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Motor Trend 500

NASCAR Grand National/Pacific Coast race
Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
January 18, 1970
193 laps on 2.62 mile road course; 505.66 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	A.J. Foyt	11	Jack Bowsher	1970 Ford	193	19,700	running	35
2	13	Roger McCluskey	1	Norm Nelson	1970 Plymouth	193	9,000	running	2
3	5	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	Junior Johnson	1970 Ford	193	6,275	running	5
4	8	Donnie Allison	27	Banjo Matthews	1970 Ford	190	4,475	running	22
5	6	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	1970 Plymouth	186	3,000	engine	2
6	1	Dan Gurney	42	Petty Enterprises	1970 Plymouth	180	2,400	running	0
7	18	Neil Castles	06	Neil Castles	1969 Dodge	178	1,750	running	0
8	17	Friday Hassler	39	James Hanley	1969 Chevrolet	176	1,550	running	0
9	22	Jerry Oliver	116	Coz Concilla	1970 Oldsmobile	176	1,400	running	0
10	25	Dick Guldstrand	83	James Good	1969 Chevrolet	170	1,350	running	0
11	35	Parnelli Jones	21	Wood Brothers	1970 Mercury	168	1,275	clutch	88
12	34	Kevin Terris	321	Gary Sigman	1969 Plymouth	165	1,250	running	0
13	4	Bobby Allison	22	Mario Rossi	1969 Dodge	164	1,225	bell housing	0
14	20	Dave Marcis	30	Dave Marcis	1969 Dodge	163	1,200	accident	0
15	43	Sam Rose	09	Sam Rose	1968 Ford	157	1,175	running	0
16	21	Dave Alonzo	81	Dave Alonzo	1968 Plymouth	150	1,150	running	0
17	2	David Pearson	17	Holman-Moody	1970 Ford	148	1,925	transmission	39
18	28	Dick Kranzler	4	Dick Kranzler	1968 Chevrolet	148	1,100	running	0
19	42	Paul Dorrity	15		1968 Chevrolet	143	1,075	engine	0
20	11	Joe Frasson	132	Joe Frasson	1970 Dodge	142	1,050	running	0
21	40	Frank James	00	Jim Calder	1969 Chevrolet	137	1,025	rear end	0
22	39	Dick Bown	61	Mike Ober	1969 Chevrolet	135	1,025	running	0
23	29	Ranny Dodd	179		1969 Chevrolet	111	1,000	clutch	0
24	36	Ray Elder	96	Fred Elder	1969 Dodge	106	975	engine	0
25	19	Jimmy Insolo	38	Marvin Rowley	1968 Chevrolet	98	950	engine	0
26	32	Jim Cook	18		1968 Ford	94	925	accident	0
27	41	Steve Froines	16		1968 Oldsmobile	83	900	accident	0
28	9	Sam Posey	6	Cotton Owens	1969 Dodge	82	900	engine	0
29	7	Bobby Isaac	71	Nord Krauskopf	1969 Dodge	77	885	engine	0
30	37	Jack McCoy	7	Ernie Conn	1969 Dodge	69	850	oil leak	0
31	33	George T. Tallas	23	G.T. Tallas	1969 Ford	49	840	engine	0
32	44	Les Loeser	40	Les Loeser	1968 Ford	38	830	clutch	0
33	15	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	1969 Plymouth	37	895	engine	0
34	12	Buddy Young	31	L.G. DeWitt	1969 Ford	37	810	accident	0
35	10	James Hylton	48	James Hylton	1969 Dodge	34	820	engine	0
36	24	Elmo Langley	64	Elmo Langley	1968 Ford	29	800	engine	0
37	26	Carl Joiner	126	Dean Thorne	1969 Ford	23	800	rear end	0
38	16	Don Noel	88	Don Noel	1968 Ford	18	800	engine	0
39	14	Don White	93	Ray Nichels	1969 Dodge	16	880	brakes	0
40	31	Lothar Motschenbacher	144		1968 Chevrolet	7	800	clutch	0
41	23	Frank Deiny	05		1968 Chevrolet	4	800	wheel bearing	0
42	38	Scotty Cain	45	Bill Clinton	1969 Ford	3	800	transmission	0
43	27	Bob England	80	Bob England	1969 Chevrolet	3	800	transmission	0
44	30	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	1969 Plymouth	1	800	engine	0
		John Soares Jr.	421	John Soares	Plymouth	0		did not qualify	0
		Hank Dekker	44	Joseph Williams	Dodge	0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Parnelli Jones qualified at 83.249, but his time was disallowed when Firestone failed to supply enough tires for the entire field.
Time of race: 05:11:19
Average Speed: 97.45 MPH
Pole Speed: 84.258 seconds
6 cautions for 31 laps
Attendance: 43,200