dodge 53 490 engine 0 21 14 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '69 Ford 50 480 engine 0 22 30 65   Joe Phipps Cox Auto Sales   (Joe Phipps) '69 Chevrolet 50 445 flagged 0 23 22 68   Larry Baumel Auto Lad   (Allan Schlauer) '69 Ford 42 435 quit 0 24 3 43   Richard Petty Plymouth by Petty   (Petty Enterprises) '70 Plymouth 37 450 crash 0 25 18 45   Bill Seifert Garrett Motor Co.   (Bill Seifert) '69 Ford 34 415 clutch 0 26 16 62   Ron Keselowski Kaye Engineering   (John Keselowski) '69 Dodge 31 410 engine 0 27 5 72   Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt '69 Ford 16 425 crash 0 28 12 88   Bobby Watson Valleydale Meats   (Harry Ranier) '70 Dodge 11 430 oil pump 0 29 28 9   Roy Tyner Pepsi-Cola   (Roy Tyner) '70 Pontiac 9 380 oil pump 0 30 25 79   Frank Warren Atlas Transmission   (Frank Warren) '69 Plymouth 4 370 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Buster Sexton 50 Buster Sexton Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 39 39   James Hylton 40 40 1   Dick Brooks 41 76 36   Donnie Allison 77 173 97   Bobby Isaac 174 174 1   Cale Yarborough 175 184 10   Donnie Allison 185 197 13   Cale Yarborough 198 207 10   Donnie Allison 208 322 115   Cale Yarborough 323 456 134   Donnie Allison 457 500 44