South Boston Speedway
South Boston, Virginia
Sunday, March 15, 1970
Grand American race #3 of 1970 was held at South Boston Speedway, a 3/8 mile paved oval. Tiny Lund started on the pole but it was Jim Paschal who started alongside that led the first 82 laps. Lund then led 2 laps before Wayne Andrews went to the front thru lap 113. Paschal went back out front and appeared to be well on his way to victory until lap 247 when his Javelin slowed and headed for the pits. This put Andrews in the lead with Lund limping along on 6 cylinders in second. Each time he went down the front stretch he would look toward pit road to see if the crew was ready for a splash and go but all he saw was GO on the pit board. With victory in sight Waynes Cougar coughed and ran out of fuel allowing Lund to claim his second win of 1970 and making it 2 in a row in his Ronnie Hopkins prepared Camaro. Lund garnered $1,200 of the $8,350 purse.
Andrews pitted and was able to claim 3 rd behind T.C. Hunt. Paschal did not return to the track after pitting reporting ignition trouble. When questioned after the race about not pitting for fuel Andrews car owner Reid Shaw said they had run there last year without taking on fuel. Last year they had run a 289 with 2 four barrels and a 302 with only one four barrel this time. They were surprised by the decrease in fuel mileage.
Twenty six cars took the green and 14 were running at the finish before a reported crowd of 1,200. There were 7 cautions for 41 laps.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Reason out
1 1 55 Tiny Lund 69 Camaro 281 Running
2 4 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro 280 Running
3 3 15 Wayne Andrews 68 Cougar 279 Running
4 10 42 Charlie Blanton 69 Camaro 278 Running
5 7 21 Frank Sessoms 68 Camaro 277 Running
6 9 0 Stan Starr, Jr. 68 Camaro 275 Running
7 14 8 Phil Wills 69 Camaro 270 Running
8 11 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 267 Running
9 12 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 265 Running
10 15 87 Buck Baker 69 Firebird 259 Running
11 2 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 247 Ignition
12 23 90 Jimmy Lee Capps 68 Camaro 245 Running
13 16 86 David Boggs 69 Firebird 245 Running
14 22 9 Stan Starr 68 Camaro 237 Running
15 25 39 Earl Briggs 69 Camaro 230 Running
16 18 62 Ed Conner '68 Camaro 94 Drive shaft
17 17 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 94 Bln. Eng.
18 5 44 Ken Rush 69 Camaro 79 Wreck
19 8 53 Terry Flynn 69 Mustang 77 Wreck
20 13 5 Pee Wee Wentz '69 Camaro 77 Wreck
21 10 54 Bobby Fleming 69 Camaro 72 Wreck
22 24 33 Joe Dean Huss 69 Camaro 65 Hd. gasket.
23 19 66 Phil Kendrick 69 Camaro 31 A-Arm
24 6 2 Randy Hutchison 69 Camaro 21 Bln. eng.
25 21 24 Bobby Wilson 68 Camaro 8 Bln. eng.
26 26 27 Jerry Hufflin 68 Camaro 1 Tech.
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
