Richmond Grand American 200 May 13, 1970

Dennis Andrews
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9 years ago
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Richmond Grand American 200

Virginia State Fairgrounds

Richmond, Virginia

Wednesday, May 13, 1970

Grand American race #10 of 1970 was held at Richmond Speedway, a 1/2 mile paved oval. Tiny Lund came into the event on an 8 win steak and the point lead over second place Wayne Andrews. Tiny continued to demonstrate his dominance by setting on the pole while Andrews exploded a flywheel in practice wiping out the engine. The explosion proof bell housing did its job well enough to save Waynes feet and legs but the car was almost cut in half causing him to miss the race. Tiny went on to his 9 th win in a row with Jim Paschal second the only other car on the lead lap.

Lund collected $1,200 of the $8,360 purse.

Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out

1 1 55 Tiny Lund 69 Camaro 200 Running

2 2 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 200 Running

3 4 44 Ken Rush 69 Camaro 196 Running

4 10 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 196 Running

5 9 0 Ray Hendrick 68 Camaro 195 Running

6 6 42 Charlie Blanton 69 Camaro 192 Running

7 17 8 Phil Wills 69 Camaro 191 Running

8 23 92 Paul Tyler 69 Firebird 188 Running

9 19 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 181 Running

10 21 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 179 Running

11 18 54 Bobby Fleming 69 Camaro 179 Running

12 14 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird 177

13 24 39 Earl Briggs 69 Camaro 176

14 20 9 Stan Starr, Jr. 68 Camaro 174

15 22 27 Jerry Huflin 68 Camaro 161

16 12 01 Tommy Andrews 68 Mustang 141

17 3 2 Randy Hutchison 69 Camaro 132

18 11 99 Al Grinnan 69 Camaro 101

19 16 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro 100

20 15 5 Pee Wee Wentz 69 Camaro 65

21 4 41 Gary Myers 69 Mustang 43

22 8 40 Phil Spiak 69 Camaro 24

23 7 21 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro 1

24 13 04 C. B. Gwyn 69 Cougar 1


updated by @dennis-andrews: 06/29/17 01:58:33PM
TMC Chase
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From Milwaukee Journal




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Dave Fulton
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9 years ago
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This was a Wednesday night race under the "original" Virginia State Fairgrounds lights. Tiny had to do some serious hustling. He had won a NASCAR Pacific Coast Grand National Late Model Stock car race over the weekend on Sunday in Sacramento, California. The Richmond Grand American race was the first major NASCAR event since a national television audience on ABC saw Richard Petty take his tremendous hit on the Darlington infield pit wall followed by the scary rollover.

1970 Sacramento 100

NASCAR Grand National West race number 4 of 19
Sunday, May 10, 1970 at California State Fairgrounds , Sacramento, CA
100 laps on a 1.000 mile dirt track (100.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:10:04
Average Speed: 85.633 mph
Pole Speed: 90.475 mph
Cautions: 3 for 11 laps
Margin of Victory: .25 lap
Attendance: 4,235
Lead changes: 5
Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led
1 1 45 Tiny Lund Bill Clinton '69 Ford 100 1,500 running 51
2 11 24 Ray Johnstone Karl Hutchinson '67 Chevrolet 100 900 running 0
3 7 00 Frank James Jim Calder '69 Chevrolet 100 750 running 0
4 10 6 Jerry Oliver Cos Cancilla '70 Oldsmobile 100 650 running 0
5 4 02 Dick Bown Ober Logging (Mike Ober) '69 Chevrolet 99 575 running 0
6 13 08 John Soares, Jr. Plymouth (John Soares, Sr.) '70 Plymouth 99 525 engine 7
7 15 43 Frank Burnett Paul Jenkins '69 Plymouth 97 500 running 0
8 3 88 Don Noel Noel-Lewin (Don Noel) '67 Ford 97 475 running 40
9 26 5 Scotty Cain Bill Clinton '69 Ford 96 450 running 0
10 9 8 Bob England Bob England '69 Chevrolet 96 400 running 0
11 5 32 Kevin Terris Gary Sigman '70 Plymouth 95 200 running 0
12 19 129 Jerry Griffin Jerry Griffin '69 Ford 94 150 running 0
13 22 2 Johnny Steele Johnny Steele '69 Ford 92 125 running 0
14 17 38 Jimmy Insolo Marvin Rowley '68 Chevrolet 92 100 running 0
15 24 9 Bill Pratt Paul Burchard '67 Mercury 89 100 running 0
16 2 96 Ray Elder Hargis Engineering (Fred Elder) '69 Dodge 86 80 clutch 2
17 20 44 Hank Dekker, Jr. Joseph Williams '69 Dodge 79 70 rear end 0
18 23 19 Les Cooper Carter Johnson '67 Chevrolet 68 60 running 0
19 6 15 Paul Dorrity Glen Dorrity '69 Chevrolet 47 50 overheating 0
20 12 23 G.T. Tallas G.T. Tallas '69 Ford 31 25 rear end 0
21 8 7 Jack McCoy Hilton Hyper Lube (Ernie Conn) '70 Dodge 22 25 engine 0
22 14 68 Don Simkins Don Simkins '68 Oldsmobile 11 25 spindle 0
23 25 09 Sam Rose Sam Rose '67 Ford 10 25 front wheel 0
24 16 40 Les Loeser, Jr. Loeser & Lankford (Les Loeser, Sr.) '68 Ford 9 25 crash 0
25 18 11 Ed Brown Ed Brown '68 Ford 6 25 engine 0
26 21 28 Pat Patrick Russ Whiteside '69 Plymouth 4 spun 0
27 27 188 Bill O'Neil Bill O'Neil '67 Chevrolet 3 flagged 0
28 28 144 Jim Good James Good '68 Chevrolet 0

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Dave Fulton
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9 years ago
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By the way, Tiny Lund's May 10, 1970 NASCAR Pacific Coast Grand National win on Sacramento's 1-mile dirt California State Fairgrounds track came in a car owned by BILL CLINTON!

Nah... not that one... this Bill Clinton was from Los Angeles!




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Harvey Tollison
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9 years ago
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Richard Childress was an also ran in GA and Cup !

TMC Chase
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Including Tiny's win in Sacramento when he made a quick out west for a NASCAR Pacific Coast late model division (later WInston West) race, his NASCAR-race winning streak grew to 10 at Richmond.




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TMC Chase
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7 years ago
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A few photos I found today that seem to be from Tiny's victory lane celebration at Richmond in 1970.

1970 Richmond Tiny ebay.jpg
1970 Richmond Tiny winner ebay.jpg
1970 Richmond Tiny Pepsi ebay.jpg
1970 Richmond Tiny Sawyer kiss ebay.jpg
1970 Richmond Tiny kids ebay.jpg
1970 Richmond Tiny crew ebay.jpg



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updated by @tmc-chase: 01/18/20 05:20:38AM
Dave Fulton
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7 years ago
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Those were Richmond track co-promoters Kenneth Campbell (with microphone) and Paul Sawyer with Tiny.




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TMC Chase
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@dave-fulton Do you know who is leaning against car with Tiny in the first photo that looks to a pre-race shot?




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Dave Fulton
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7 years ago
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Chase, I don't recognize any others in the photos besides Paul and Kenny.




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Dave Fulton
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Looking again, that is famed auto racing announcer, RAY MELTON (microphone in hand & cigarette dangling from mouth) standing out on the Richmond track start-finish line as Tiny Lund unbuckles his helmet after winning this 1970 NASCAR Grand American event over Jim Paschal.

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Dave Fulton
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Appears that co-promoters Campbell & Sawyer paid Stan Starr, Jr. to put local Richmond favorite Ray Hendrick in Starr's #0 Camaro which Hendrick drove to a 5th place finish.




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updated by @dave-fulton: 01/18/20 05:20:38AM
Dennis Andrews
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7 years ago
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The car that exploded the flywheel at Richmond was the first Cougar Reid Shaw bought from Bud Moore. As a result of this explosion the car had 1970 sheet medal hung on it, except for the roof which was not changed. The bell housing that saved dad's feet and legs was in the car when Reid got it. I don't know if Bud made it or bought it aftermarket but it had what looked like a urethane coating on it. Dad remembers that the coating made it hard to get the engine bolts in and out.


updated by @dennis-andrews: 01/18/20 05:20:38AM