Only one foreigner was racing that year, a Canadian named Frog Fagan (who finished 96th in the championship standings).
The 1970 Rebel 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series race that took place in May 1970 at Darlington Raceway in South Carolina.
Richard Petty had a huge crash on the homestretch, which inspired the window net that is now mandated by NASCAR.
The 1970 Tidewater 300 was the final NASCAR race held during its Grand National era.
Held at the Langley Field Speedway in Hampton, Virginia (.395 mile paved oval track), the race was decided in a time of one hour and forty minutes with Bobby Allison as the race winner.