INTERNATIONAL 300
International Raceway Park
Ona, West Virginia
Saturday, July 25, 1970
After the race at Flemington the season long point standings were as follows:
1. Tiny Lund, 1152; 2. Wayne Andrews, 1137; 3. Ken Rush, 1131; 4. T.C. Hunt, 1066; 5. Buck Baker, 1038; 6. Phil Wills, 1031; 7. Jim Paschal, 1028; 8. Richard Childress, 1007; 9. Jimmy Vaughn, 962; 10. Ernie Shaw, 900; 11. Stan Starr Sn., 749; 12. Frank Sessoms, 698; 13. David Boggs, 669; 14. Bobby Fleming, 644; 15. Jerry Hufflin, 630; 16. Charlie Blanton, 618; 17. Stan Starr Jr., 609; 18. Joe Dean Huss, 609; 19. Bobby Wilson, 459; 20. Paul Tyler, 452.
Grand American race #23 of 1970 was held at International Raceway Park a 7/16 mile paved oval. It was the fifth of a 5 event STP Northern Tour after a 530 mile trip from Flemington on Tuesday and the second visit to Ona in 1970. Starting line ups were determined by qualifying heats won by Tiny Lund and Gary Myers.
Tiny Lund led all but 6 laps to record his 16 th win of 1970 with Buck Baker second.
Lund earned $1,400 of the $8,455 purse. Of note on the purses for the Tour events was how the funds were distributed. The payout did not drop off as fast as you went down the order. No finisher got less than $200.
Twenty three cars took the green and there were 7 cautions for 54 laps.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Status
1 1 55 Tiny Lund 69 Camaro 300 Running
2 9 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird 300 Running
3 6 16 Max Berrier 70 Javelin 300 Running
4 3 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 296 Running
5 2 41 Gary Myers 69 Mustang 291
6 22 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 286
7 8 01 Tommy Andrews 69 Mustang 286
8 21 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 283
9 10 3 Doug Aldridge 69 Camaro 289
10 15 30 Kreuger Johnson 68 Camaro 281
11 11 8 Phil Wills 69 Camaro 278
12 16 86 David Boggs 69 Firebird 267
13 19 19 Bobby Brewer 68 Camaro 260
14 18 27 Jerry Hufflin 68 Camaro 258
15 20 39 Earl Briggs 68 Camaro 256
16 12 11 Ted LaFleur 69 Mustang 183
17 13 54 Bobby Fleming 68 Camaro 177
18 23 24 Ernie Shaw 68 Camaro 176
19 4 15 Wayne Andrews 68 Cougar 104 Oil line
20 7 33 Joe Dean Huss 68 Camaro 72
21 5 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro 69
22 17 0 Stan Starr 68 Camaro 51
23 14 89 Tom Cox 68 Camaro 9
Not knowing how the points were calculated I cant say for sure who won the STP Northern Tour but a good bet would be Buck Baker as he had 2 wins, a second, a fourth and a 6 th place finish for an average finish of 2.8. No one who made all the tour events came close to that mark. Thirty nine different drivers took part in the tour with 17 running all 5 races. Just based on average finishing position alone the top 10 would have been:
1. Buck Baker 2.8
2. Max Berrier 6.4
3. Jimmy Vaughn 7.4
4. Jim Paschal 9.0
5. Phil Wills 9.2
6. Tiny Lund 9.4
7. Wayne Andrews 10.2
8. Doug Aldridge 11.4
9. Richard Childress 12.0
10. Ernie Shaw 13.6
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM
