[3] USAC Stock Car champion McCluskey crossed over for his only NASCAR race of the 1970 season and raced his Superbird complete with popular Looney Tunes character the Road Runner painted on the door, and finished second.

There were forty-four competitors in this race; 43 were from the United States of America while (Lothar Motschenbacher) was from Cologne, West Germany.

[2] The other finishers in the top ten were: LeeRoy Yarbrough, Donnie Allison, Richard Petty, Dan Gurney (who had become a mainstay at the track during the 1960s and would leave NASCAR after this year[4]), Neil Castles, Friday Hassler, Jerry Oliver, and Dick Guldstrand.

[2] Sam Posey's lone NASCAR start ended spectacularly when the #6 Dodge's engine failed and caused a fire.

[2] This was the last start in NASCAR's top series (then known as Grand National) for Southern California short track racer Frank Deiny.

[2] Famous crew chiefs participating in this race included Banjo Matthews, Dale Inman, Jerry Hyde and Dick Hutcherson.