1970 Greenville 200

1970 Greenville 200
Race details
Race 23 of 48 in the 1970 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Date June 27, 1970 (1970-June-27)
Location Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Greenville, South Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 200 laps, 100 mi (160 km)
Weather Average temperatures of 70.8 °F (21.6 °C); average wind speed of 5.18 miles per hour (8.34 km/h).[1]
Avg Speed 75.345 miles per hour (121.256 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Bobby Isaac Nord Krauskopf
Most laps led
Driver Bobby Isaac Nord Krauskopf
Laps 190
Winner
71
 Bobby Isaac
 Nord Krauskopf
Television
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1970 Greenville 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on June 27, 1970 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in the American community of Greenville, South Carolina.[2][3] The series is now referred to as the Sprint Cup Series.

Race information

Seven thousand racing fans were in attendance to see Bobby Isaac defeat Bobby Allison by ½ of a lap.[2][3] The pole position was earned by the eventual race winner with a qualifying speed of 82.372 miles per hour (132.565 km/h) while the average speed of the race was 74.345 miles per hour (119.647 km/h).[2][3] It took one hour and thirty-three seconds for the race to reach its conclusion. All twenty-nine competitors were born in the United States of America with no foreign-born drivers unlike today.[2][3] Notable drivers in the field included: Richard Petty, Benny Parsons, Elmo Langley (died of a heart attack after driving the pace car at an exhibition race in Japan), Roy Tyner (murdered in his vehicle), and J.D. McDuffie (killed after colliding with turn 5 at the 1991 Budweiser At The Glen race at Watkins Glen International).[2][3]

The winner's purse was considered to be $1,500 ($8,484.09 in today's money).[2][3]

Finishing order

  1. Bobby Isaac†
  2. Bobby Allison
  3. Dick Brooks†
  4. James Hylton
  5. Benny Parsons†
  6. Elmo Langley†
  7. Jabe Thomas
  8. Bill Champion
  9. Ed Negre
  10. Ken Meisenhelder (the only Chevrolet entry for the race)
  11. Wendell Scott†
  12. J.D. McDuffie† (the only Buick entry for the race)
  13. Ben Arnold
  14. Neil Castles*
  15. Bill Seifert
  16. Lee Gordon
  17. Johnny Halford*
  18. Roy Tyner†
  19. Richard Petty* (crashed into the wall at lap 138)
  20. Dave Marcis
  21. Raymond Williams*
  22. Frank Warren*
  23. Henley Gray*
  24. John Sears*†
  25. Earl Brooks*
  26. Cecil Gordon*
  27. Pete Hazelwood*
  28. Bill Shirey*
  29. John Jennings*

† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
* Driver failed to finish race

References

  1. ^ "1970 Greenville 200 weather information". Almanac. http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/SC/Greenville/1970-06-20. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "1970 Greenville 200 information". Racing Reference. http://racing-reference.info/race?id=1970-23&series=W. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f "1970 Greenville 200 information (second reference)". Stat Sheet. http://statsheet.com/nascar/races/1970-06-27-greenville-200. Retrieved 2011-01-01. 
Preceded by
1970 Kingsport 100		 NASCAR Grand National races
1970		 Succeeded by
1970 Firecracker 400