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1970 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1970 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Buddy Baker	2	40	24	1	8	88	367	501.3

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	6	Buddy Baker	Owens Racing	Dodge	367	88	running	150
2	5	71	Bobby Isaac	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	366	79	running	147
3	6	40	Pete Hamilton	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	364		running	144
4	1	17	David Pearson	Holman Moody	Ford	363	15	running	141
5	10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	362		running	138
6	4	99	Charlie Glotzbach	Nichels Engineering	Dodge	360	1	running	135
7	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Ford	356	2	running	132
8	13	32	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Plymouth	354	8	running	129
9	11	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Plymouth	350		running	126
10	3	22	Bobby Allison	Mario Rossi (Owner)	Dodge	348		running	123
11	8	27	Donnie Allison	Matthews Racing	Ford	346	151	accident	0
12	18	39	Friday Hassler	James Hanley (Owner)	Chevrolet	341		running	117
13	17	61	Hoss Ellington	Ellington Racing	Ford	339		running	114
14	12	5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	338		running	111
15	19	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	337		running	108
16	33	4	John Sears	John Sears (Owner)	Dodge	336		running	105
17	37	34	Wendell Scott	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	336		running	102
18	36	46	Roy Mayne	Tom Hunter (Owner)	Chevrolet	336		running	99
19	24	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	332		running	96
20	7	21	Cale Yarborough	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	331	23	accident	93
21	21	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Mercury	322		running	90
22	38	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Ford	318		running	87
23	34	57	Johnny Halford	Ervin Pruitt (Owner)	Dodge	313		running	0
24	27	76	Ben Arnold	Arnold Racing	Ford	311		running	81
25	32	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Plymouth	310		lugs	78
26	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Mercury	301		running	75
27	39	19	Henley Gray	Gray Racing	Ford	300		lugs	72
28	20	06	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	274		engine	69
29	29	62	Dave Marcis	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	255		rear end	66
30	28	68	Larry Baumel	Allan Schlauer (Owner)	Ford	242		engine	63
31	23	25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Plymouth	235		engine	60
32	35	33	Wayne Smith	Wayne Smith (Owner)	Chevrolet	212		running	57
33	9	98	Fred Lorenzen	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	209		accident	0
34	31	38	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	Pontiac	180		engine	0
35	26	45	Bill Seifert	Seifert Racing	Ford	154		frame	48
36	22	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ford	150		engine	45
37	40	26	Earl Brooks	Brooks Racing	Ford	47		ignition	42
38	25	36	Bugs Stevens	Richard Brown (Owner)	Plymouth	42		engine	0
39	15	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Ford	39		accident	36
40	16	37	Don Tarr	Don Tarr (Owner)	Dodge	11		accident	33

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Donnie Allison	151	41.1%	P11
2	Buddy Baker	88	24.0%	P1
3	Bobby Isaac	79	21.5%	P2
4	Cale Yarborough	23	6.3%	P20
5	David Pearson	15	4.1%	P4
6	Dick Brooks	8	2.2%	P8
7	James Hylton	2	0.5%	P7
8	Charlie Glotzbach	1	0.3%	P6

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