1970 Home State 200

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1970 Home State 200
Race details [1]
Race 42 of 48 in the 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series season
Date September 30, 1970;49 years ago (1970-09-30)
Official name Home State 200
Location North Carolina State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, North Carolina
Course Permanent racing facility
0.500 mi (0.804 km)
Distance 200 laps, 100.0 mi (160.9 km)
Weather Mild with temperatures of 73.9 °F (23.3 °C); wind speeds of 17.1 miles per hour (27.5 km/h)
Average speed 68.376 miles per hour (110.041 km/h)
Attendance 6,000 [2]
Pole position
DriverJohn Sears
Most laps led
Driver Richard Petty Don Robertson
Laps 112
Winner
No. 43 Richard Petty Don Robertson
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1970 Home State 200 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on September 30, 1970, at North Carolina State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Contents

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.

Summary

This race was done on a dirt track spanning a distance of 0.500 miles (0.805 km); for a grand total distance of 100.0 miles (160.9 km). Benny Parsons was driving the car like a modern NASCAR driver would drive on asphalt while Richard Petty was swinging his car sideways and sliding around the corners. Parsons was carefully following Petty after losing the lead; thinking he could try to throw his car to a corner in an attempt to imitate Richard Petty. As soon as he came off of turn 4 and prepared to throw his car sideways into turn 1, the engine blew after 96 laps of consistent racing. [2] [3]

There were 23 drivers on the racing grid; all of them were American-born males. [2] [3] John Sears would finish in last-place as the result of an engine problem on lap 16 even though he was fastest qualifier and led the first ten laps. [2] [3] [4] Richard Petty defeated Neil Castles by more than two laps [3] in front of 6,000 live audience members. Neil Castles would receive his final 2nd place finish in Grand National career. His name often comes up in the "best driver never to get a win" discussions. [2] Two lead changes were made in addition to one yellow flag being waved for four laps; making the race last one hour and twenty-seven minutes. [2] [3] [4] The other finishers in the top ten included: Bobby Isaac, James Hylton, Cecil Gordon, Bobby Allison, Dave Marcis, Ben Arnold, Bill Hollar, Jabe Thomas. [2] [3] [4] Nord Krauskopf, James Hylton, and Bobby Allison were the most notable NASCAR owners in this race. [2] [3] [4]

This race was the final dirt track race in what is now known as the Cup Series. [5] John Kenney would retire after this race while Bill Hollar would make his debut here. [4] The top prize of the race was $1,000 ($6,583.55 when considering inflation) while the last-place finisher received $200 ($1,316.71 when considering inflation). [2]

Qualifying

GridNo.DriverManufacturer
14John Sears'69 Dodge
272Benny Parsons'69 Ford
371Bobby Isaac'69 Dodge
464Elmo Langley'69 Ford
506Neil Castles'69 Dodge
643Richard Petty'69 Plymouth
722Bobby Allison'70 Dodge
848James Hylton'70 Ford
926Dave Marcis'69 Ford
108Ed Negre'69 Ford

Timeline

Section reference: [2]

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References

Preceded by
1970 Mason-Dixon 300
NASCAR Grand National Season
1970
Succeeded by
1970 Wilkes 400
Preceded by
1970 Mason-Dixon 300
Richard Petty's Career Wins
1960-1984
Succeeded by
1970 Old Dominion 500