1970 National 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1970 National 500
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	October 11th

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1970 National 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1970 National 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	LeeRoy Yarbrough	98	5	$23,700	334	running	Junior Johnson
2	Bobby Allison	22	10	$10,950	334	running	Mario Rossi
3	Fred Lorenzen	4	3	$6,400	333	running	Ray Fox
4	Benny Parsons	72	15	$3,955	329	running	L.G. DeWitt
5	Bobby Isaac	71	9	$3,330	323	engine	K & K Insurance
6	Elmo Langley	64	18	$2,265	321	running	Elmo Langley
7	Bill Champion	10	19	$2,065	320	running	Bill Champion
8	Buddy Arrington	5	20	$1,965	319	running	Buddy Arrington
10	Friday Hassler	39	22	$1,765	315	engine	James Hanley
14	Bill Dennis	90	23	$1,590	304	running	Junie Donlavey
16	Larry Baumel	68	38	$1,775	300	running	Auto Lad
17	Cecil Gordon	24	30	$1,760	300	running	Cecil Gordon
18	Donnie Allison	27	13	$1,796	296	engine	Banjo Matthews
19	Joe Frasson	18	17	$1,705	295	running	Joe Frasson
20	Henley Gray	8	28	$1,654	294	running	Ed Negre
22	Ben Arnold	76	21	$1,568	258	fuel pump	Ben Arnold
23	Richard Petty	43	2	$2,039	239	crash	Petty Enterprises
24	Pete Hamilton	40	6	$2,001	226	crash	Petty Enterprises
25	Butch Hirst	36	25	$1,499	224	suspension	Richard Brown
26	Buddy Baker	6	3	$1,738	163	crash	Cotton Owens
27	Neil Castles	6	32	$1,338	163	crash	Neil Castles
29	James Hylton	48	16	$1,260	125	crash	Hylton Engineering
30	Dick Brooks	32	11	$1,247	122	engine	Dick Brooks
35	Johnny Halford	57	37	$1,114	84	engine	Ervin Pruitt
36	Dave Marcis	30	12	$1,034	54	engine	Dave Marcis
37	Charlie Glotzbach	99	1	$1,449	44	crash	Nichels-Goldsmith
38	Hoss Ellington	61	35	$938	33	steering	Hoss Ellington
39	David Pearson	17	7	$1,418	13	crash	Holman-Moody
40	Cale Yarborough	21	8	$890	10	crash	Wood Brothers