# 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series

The 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series season began on Sunday January 18 and ended on Sunday November 22. Bobby Isaac was the champion of the series as NASCAR transitioned from the Grand National era to the Winston Cup era. Only one foreigner was racing that year, a Canadian named Frog Fagan (who finished 96th in the championship standings). It was also the last NASCAR national touring series season to feature a dirt track race until the 2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, and the last time the Cup series raced on dirt until the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series.

## Schedule

| No. | Race Title | Track | Date | Winner |
| 1 | Motor Trend 500 | Riverside International Raceway, Riverside | January 18 | A.J. Foyt |
| 2 | 125 Mile Qualifying Races | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | February 19 | Cale Yarborough |
| 3 | 125 Mile Qualifying Races | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | February 19 | Charlie Glotzbach |
| 4 | Daytona 500 | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | February 22 | Pete Hamilton |
| 5 | Richmond 500 | Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond | March 1 | James Hylton |
| 6 | Carolina 500 | North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham | March 8 | Richard Petty |
| 7 | Savannah 200 | Savannah Speedway, Savannah | March 15 | Richard Petty |
| 8 | Atlanta 500 | Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton | March 29 | Bobby Allison |
| 9 | Southeastern 500 | Bristol International Speedway, Bristol | April 5 | Donnie Allison |
| 10 | Alabama 500 | Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega | April 12 | Pete Hamilton |
| 11 | Gwyn Staley 400 | North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro | April 18 | Richard Petty |
| 12 | Columbia 200 | Columbia Speedway, Columbia (dirt track) | April 30 | Richard Petty |
| 13 | Rebel 400 | Darlington Raceway, Darlington | May 9 | David Pearson |
| 14 | Beltsville 300 | Beltsville Speedway, Beltsville | May 15 | Bobby Isaac |
| 15 | Tidewater 300 | Langley Speedway, Hampton | May 18 | Bobby Isaac |
| 16 | World 600 | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord | May 24 | Donnie Allison |
| 17 | Maryville 200 | Smoky Mountain Raceway, Maryville | May 28 | Bobby Isaac |
| 18 | Virginia 500 | Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway | May 31 | Bobby Isaac |
| 19 | Motor State 400 | Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn | June 7 | Cale Yarborough |
| 20 | Falstaff 400 | Riverside International Raceway, Riverside | June 14 | Richard Petty |
| 21 | Hickory 276 | Hickory Speedway, Hickory | June 20 | Bobby Isaac |
| 22 | Kingsport 100 | Kingsport Speedway, Kingsport | June 26 | Richard Petty |
| 23 | Greenville 200 | Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville | June 27 | Bobby Isaac |
| 24 | Firecracker 400 | Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach | July 4 | Donnie Allison |
| 25 | Albany-Saratoga 250 | Albany-Saratoga Speedway, Malta | July 7 | Richard Petty |
| 26 | Thompson 200 | Thompson Speedway, Thompson | July 9 | Bobby Isaac |
| 27 | Schaefer 300 | Trenton Speedway, Trenton | July 12 | Richard Petty |
| 28 | Volunteer 500 | Bristol International Speedway, Bristol | July 19 | Bobby Allison |
| 29 | East Tennessee 200 | Smoky Mountain Raceway, Maryville | July 24 | Richard Petty |
| 30 | Nashville 420 | Nashville Speedway, Nashville | July 25 | Bobby Isaac |
| 31 | Dixie 500 | Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton | August 2 | Richard Petty |
| 32 | Sandlapper 200 | Columbia Speedway, Columbia (dirt track) | August 6 | Bobby Isaac |
| 33 | West Virginia 500 | International Raceway Park, Ona | August 11 | Richard Petty |
| 34 | Yankee 400 | Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn | August 16 | Charlie Glotzbach |
| 35 | Talladega 500 | Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega | August 23 | Pete Hamilton |
| 36 | Myers Brothers 250 | Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem | August 28 | Richard Petty |
| 37 | Halifax County 100 | South Boston Speedway, South Boston | August 29 | Richard Petty |
| 38 | Southern 500 | Darlington Raceway, Darlington | September 7 | Buddy Baker |
| 39 | Buddy Shuman 276 | Hickory Speedway, Hickory | September 11 | Bobby Isaac |
| 40 | Capital City 500 | Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond | September 13 | Richard Petty |
| 41 | Mason-Dixon 300 | Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover | September 20 | Richard Petty |
| 42 | Home State 200 | North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh (dirt track) | September 30 | Richard Petty |
| 43 | Wilkes 400 | North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro | October 4 | Bobby Isaac |
| 44 | National 500 | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord | October 11 | LeeRoy Yarbrough |
| 45 | Old Dominion 500 | Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway | October 18 | Richard Petty |
| 46 | Georgia 500 | Middle Georgia Raceway, Macon | November 8 | Richard Petty |
| 47 | American 500 | North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham | November 15 | Cale Yarborough |
| 48 | Tidewater 300 | Langley Speedway, Hampton | November 22 | Bobby Allison |

## Races
### Daytona 500

The 1970 Daytona 500 was a stock car automobile race run on February 22, 1970, and was the second race for the winged Plymouth Superbird. Pete Hamilton won the race in a Plymouth Superbird.
* 40- Pete Hamilton
* 17- David Pearson
* 22- Bobby Allison -1
* 99- Charlie Glotzbach -1
* 71- Bobby Isaac -2
* 14- Richard Brickhouse -2
* 59- Jim Hurtubise -3
* 7- Ramo Stott -6
* 98- LeeRoy Yarbrough -7
* 30- Dave Marcis -7

### Alabama 500

The 1970 Alabama 500 was held on April 12, 1970, at Alabama International Motor Speedway. Pete Hamilton won his second race of the season.
* 40- Pete Hamilton
* 71- Bobby Isaac
* 17- David Pearson
* 72- Benny Parsons
* 21- Cale Yarborough
* 14- Freddy Fryar
* 43- Richard Petty
* 48- James Hylton
* 06- Neil Castles
* 07- Coo Coo Marlin

### Rebel 400

The 1970 Rebel 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series race that took place in May 1970 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina. David Pearson won the race in a Ford with a time 3:05:07. Richard Petty had a huge crash on the homestretch, which inspired the window net that is now mandated by NASCAR.
* 17- David Pearson
* 32- Dick Brooks -3
* 71- Bobby Isaac -7
* 48- James Hylton -9
* 72- Benny Parsons -11
* 5- Buddy Arrington -19
* 37- Don Tarr -21
* 46- Roy Mayne -24
* 25- Jabe Thomas -26
* 54- Bill Dennis -30

### Georgia 500

The 1970 Georgia 500 is a NASCAR Grand National race that took place on November 8, 1970, at Middle Georgia Raceway in Macon, Georgia. Richard Petty (racing for Petty Enterprises) defeated Bobby Isaac by fourteen seconds.
* 43- Richard Petty
* 71- Bobby Isaac
* 32- Dick Brooks -2
* 22- Bobby Allison -3
* 4- John Sears -13
* 48- James Hylton -15
* 72- Benny Parsons -15
* 64- Elmo Langley -17
* 25- Jabe Thomas -18
* 24- Cecil Gordon -25

### American 500

The 1970 American 500 was a 500-mile race that took place on November 15, 1970, at the North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham, North Carolina. Cale Yarborough was the winner of the race.
* 21- Cale Yarborough
* 17- David Pearson
* 22- Bobby Allison -3
* 27- Donnie Allison -6
* 6- Buddy Baker -7
* 43- Richard Petty -11
* 71- Bobby Isaac -14
* 48- James Hylton -23
* 39- Friday Hassler -28
* 13- Buddy Young -28

### Tidewater 300

The 1970 Tidewater 300 was the final NASCAR race held during its Grand National era. Held at the Langley Field Speedway in Hampton, Virginia (.395 mile paved oval track), the race was decided in a time of one hour and forty minutes with Bobby Allison as the race winner. There were 2 cautions (for 10 laps) and 3,200 people attended this race.
* 22- Bobby Allison
* 72- Benny Parsons
* 32- Pete Hamilton -1
* 4- John Sears -2
* 48- James Hylton -3
* 06- Neil Castles -5
* 64- Elmo Langley -7
* 70- J. D. McDuffie -7
* 79- Frank Warren -10
* 25- Jabe Thomas -10
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## Final points standings
### Driver's standings

| Finish | Driver | Points | Starts | Wins | Top 5s | Top 10s | Poles |
| 1 | Bobby Isaac | 3911 | 47 | 11 | 32 | 38 | 13 |
| 2 | Bobby Allison | 3860 | 46 | 3 | 30 | 35 | 5 |
| 3 | James Hylton | 3788 | 47 | 1 | 22 | 39 | 1 |
| 4 | Richard Petty | 3447 | 40 | 18 | 27 | 31 | 9 |
| 5 | Neil Castles | 3158 | 47 | 0 | 12 | 24 | 0 |
| 6 | Elmo Langley | 3154 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
| 7 | Jabe Thomas | 3120 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 8 | Benny Parsons | 2993 | 45 | 0 | 12 | 23 | 1 |
| 9 | Dave Marcis | 2820 | 47 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 0 |
| 10 | Frank Warren | 2697 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 | Cecil Gordon | 2514 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| 12 | John Sears | 2465 | 40 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| 13 | Dick Brooks | 2460 | 34 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 0 |
| 14 | Wendell Scott | 2425 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 15 | Bill Champion | 2350 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 16 | J.D. McDuffie | 2079 | 36 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
| 17 | Ben Arnold | 1997 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Bill Seifert | 1962 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | Henley Gray | 1871 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Friday Hassler | 1831 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 21 | Pete Hamilton | 1819 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 1 |
| 22 | Joe Frasson | 1723 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | David Pearson | 1716 | 19 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 2 |
| 24 | Buddy Baker | 1555 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 0 |
| 25 | Bill Dennis | 1432 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 26 | Ed Negre | 1413 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | G.C. Spencer | 1410 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
| 28 | Charlie Glotzbach | 1358 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 |
| 29 | Roy Mayne | 1333 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Bill Shirey | 1244 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Raymond Williams | 1204 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Larry Baumel | 1138 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Buddy Arrington | 1087 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Cale Yarborough | 1016 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 |
| 35 | Don Tarr | 995 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 36 | Johnny Halford | 975 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Earl Brooks | 884 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Coo Coo Marlin | 876 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 39 | Ron Keselowski | 855 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Donnie Allison | 841 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 0 |
| 41 | Ken Meisenhelder | 812 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 42 | Roy Tyner | 631 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 43 | LeeRoy Yarbrough | 625 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 1 |
| 44 | Dick May | 551 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Jim Vandiver | 519 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 46 | John Kenney | 457 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 47 | Dub Simpson | 367 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 48 | Lee Roy Carrigg | 355 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 49 | Joe Phipps | 325 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 50 | Wayne Smith | 300 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 51 | Dick Bown | 288 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 52 | Tommy Gale | 271 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 53 | Ray Elder | 246 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 54 | Fred Lorenzen | 231 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 55 | Hoss Ellington | 225 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 56 | Butch Hirst | 219 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 57 | Lee Gordon | 208 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 58 | Richard Brickhouse | 181 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 59 | Buddy Young | 174 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 60 | Ramo Stott | 172 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 61 | Bugs Stevens | 168 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 62 | E.J. Trivette | 160 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 63 | Jim Hurtubise | 154 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 64 | James Cox | 154 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 65 | Bobby Mausgrover | 153 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 66 | Bill Hollar | 145 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 67 | Dave Alonzo | 141 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 68 | Freddy Fryar | 135 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | Jimmy Crawford | 127 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 70 | Jerry Oliver | 126 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 71 | John Jennings | 126 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 72 | Kevin Terris | 117 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 73 | Cliff Tyler | 114 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 74 | Sam Rose | 108 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 75 | Dick Kranzler | 99 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 76 | Charlie Roberts | 98 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 77 | Paul Dorrity | 96 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 78 | Sonny Hutchins | 92 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 79 | Frank James | 90 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 80 | Bob Senneker | 90 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 81 | Pete Hazelwood | 86 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 82 | Ed Hessert | 85 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 83 | Ranny Dodd | 84 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 84 | Paul Connors | 81 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 85 | Jimmy Insolo | 78 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 86 | Jim Cook | 75 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 87 | Ron Grana | 72 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | Steve Froines | 72 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 89 | Gary DuPuis | 72 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 90 | Morgan Shepherd | 69 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 91 | Bub Strickler | 64 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 92 | Jack McCoy | 63 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 93 | G.T. Tallas | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Les Loeser | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 94 | Marty Robbins | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 96 | Frog Fagan | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 97 | Harry Shipe | 54 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 98 | Harold Smith | 54 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 99 | Rod Eulenfeld | 50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 100 | Larry Manning | 48 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 101 | Bobby Watson | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 102 | James Sears | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 103 | Pop McGinnis | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 104 | Ken Spikes | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 104 | Carl Joiner | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 106 | Don Noel | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 107 | Joe Hines | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 108 | Bob Ashbrook | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 109 | Bill Kimmel | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 110 | Frank Deiny | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 111 | Scotty Cain | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 112 | Bob England | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 113 | Arnold Bennett | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Tiny Lund | | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| | Clyde Lynn | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Roger McCluskey | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Lothar Motschenbacher | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Jim Paschal | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Lennie Pond | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Sam Posey | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Bill Pratt | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Talmadge Prince | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Bill Scott | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Don Simkins | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | John Soares, Jr. | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Dick Trickle | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Tom Usry | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Jimmy Watson | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Don White | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Eddie Yarboro | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Mel Larson | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Parnelli Jones | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Alton Jones | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Buck Baker | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Bunkie Blackburn | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Len Blanchard | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Bobby Boyles | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Rodney Bruce | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Joe Clark | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | Pat Fay | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Paul Feldner | | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | A.J. Foyt | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| | Glenn Francis | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Jerry Griffin | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Dick Guldstrand | | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| | Dan Gurney | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| | Robert Hale | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ed Howland | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | Ray Johnstone | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | H.B. Bailey | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |