CAROLINA 250
Bowman-Gray Stadium
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Saturday, August 1, 1970
Grand American race #25 of 1970 was held the very next day after the race at Asheville at Bowman-Gray Stadium a 1/4 mile paved oval around a football field. Jim Paschal started on the pole and led 25 laps before he was side lined with an overheated engine. Tiny Lund lead the remaining 225 laps to record his 17th win of the season. Buck Baker was second for the third straight time, the only other car on the lead lap.
Lund would extend his point lead as second in points Wayne Andrews broke their last engine the night before at Asheville and did not have time to get another one together before the race. Max Berrier was back behind the wheel of the Javelin he had won with earlier in the year but went out early with engine failure. David Boggs would get his second top five in a row.
Lund took home $1,300 of the $4,895 purse. There were 3 cautions for 14 laps before a crowd of 6,000.
Fin Srt Car # Driver Car Laps Status
1 55 Tiny Lund 69 Camaro 250 Runing
2 87 Buck Baker 70 Firebird 250 Running
3 7 Jimmy Vaughn 69 Camaro 242 Running
4 86 David Boggs 69 Firebird 240 Running
5 17 Ernie Shaw 68 Mustang 238 Running
6 30 Kreuger Johnson 68 Camaro 235 Running
7 54 Bobby Fleming 69 Camaro 232 Running
8 92 Paul Tyler 69 Camaro 231 Running
9 26 Richard Childress 68 Camaro 229 Running
10 34 Phil Gibson 68 Camaro 225 Running
11 19 Finley Henderson 68 Camaro 209 Running
12 27 Jerry Hufflin 68 Camaro 94
13 1 14 Jim Paschal 70 Javelin 64 Heating
14 88 T. C. Hunt 68 Camaro 52
15 3 16 Max Berrier 70 Javelin 29 Engine
updated by @dennis-andrews: 12/05/16 04:00:58PM