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The 1970 Motor Trend 500 was a NASCAR Grand National Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that was held on January 18, 1970 at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California. NASCAR's then-humble organization made it affordable for many local, regional, and obscure sponsors to appear on the Grand National Level; including stock car automobile magazines aimed at a small group of hardcore NASCAR fans. Sponsorship today is very expensive for the NASCAR Cup Series and many corporate brands like Kellog's, ''M&M's'' and DuPont have scaled back their sponsorship due to recent changes in the American economy. ==Summary== The Plymouth Superbird would make its first ever NASCAR appearance during this race. Six cautions were handed out by NASCAR for 31 complete laps.〔 A.J. Foyt was the winner of the race in his 1970 Ford Torino; defeating Roger McCluskey by 3½ seconds.〔 There were forty-four competitors in this race; 43 were from the United States of America while one competitor (Lothar Motschenbacher) was from Cologne, West Germany.〔 Jim Cook was involved in a major accident that would leave him using a wheelchair for the rest of his life on lap 94.〔 The other finishers in the top ten were: LeeRoy Yarbrough, Donnie Allison, Richard Petty, Dan Gurney (who would become a mainstay at the track during the 1960s and would leave NASCAR after this year〔), Neil Castles, Friday Hassler, Jerry Oliver, and Dick Guldstrand.〔 Motschenbacher would start in 31st place and finish the race in 40th.〔 The average speed of the race was while Dan Gurney earned the pole position with a qualifying speed of .〔 There was a live attendance of 43,200 fans waiting to see 193 laps of action on a road course.〔 The previous year's event was notable for being a "perfect race."〔(【引用サイトリンク】 1969 Motor Trend 500 racing results )〕 However, this event included yellow flags.〔 The winner's purse was considered to be $19,700 ($ when adjusted for inflation) while the last-place finisher went home with a meager $800 ($ when adjusted for inflation). After combining the prize winnings from all the races, the total amount of money offered at this event was $84,235 ($ when adjusted for inflation). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1970 Motor Trend 500」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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