1970 Greenville 200

Auto race held at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in 1970 February 2025 CUST Race 23 of 48 in the 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series season Greenville 200 http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/SC/Greenville/1970-06-20 1970 Greenville 200 weather information The Old Farmers' Almanac 2011-08-26 1970 06 27 1970 23 48 Greenville 200 Greenville-Pickens Speedway Greenville, South Carolina, USA 0.500 0.805 200 100.000 160.934 Very hot with temperatures of 82 F C; wind speeds of 5.18 mph km/h 75.345 mi/h 7,000 https://www.racing-reference.info/race/1970_Greenville_200/W 1970 Greenville 200 information Racing Reference 2020-05-05 Bobby Isaac K&K Insurance Racing Bobby Isaac K&K Insurance Racing 190 71 Bobby Isaac K&K Insurance Racing The 1970 Greenville 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on June 27, 1970, at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, South Carolina. Race report Seven thousand racing fans were in attendance to see Bobby Isaac defeat Bobby Allison by half a lap. Bobby Allison had to borrow his son Davey's car because he wrecked his car during the previous week. https://books.google.com/books?id=iRn5AAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Greenville+200%22+1970&pg=PA47 Greenville-Pickens Speedway 14 October 2013 9781467110990 2018-09-03 Keepfer Scott Arcadia The pole position was earned by the eventual race winner with a qualifying speed of 82.327 mi/h while the average speed of the race was 75.345 mi/h. 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. Five notable crew chiefs were recorded as participating in the event, including Lee Gordon, Dale Inman and Harry Hyde.1970 Greenville 200 crew chief information at Racing Reference Carburetors were still in wide use in both passenger automobiles and with the NASCAR vehicles during the early 1970s; requiring plenty of physically-intensive labor from the people who would maintain the vehicles between races. https://books.google.com/books?id=iRn5AAAAQBAJ&dq=%221970+Greenville+200%22&pg=PA47 Maintaining a vehicle for the 1970 Greenville 200 14 October 2013 9781467110990 2014-08-10 Keepfer Scott Arcadia 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). The winner's purse was considered to be $1,500 ($ when adjusted for inflation). The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. Qualifying Grid No. Car number Driver Manufacturer Owner 1 71 Bobby Isaac '70 Dodge Nord Krauskopf 2 43 Richard Petty '70 Plymouth Petty Enterprises 3 22 Bobby Allison '69 Dodge Bobby Allison 4 32 Dick Brooks '69 Plymouth Dick Brooks 5 72 Benny Parsons '69 Ford L.G. DeWitt 6 06 Neil Castles '69 Dodge Neil Castles 7 57 Johnny Halford '69 Plymouth Ervin Pruett 8 48 James Hylton '69 Ford James Hylton 9 26 Earl Brooks '69 Ford Earl Brooks 10 8 Ed Negre '69 Ford Ed Negre 11 79 Frank Warren '69 Plymouth Frank Warren 12 34 Wendell Scott '69 Ford Wendell Scott 13 76 Ben Arnold '68 Ford Ben Arnold 14 25 Jabe Thomas '69 Plymouth Ben Robertson 15 24 Cecil Gordon '68 Ford Cecil Gordon 16 4 John Sears '68 Ford L.G. DeWitt 17 64 Elmo Langley '68 Ford Elmo Langley 18 45 Bill Seifert '69 Ford Bill Seifert 19 10 Bill Champion '68 Ford Bill Champion 20 74 Bill Shirey '69 Plymouth Bill Shirey 21 30 Dave Marcis '69 Dodge Dave Marcis 22 47 Raymond Williams '68 Ford Bill Seifert 23 19 Henley Gray '68 Ford Henley Gray 24 70 J.D. McDuffie '69 Buick J.D. McDuffie 25 04 Ken Meisenhelder '69 Chevrolet Ken Meisenhelder 26 92 Roy Tyner '70 Pontiac Roy Tyner 27 82 John Jennings '69 Ford Mack Sellers 28 97 Lee Gordon '68 Ford Cecil Gordon 29 12 Pete Hazelwood '68 Ford Pete Hazelwood Finishing order Section reference: 30em Bobby Isaac† (No. 71) Bobby Allison (No. 22) Dick Brooks† (No. 32) James Hylton (No. 48) Benny Parsons† (No. 72) Elmo Langley† (No. 64) Jabe Thomas† (No. 25) Bill Champion† (No. 10) Ed Negre (No. 8) Ken Meisenhelder (No. 04) Wendell Scott† (No. 34) J.D. McDuffie† (No.70) Ben Arnold (No. 76) Neil Castles* (No. 06) Bill Seifert (No. 45) Lee Gordon (No. 97) Johnny Halford* (No. 57) Roy Tyner† (No. 92) Richard Petty* (No. 43) Dave Marcis (No. 30) Raymond Williams* (No. 47) Frank Warren* (No. 79) Henley Gray* (No. 19) John Sears*† (No. 4) Earl Brooks* (No. 26) Cecil Gordon*† (No. 24) Pete Hazelwood* (No. 12) Bill Shirey* (No. 74) John Jennings* (No. 82) † signifies that the driver is known to be deceased * Driver failed to finish race Timeline Section reference: Start of race: Bobby Isaac started the race with the pole position. Lap 3: John Jennings managed to overheat his vehicle. Lap 10: Bill Shirey managed to overheat his vehicle. Lap 23: Oil pressure issues put Pete Hazelwood out to pasture for the day. Lap 34: Transmission issues forced Cecil Gordon to pull out for the rest of the day. Lap 37: Earl Brooks encountered braking issues, forcing him to exit the race. Lap 40: Steering issues ended John Sears' race. Lap 46: Henley Gray managed to overheat his vehicle. Lap 63: Raymond Williams had to pull out when his vehicle overheated, and Frank Warren when he lost the rear end of his vehicle. Lap 124: Richard Petty takes over the lead from Bobby Isaac. Lap 125: Bobby Allison takes over the lead from Richard Petty. Lap 134: Bobby Isaac takes over the lead from Bobby Allison. Lap 137: Richard Petty had a terminal crash, causing him not to finish the race. Lap 163: Johnny Halford developed problems with his oil pressure, forcing him out of the race. Lap 175: The rear end of Neil Castles' vehicle fell off, ending his day on the track. Finish: Bobby Isaac was officially declared the winner of the event. References 1970 Kingsport 100 1970 Firecracker 400 NASCAR Grand National races 1970 Greenville 200 Greenville 200 Category:NASCAR races at Greenville-Pickens Speedway