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1979 Los Angeles Times 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 31 of 31 Sunday, November 18, 1979 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:45:52 Average speed: 132.822 mph Pole speed: 154.902 mph Cautions: 6 for 26 laps Margin of victory: .42 sec Attendance: 56153 Lead changes: 35 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 27   Benny Parsons Zoom Clutches   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 200 27050 running 56 185 2 3 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 200 17350 running 17 175 3 1 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 200 18000 running 55 170 4 4 28   Buddy Baker W.I.N.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 200 7000 running 39 165 5 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 200 9025 running 6 160 6 7 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 200 4600 running 0 150 7 13 05   Dick Brooks Nelson Malloch Chevrolet 200 3900 running 16 151 8 10 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 199 7550 running 2 147 9 6 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 199 7500 running 8 143 10 8 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 199 5860 running 1 139 11 9 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 199 2600 running 0 130 12 11 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 199 6075 running 0 127 13 21 44   Terry Labonte Technicraft   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 196 4450 running 0 124 14 26 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 196 2050 running 0 121 15 17 50   Bruce Hill Global Heat Exchanger   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 196 1975 running 0   16 23 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 195 3880 running 0 115 17 28 71   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 195 1800 running 0 112 18 15 73   Bill Schmitt Old Milwaukee   (Bill Schmitt) Oldsmobile 194 3020 running 0 109 19 25 67   Buddy Arrington Switzer Construction   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 194 3410 running 0 106 20 19 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 193 1750 water pump 0 103 21 30 45   Roy Smith Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Oldsmobile 193 2690 running 0 100 22 33 10   Tim Williamson ThermaSol   (Tim Williamson) Chevrolet 191 2505 running 0 97 23 29 74   Hal Callentine Cal-Four   (Hal Callentine) Oldsmobile 191 1475 running 0 94 24 31 24   Cecil Gordon Reliable RV   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 190 2795 running 0 91 25 34 79   Frank Warren Golden Bear   (Frank Warren) Dodge 186 2635 running 0 88 26 27 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 153 2425 brakes 0 85 27 18 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 147 3165 engine 0 82 28 16 18   Randy Ogden Econ-Car   (Jack Ogden) Chevrolet 135 1225 engine 0   29 12 12   Buck Simmons Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 123 1175 transmission 0 76 30 37 22   Richard White Boulevard Automotive   (Mike White) Chevrolet 121 1480 running 0 73 31 20 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 104 1920 engine 0 70 32 35 78   Jim Robinson San-Val Supply   (A.J. Kurten) Chevrolet 104 1350 ignition 0 67 33 22 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 57 1450 engine 0 64 34 36 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 49 1400 engine 0 61 35 24 31   John Rezek Curtis Payne Buick 38 850 crash 0   36 14 01   Jimmy Insolo Allstate Building Materials   (Gerald Craker) Oldsmobile 36 1825 engine 0 55 37 32 19   Vince Giamformaggio Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 26 825 engine 0 52

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Lake Speed Chevrolet Dick Whalen 6 Whelen Service Station Dick Whalen Chevrolet Dick Kranzler 14 Parnelli Jones Enterprises Dick Kranzler Chevrolet Hershel McGriff 29 Tropical Rent-a-Car Dick Midgley Chevrolet John Krebs 91 John Krebs Buick Norm Palmer 93 Palmer Racing Norm Palmer Dodge Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 7 7     8 11 4   #40,31 accident turn 2   12 40 29     41 46 6   #31,88 spun turn 3   47 50 4     51 55 5   #64 engine   56 63 8   #19 spun turn 3   64 152 89     153 158 6   #25 engine   159 184 26     185 191 7   #48 stalled turn 4   192 200 9       Percent of race run under caution: 18.0%             Average green flag run: 27.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Benny Parsons 1 1 1   Buddy Baker 2 5 4   Richard Petty 6 6 1   Buddy Baker 7 8 2   Darrell Waltrip 9 10 2   Dick Brooks 11 24 14   Buddy Baker 25 34 10   Benny Parsons 35 37 3   Bobby Allison 38 42 5   Benny Parsons 43 52 10   Ricky Rudd 53 53 1   Bobby Allison 54 55 2   Dale Earnhardt 56 63 8   Richard Petty 64 65 2   Buddy Baker 66 85 20   Bobby Allison 86 86 1   Buddy Baker 87 88 2   Bobby Allison 89 89 1   Buddy Baker 90 90 1   Cale Yarborough 91 104 14   Bobby Allison 105 106 2   Cale Yarborough 107 111 5   Benny Parsons 112 119 8   Bobby Allison 119 124 6   Benny Parsons 125 126 2   Richard Petty 127 127 1   Cale Yarborough 128 129 2   Benny Parsons 130 153 24   Richard Petty 154 154 1   Benny Parsons 155 158 4   Dick Brooks 159 160 2   Cale Yarborough 161 185 25   Richard Petty 186 186 1   Cale Yarborough 187 195 9   Benny Parsons 196 200 5 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Richard Petty 4830     2   Darrell Waltrip 4819   -11   3   Bobby Allison 4633   -197   4   Cale Yarborough 4604   -226   5   Benny Parsons 4253   -577   6   Joe Millikan 4014   -816   7   Dale Earnhardt 3749   -1081   8   Richard Childress 3735   -1095   9   Ricky Rudd 3642   -1188   10   Terry Labonte 3615   -1215   11   Buddy Arrington 3589   -1241   12   D.K. Ulrich 3508   -1322   13   J.D. McDuffie 3468   -1362   14   James Hylton 3405   -1425   15   Buddy Baker 3249   -1581   16   Frank Warren 3199   -1631   17   Ronnie Thomas 2912   -1918   18   Tommy Gale 2795   -2035   19   Cecil Gordon 2737   -2093   20   Dave Marcis 2736   -2094   21   Dick Brooks 2710   -2120