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1979 Gabriel 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 16 of 31 Sunday, June 17, 1979 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:56:44 Average speed: 135.798 mph Pole speed: 162.371 mph Cautions: 6 for 33 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 62000 Lead changes: 47 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 28   Buddy Baker Spectra   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 200 16870 running 121 185 2 2 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 200 12970 running 25 175 3 5 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 200 12620 running 4 170 4 1 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 200 7410 running 9 165 5 10 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 200 8325 running 23 160 6 13 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 200 7540 running 1 155 7 6 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 200 6830 running 1 151 8 8 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 199 5665 running 0 142 9 12 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 199 5480 running 0 138 10 34 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 199 4650 running 0   11 19 12   Lennie Pond Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 199 2425 running 0 130 12 11 9   Bill Elliott Knutsons Ski-Doo   (George Elliott) Mercury 198 2315 running 1 132 13 9 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 197 5655 engine 8 129 14 22 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 196 4060 running 0 121 15 30 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 196 3865 running 0 118 16 26 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 193 3625 running 0 115 17 24 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 193 1440 running 0 112 18 27 0   John Kennedy Avanti CB   (John Kennedy) Chevrolet 192 1385 running 0 109 19 36 38   Sandy Satullo Copper Kettle Marina   (Sandy Satullo) Buick 192 1345 running 0 106 20 21 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 190 3125 running 0 103 21 31 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 190 2830 running 0 100 22 20 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 186 2585 crash 0 97 23 23 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 186 2380 running 0 94 24 25 19   Bob Burcham Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 184 2085 engine 0 91 25 7 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 184 2050 running 0 88 26 15 71   Dave Marcis Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 173 1765 crash 4 90 27 17 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 150 2970 engine 1 87 28 35 81   David Sosebee Gober Sosebee Chevrolet 135 1060 engine 0   29 18 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 122 1545 crash 0 76 30 4 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 103 4725 engine 0 73 31 16 27   Benny Parsons Griffin Marine   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 97 1510 engine 0 70 32 28 82   Paul Fess Lasky Construction   (Stan Lasky) Oldsmobile 97 1000 engine 0 67 33 32 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 84 1490 shocks 0 64 34 14 49   Bill Green A.K. Cartage   (Charles Dean) Chevrolet 76 980 engine 2   35 29 42   Marty Robbins Robbins Racing   (Marty Robbins) Dodge 64 970 engine 0 58 36 33 09   Bill Seifert CRC Chemicals   (Nelson Oswald) Oldsmobile 32 960 engine 0 55

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 25 25     26 30 5   #3 spun tri-oval   31 66 36     67 73 7   #42 accident turn 3   74 131 58     132 139 8   #44 spun backstretch   140 172 33     173 178 6   #21,71 accident turn 4   179 184 6     185 188 4   #19 spun turn 4   189 197 9     198 200 3   #79,88 accident turns 2/3     Percent of race run under caution: 16.5%             Average green flag run: 27.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Neil Bonnett 1 2 2   Buddy Baker 3 3 1   Neil Bonnett 4 8 5   Buddy Baker 9 14 6   Donnie Allison 15 22 8   Buddy Baker 23 23 1   Donnie Allison 24 26 3   Bill Green 27 28 2   Ronnie Thomas 29 29 1   Darrell Waltrip 30 30 1   Bobby Allison 31 31 1   Darrell Waltrip 32 37 6   Buddy Baker 38 39 2   Cale Yarborough 40 40 1   Buddy Baker 41 43 3   Cale Yarborough 44 44 1   Buddy Baker 45 48 4   Donnie Allison 49 50 2   Buddy Baker 51 52 2   Donnie Allison 53 53 1   Richard Petty 54 60 7   Donnie Allison 61 63 3   Buddy Baker 64 67 4   Richard Petty 68 68 1   Bill Elliott 69 69 1   Richard Petty 70 77 8   Donnie Allison 78 79 2   Neil Bonnett 80 80 1   Cale Yarborough 81 82 2   Richard Petty 83 84 2   Buddy Baker 85 118 34   Dave Marcis 119 119 1   Richard Petty 120 124 5   Buddy Baker 125 129 5   Dale Earnhardt 130 130 1   Buddy Baker 131 131 1   Darrell Waltrip 132 132 1   Dave Marcis 133 135 3   Buddy Baker 136 157 22   Donnie Allison 158 159 2   Buddy Baker 160 165 6   Donnie Allison 166 166 1   Buddy Baker 167 173 7   Donnie Allison 174 175 2   Buddy Baker 176 180 5   Donnie Allison 181 181 1   Buddy Baker 182 200 19 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 2555     2   Bobby Allison 2514   -41   3   Cale Yarborough 2397   -158   4   Richard Petty 2362   -193   5   Dale Earnhardt 2172   -383   6   Joe Millikan 2079   -476   7   Benny Parsons 2062   -493   8   Terry Labonte 1933   -622   9   Richard Childress 1931   -624   10   J.D. McDuffie 1897   -658   11   Buddy Baker 1889   -666   12   D.K. Ulrich 1864   -691   13   Buddy Arrington 1843   -712   14   James Hylton 1808   -747   15   Frank Warren 1732   -823   16   Ricky Rudd 1641   -914   17   Donnie Allison 1550   -1005   18   Ronnie Thomas 1506   -1049   19   Cecil Gordon 1363   -1192   20   Tommy Gale 1355   -1200   21   Dave Marcis 1274   -1281