1970 Atlanta 500

Race 8 of 48

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:34:38
Average speed of winner: 139.554 mph
Margin of victory: 50 feet
Lead changes: 20 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 23 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, Glotzbach 1-2, Baker 3-50, Petty 51-55, Hylton 56-61, Hamilton 62-63, Baker 64-97, D. Allison 98-105, Petty 106-109, D. Allison 110-111, Yarborough 112-147, D. Allison 148, Baker 149, D. Allison 150-186, Yarborough 187-201, Baker 202-206, D. Allison 207-243, Yarborough 244-319, B. Allison 320, Yarborough 321-322, B. Allison 323-328

Race notes: Richard Petty took the points lead from Dave Marcis.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	9	Bobby Allison	22		'69 Dodge Daytona	Rossi	Rossi		328	2	7	running	21825	0
2	1	Cale Yarborough	21		'69 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	159.929	328	4	129	running	11375	0
3	5	Pete Hamilton	40	Plymouth by Petty	'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Petty			326	1	2	running	6550	0
4	7	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98		'69 Ford	Johnson	Nab		325	0	0	running	4300	0
5	4	Richard Petty	43	Plymouth by Petty	'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Petty	Inman		321	2	9	running	3375	0
6	11	James Hylton	48		'69 Ford	Hylton			320	1	6	running	2525	0
7	8	Donnie Allison	27		'69 Ford	Banjo Matthews			317	5	85	engine	2075	0
8	16	Benny Parsons	72		'69 Ford	L.G. DeWitt			315	0	0	running	1950	0
9	18	Coo Coo Marlin	07		'69 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			308	0	0	running	1725	0
10	19	Don Tarr	37		'69 Dodge Daytona	Tarr			306	0	0	running	1625	0
11	14	Elmo Langley	64		'69 Mercury	Langley			300	0	0	running	1575	0
12	21	Friday Hassler	39		'69 Chevrolet	Hanley			298	0	0	running	1500	0
13	15	Frank Warren	79		'69 Plymouth	Frank Warren			298	0	0	running	1475	0
14	22	Joe Frasson	18		'70 Dodge	Frasson			295	0	0	running	1400	0
15	23	Wendell Scott	34		'69 Ford	Wendell Scott			291	0	0	running	1350	0
16	30	Ben Arnold	76		'69 Ford	Ben Arnold			289	0	0	running	1300	0
17	24	Bill Seifert	45		'69 Ford	Seifert			282	0	0	running	1275	0
18	26	Ron Keselowski	62	Kaye Engineering	'69 Dodge				281	0	0	running	1250	0
19	28	Bill Champion	10		'69 Ford	Bill Champion			273	0	0	running	1225	0
20	3	Buddy Baker	6		'69 Dodge Daytona	Owens	Owens		263	4	88	ignition	1250	0
21	13	Jim Vandiver	3		'69 Dodge	Ray Fox	Ray Fox		261	0	0	fuel pump	1205	0
22	34	Raymond Williams	47		'68 Ford	Seifert			256	0	0	engine	1165	0
23	38	Ed Negre	8		'69 Ford	Negre			245	0	0	running	1150	0
24	27	John Sears	86		'69 Dodge	Gallion			228	0	0	oil pump	1135	0
25	20	G.C. Spencer	49		'69 Plymouth	G.C. Spencer			217	0	0	engine	1145	0
26	6	Dick Brooks	32		'70 Plymouth SuperBird	Dick Brooks			194	0	0	engine	1130	0
27	36	Roy Mayne	46		'69 Chevrolet	Tom Hunter			179	0	0	engine	1090	0
28	10	Bobby Isaac	71	K&K Insurance	'69 Dodge Daytona	Krauskopf	Hyde		159	0	0	engine	1105	0
29	32	Jabe Thomas	25		'69 Plymouth	Don Robertson			155	0	0	engine	1120	0
30	40	J.D. McDuffie	70		'69 Buick	McDuffie			124	0	0	engine	1060	0
31	12	Dave Marcis	30		'69 Dodge Daytona	Marcis			119	0	0	accident	1075	0
32	33	Henley Gray	19		'69 Ford	Henley Gray			114	0	0	engine	1040	0
33	31	Larry Baumel	68	Auto Lad	'69 Ford				89	0	0	clutch	1105	0
34	37	Lennie Pond	65		'69 Chevrolet	Phipps			88	0	0	gear shift	1020	0
35	29	Cecil Gordon	24		'68 Ford	Cecil Gordon			70	0	0	clutch	1010	0
36	35	Bill Dennis	54		'69 Chevrolet	Bill Dennis			40	0	0	vibration	1025	0
37	25	Johnny Halford	57		'69 Dodge	Ervin Pruitt			33	0	0	engine	1000	0
38	2	Charlie Glotzbach	99	Dow Chemical	'69 Dodge Daytona	Nichels-Goldsmith			29	1	2	ignition	1100	0
39	17	Neil Castles	06		'69 Dodge Daytona	Castles			10	0	0	ignition	1050	0
40	39	E.J. Trivette	08		'69 Chevrolet	E.C. Reid			2	0	0	withdrew	1000	0