Thirty drivers qualified inthe 1970 Tidewater 300 event of the NASCARGrand National Series, which resulted in losses for drivers onUS-based General Motors cars.
Grid The 1970 Tidewater 300 was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on Sunday, November 22, 1970, at Langley Field Speedway in Hampton, Virginia. The race car drivers who used General Motors vehicles would be humiliated at the end of the race because they failed to win any races during the 1970 NASCAR Grand National Series season. This was the biggest racing grid of any race on the site at Langley with 30 drivers competing at the start. Benny Parsons Bobby Isaac Bill Dennis Bobby Allison James Hylton Neil Castles John Sears J.D. McDuffie Friday Hassler Jabe Thomas Elmo Langley Ben Arnold Cecil Gordon Frank Warren Bill Champion Dave Marcis Pete Hamilton Larry Baumel Joe Frasson Bill Shirey Don Tarr Wendell Scott Roy Tyner Joe Phipps Jim Vandiver Henley Gray Bill Hollar Dick May Rodney Bruce Jimmy Crawford 
