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1979 Coca-Cola 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 19 of 31 Monday, July 30, 1979 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:20:24 Average speed: 115.207 mph Pole speed: 148.711 mph Cautions: 7 for 46 laps Margin of victory: under caution Attendance: 40000 Lead changes: 56 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 200 21465 running 61 180 2 10 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 200 15465 running 17 175 3 9 28   Buddy Baker W.I.N.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 200 8490 running 7 170 4 5 27   Benny Parsons Harrisburg East Mall   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 200 7765 running 0 160 5 6 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 200 6215 running 0 155 6 15 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 200 7215 running 0 150 7 18 22   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 200 2715 running 62 156 8 7 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 200 2815 running 8 147 9 4 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 199 5915 running 1 143 10 16 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 198 4295 running 0 134 11 23 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 197 3685 running 0 130 12 39 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 196 3525 running 0 127 13 13 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 196 3305 running 0 124 14 17 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 196 4095 running 0 121 15 1 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 195 2915 running 1 123 16 20 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 194 2785 running 0 115 17 24 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 190 2555 running 0 112 18 25 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 189 2370 running 0 109 19 28 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 188 2135 ignition 0 106 20 19 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 188 1600 running 0 103 21 36 34   Steve Peles Steve Peles Chevrolet 187 1180 running 0 100 22 21 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 187 2025 ignition 0 97 23 12 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 184 1980 running 0 94 24 29 63   Jocko Maggiacomo Shaw Motors   (Jocko Maggiacomo) Oldsmobile 172 1105 running 0 91 25 33 09   Nelson Oswald J & S Truck Service   (Nelson Oswald) Chevrolet 168 1080 engine 0 88 26 34 20   Rick Newsom MARS   (Rick Newsom) Oldsmobile 166 1055 running 0 85 27 32 01   Earle Canavan Green's Auto Parts   (Earle Canavan) Dodge 140 1030 engine 0 82 28 22 57   Dick May McClure Motors   (Alfred McClure) Ford 103 1005 engine 0 79 29 3 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 98 4680 crash 43 81 30 35 61   Wayne Broome Jim Norris Oldsmobile 92 955 engine 0 73 31 31 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 88 1430 engine 0 70 32 27 55   Wayne Watercutter Ward Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 48 905 crash 0   33 38 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 40 1380 engine 0 64 34 11 12   Lennie Pond Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 15 850 steering 0 61 35 14 87   Gary Balough Fast Lane Ltd.   (Billie Harvey) Oldsmobile 9 840 clutch 0 58 36 37 23   Louis Gatto L & J Automotive Chevrolet 5 820 ignition 0 55 37 8 7   Al Holbert Holbert Porsche-Audi   (Al Holbert) Chevrolet 1 1065 crash 0 52 38 26 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 1 1310 crash 0 49 39 30 19   Steve Gray Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 1 1305 crash 0 46

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 1 1   Dale Earnhardt 2 14 13   Darrell Waltrip 15 16 2   Dale Earnhardt 17 18 2   Darrell Waltrip 19 19 1   Dale Earnhardt 20 20 1   Darrell Waltrip 21 22 2   Dale Earnhardt 23 44 22   Cale Yarborough 45 45 1   Bobby Allison 46 46 1   Dale Earnhardt 47 48 2   Cale Yarborough 49 56 8   Dale Earnhardt 57 58 2   Cale Yarborough 59 59 1   Darrell Waltrip 60 60 1   Cale Yarborough 61 64 4   Richard Petty 65 66 2   Darrell Waltrip 67 70 4   Cale Yarborough 71 71 1   Darrell Waltrip 72 75 4   Cale Yarborough 76 78 3   Darrell Waltrip 79 83 5   Cale Yarborough 84 84 1   Dale Earnhardt 85 85 1   Richard Petty 86 88 3   Buddy Baker 89 90 2   Cale Yarborough 91 91 1   Darrell Waltrip 92 92 1   Cale Yarborough 93 100 8   Buddy Baker 101 101 1   Richard Petty 102 110 9   Cale Yarborough 111 116 6   Richard Petty 117 117 1   Harry Gant 118 118 1   Darrell Waltrip 119 119 1   Neil Bonnett 120 127 8   Cale Yarborough 128 130 3   Buddy Baker 131 138 8   Cale Yarborough 139 144 6   Darrell Waltrip 145 146 2   Richard Petty 147 147 1   Darrell Waltrip 148 150 3   Buddy Baker 151 151 1   Cale Yarborough 152 152 1   Buddy Baker 153 154 2   Darrell Waltrip 155 157 3   Cale Yarborough 158 158 1   Buddy Baker 159 159 1   Darrell Waltrip 160 168 9   Cale Yarborough 169 170 2   Darrell Waltrip 171 174 4   Cale Yarborough 175 175 1   Darrell Waltrip 176 187 12   Cale Yarborough 188 188 1   Richard Petty 189 189 1   Cale Yarborough 190 200 11 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 3061     2   Richard Petty 2852   -209   3   Cale Yarborough 2850   -211   4   Bobby Allison 2845   -216   5   Dale Earnhardt 2588   -473   6   Benny Parsons 2557   -504   7   Joe Millikan 2471   -590   8   J.D. McDuffie 2263   -798   9   Richard Childress 2256   -805   10   D.K. Ulrich 2197   -864   11   Terry Labonte 2191   -870   12   Buddy Arrington 2170   -891   13   James Hylton 2133   -928   14   Buddy Baker 2125   -936   15   Frank Warren 2002   -1059   16   Ricky Rudd 1920   -1141   17   Ronnie Thomas 1765   -1296   18   Donnie Allison 1677   -1384   19   Cecil Gordon 1660   -1401   20   Tommy Gale 1628   -1433   21   Dick Brooks 1510   -1551