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1979 NAPA Arizona 250

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NASCAR Winston West Series race number 16 of 16
Sunday, November 25, 1979 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
156 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (156.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:40:41
Average speed: 92.96 mph
Pole speed: 116.47 mph

Cautions: 2 for 25 laps
Margin of victory: 3.8 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 5

Glossary 1979 NASCAR Winston West Series results / 1979 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	11	7	Neil Bonnett	Old Milwaukee (Jim Schmitt)	Pontiac	156	4525	running	19	0
2	7	12	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon	Matador	156	2775	running	0	49
3	1	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	156	2100	running	137	48
4	4	10	Tim Williamson	Palmer Glass (Charles Williamson)	Oldsmobile	155	1800	running	0	47
5	6	37	Dave Watson	Ams/Oil	Buick	155	1100	running	0	46
6	3	11	Roy Smith	Aircraft Standards (Robert Beadle)	Pontiac	154	1400	running	0	45
7	16	1	Joe Ruttman	Pomona Truck Electric	Oldsmobile	154	950	running	0	0
8	5	4	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	153	850	running	0	43
9	22	98	Johnny Kieper	Wholesale Truck Parts (John Kieper)	Pontiac	153	1050	overheating	0	42
10	15	2	Richard White	Boulevard Automotive (Mike White)	Pontiac	152	950	running	0	41
11	2	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee (Jim Schmitt)	Oldsmobile	151	800	running	0	40
12	24	20	Ron Esau	Hefco Fiberglass (Ron Esau)	Pontiac	150	700	running	0	39
13	19	74	Hal Callentine	Cal-Four (Hal Callentine)	Oldsmobile	149	550	running	0	38
14	29	32	Marc Vogel	V&W Diversified (Walter Ross)	Dodge	149	450	running	0	37
15	13	6	Dick Whalen	Whalen Service Center (Dick Whalen)	Chevrolet	148	400	running	0	36
16	9	72	Buck Simmons	Kencoal Mining	Chevrolet	146	375	running	0	35
17	27	0	Lake Speed	Speed Investments	Chevrolet	144	335	running	0	34
18	23	35	Pat Mintey	Stick Only (Pat Mintey)	Chevrolet	144	375	running	0	33
19	21	96	Sharon Bishop	Chehalis Auto Electric (Bruce Bishop)	Pontiac	143	315	running	0	32
20	25	17	Steve Pfeifer	Freeway Motor Sales (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	119	300	running	0	31
21	26	21	Earle Canavan	Arizona Highways	Dodge	92	290	engine	0	30
22	20	08	Rick McCray	McCray Racing (Ken McCray)	Pontiac	69	280	engine	0	29
23	17	42	Jim Bown	Goulet Farms	Chevrolet	56	270	crash	0	28
24	30	26	Mark Walbridge	Walbridge Investment Co.	Chevrolet	55	260	oil pressure	0	27
25	18	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	54	250	suspension	0	26
26	12	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering (Arthur Godfrey)	Pontiac	47	240	rear end	0	25
27	28	93	Norm Palmer	Herborn's Alignment	Dodge	38	230	suspension	0	24
28	8	78	Jim Robinson	San-Val Supply (A.J. Kurten)	Chevrolet	34	220	running	0	23
29	14	97	Bill Osborne	Baldwin (Ivan Baldwin)	Chevrolet	8	210	oil leak	0	22
30	10	01	Jimmy Insolo	Allstate Building Materials (Gerald Craker)	Pontiac	2	500	oil line	0	21

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	79	79
	80	96	17	oil on track
	97	126	30
	127	134	8	#17 accident turns 1/2
	135	156	22
Percent of race run under caution: 16.0% Average green flag run: 43.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	126	126
Neil Bonnett	127	135	9
Richard Petty	136	146	11
Neil Bonnett	147	156	10

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Bill Schmitt	769
2	Tim Williamson	744	-25
3	Jimmy Insolo	700	-69
4	Richard White	692	-77
5	Jim Robinson	644	-125
6	Rick McCray	553	-216
7	Robert Tartaglia	499	-270
8	Pat Mintey	447	-322
9	Roy Smith	405	-364
10	Sharon Bishop	377	-392
11	Jackie Kuper	285	-484
12	Ron Eaton	267	-502
13	Rick O'Dell	246	-523
14	Neal Newberry	232	-537
15	Bob Fox	214	-555
16	Johnny Kieper	199	-570
17	Jack Jeffery	191	-578
18	Chuck Flora	190	-579
19	Marc Vogel	174	-595
20	Frank Swords	173	-596
21	Frank Bigelow	170	-599