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1970 Grand National season calendar file

A ReadMe for my 1970 calendar file

The 1970 Grand National top 50 points standings
 


The 1970 Grand National season consisted of 48 races.  Two of those were the 125 mile Qualifying races at Daytona, therefore a driver running the entire season would have competed in 47 events.  Three of the races were on 1/2 mile dirt tracks:  two events at Columbia Speedway (Columbia, SC) and one at the State Fairgrounds Speedway (Raleigh, NC).  The "Home State 200" held in Raleigh proved to be the last Grand National (now known as Winston Cup) race ever held on dirt.  Races were not just on Saturdays and Sundays in 1970.  There were races held on every day of the week, some weeks having two or even three races!  The Firecracker 400 (now known as the Pepsi 400) was always held on the 4th of July and the Southern 500 was held on Labor Day.  The times were very different and the cars were actually made from "stock cars".  Any fan could go in the pits, touch the cars and mingle with the drivers after each race.   This was a real thrill to yours truly who was 12 years old in 1970.
The following is a complete rundown of the season:

         Date      Track                     Race Name                      Race Winner
  1      1/18     Riverside                Motor Trend 500                  A. J. Foyt
  2      2/19     Daytona                  125 mile Qualifier                 Cale Yarborough
  3      2/19     Daytona                  125 mile Qualifier                 Charlie Glotzbach
  4      2/22     Daytona                   Daytona 500                         Pete Hamilton
  5      3/1       Richmond                Richmond 500                    James Hylton
  6      3/8       Rockingham            Carolina 500                        Richard Petty
  7      3/15     Savannah                 Savannah 200                     Richard Petty
  8     3/29      Atlanta                       Atlanta 500                           Bobby Allison
  9     4/5        Bristol                        Southeastern 500               Donnie Allison
10     4/12      Talladega                  Alabama 500                        Pete Hamilton
11     4/18      North Wilkesboro   Gwynn Staley Memorial    Richard Petty
12     4/30      Columbia                  Columbia 200                       Richard Petty
13     5/9        Darlington                 Rebel 400                              David Pearson
14     5/15      Beltsville                   Beltsville 300                        Bobby Isaac
15     5/18      Langley Field           Tidewater 300                       Bobby Isaac
16     5/24      Charlotte                   World 600                              Donnie Allison
17     5/28      Smoky Mountain     Maryville 200                        Bobby Isaac
18     5/31      Martinsville               Virginia 500                           Bobby Isaac
19     6/7        Michigan                    Motor State 400                   Cale Yarborough
20     6/14      Riverside                   Falstaff 400                           Richard Petty
21     6/20      Hickory                      Hickory 276                           Bobby Isaac
22     6/26      Kingsport                  Kingsport 100                      Richard Petty
23     6/27      Greenville-Pickens  Greenville 200                      Bobby Isaac
24     7/4         Daytona                     Firecracker 400                   Donnie Allison
25     7/7         Albany-Saratoga    Albany-Saratoga 250          Richard Petty
26     7/9         Thompson              Thompson Speedway 200 Bobby Isaac
27     7/12       Trenton                     Schaefer 300                        Richard Petty
28     7/19       Bristol                       Volunteer 500                       Bobby Allison
29     7/24       Smoky Mountain    East Tennessee 200          Richard Petty
30     7/25       Nashville                   Nashville 420                      Bobby Isaac
31     8/2         Atlanta                       Dixie 500                               Richard Petty
32     8/6         Columbia                  Sandlapper 200                   Bobby Isaac
33    8/11       Int’l Raceway Park  West Virginia 300               Richard Petty
34     8/16       Michigan                    Yankee 400                          Charlie Glotzbach
35     8/23       Talladega                   Talladega 500                     Pete Hamilton
36     8/28       Bowman Gray          Myers Bros. Memorial       Richard Petty
37     8/29       South Boston           Halifax County 100            Richard Petty
38     9/7          Darlington                Southern 500                       Buddy Baker
39     9/11        Hickory                    Buddy Shuman Memorial  Bobby Isaac
40     9/13        Richmond               Capital City 500                    Richard Petty
41     9/20        Dover                        Mason-Dixon 300                Richard Petty
42     9/30        State Fairgrounds  Home State 200                   Richard Petty
43     10/4        North Wilkesboro   Wilkes 400                             Bobby Isaac
44     10/11      Charlotte                  National 500                          Leroy Yarbrough
45    10/18      Martinsville              Old Dominion 500                Richard Petty
46     11/8        Middle Georgia       Georgia 500                           Richard Petty
47     11/15      Rockingham           American 500                        Cale Yarborough
48     11/22      Langley Field         Tidewater 300                         Bobby Allison