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1979 NAPA National 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 31
Sunday, October 7, 1979 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:43:53
Average Speed: 134.266 mph
Pole Speed: 164.304 mph

Cautions: 8 for 40 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 lp 5 sec
Attendance: 90,000
Lead changes: 28

Glossary 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1979 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	334	39,000	running	58	180
2	6	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore)	Ford	333	27,475	running	61	175
3	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	332	23,100	running	26	170
4	9	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	332	15,375	running	11	165
5	7	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	331	7,700	running	0	155
6	5	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	331	12,250	running	22	155
7	13	9	Bill Elliott	Yandle / Thermol King (George Elliott)	Mercury	330	5,255	running	1	151
8	20	05	Dick Brooks	Comp Con (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	328	4,765	running	0	142
9	17	40	D.K. Ulrich	U.S. Army (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	327	6,750	running	0	138
10	8	2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	327	14,515	running	55	139
11	21	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	327	6,105	running	0	130
12	32	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	324	5,895	running	0	127
13	28	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Buick	324	5,685	running	0	124
14	18	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	324	5,465	running	2	126
15	14	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	323	5,155	running	0	118
16	16	08	John Anderson	Draime Race Engines (Russ Draime)	Chevrolet	322	3,230	running	1	120
17	27	57	Dick May	McClure Motors (Alfred McClure)	Ford	322	3,180	running	0	112
18	37	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	321	3,080	running	0	109
19	30	79	Frank Warren	Almeda Auto Parts (Frank Warren)	Dodge	320	2,980	running	0	106
20	10	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	319	3,980	engine	7	108
21	34	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	311	3,300	running	0	100
22	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	309	2,890	running	0	97
23	36	4	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	308	1,395	running	0	94
24	29	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Oldsmobile	302	2,480	running	0	91
25	2	28	Buddy Baker	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	282	20,995	crash	79	98
26	39	77	Jody Ridley	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	281	1,220	engine	0	85
27	40	81	David Sosebee	Gober Sosebee	Chevrolet	249	1,170	crash	0	82
28	23	31	John Rezek	RPM Enterprises (Curtis Payne)	Oldsmobile	239	1,145	running	0	79
29	12	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	223	4,820	steering	0	76
30	33	17	Steve Pfeifer	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	198	2,020	running	0	73
31	1	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	184	13,250	engine	9	75
32	22	19	Cecil Gordon	Natural Light (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	155	1,890	clutch	0	67
33	11	68	Chuck Bown	Boy Scouts Special (Jim Testa)	Chevrolet	112	960	engine	0
34	31	89	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	Oldsmobile	101	945	crash	1
35	24	75	Bobby Brack	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	70	930	crash	1	63
36	15	12	Jack Ingram	Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	59	915	engine	0
37	25	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	26	900	crash	0	52
38	26	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	16	2,790	engine	0	49
39	35	16	Richard Brickhouse	Pender Auto Parts (Jimmy Edwards)	Oldsmobile	15	870	engine	0	46
40	19	14	Jimmy Means	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	1	855	handling	0	43

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Neil Bonnett	1	3	3
Darrell Waltrip	4	4	1
Neil Bonnett	5	10	6
Dale Earnhardt	11	15	5
John Anderson	16	16	1
Richard Childress	17	18	2
Dale Earnhardt	19	21	3
Richard Petty	22	28	7
Harry Gant	29	35	7
Benny Parsons	36	41	6
Bobby Allison	42	61	20
Jim Vandiver	62	62	1
Bobby Brack	63	63	1
Bobby Allison	64	99	36
Richard Petty	100	103	4
Bill Elliott	104	104	1
Dale Earnhardt	105	151	47
Benny Parsons	152	166	15
Bobby Allison	167	167	1
Benny Parsons	168	168	1
Buddy Baker	169	183	15
Cale Yarborough	184	184	1
Darrell Waltrip	185	209	25
Buddy Baker	210	224	15
Cale Yarborough	225	225	1
Buddy Baker	226	242	17
Bobby Allison	243	246	4
Buddy Baker	247	278	32
Cale Yarborough	279	334	56

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	4228
2	Richard Petty	4175	-53
3	Bobby Allison	4007	-221
4	Cale Yarborough	3981	-247
5	Benny Parsons	3633	-595
6	Joe Millikan	3522	-706
7	Richard Childress	3222	-1006
8	D.K. Ulrich	3135	-1093
9	Buddy Arrington	3121	-1107
10	Dale Earnhardt	3111	-1117
11	Terry Labonte	3108	-1120
12	J.D. McDuffie	3104	-1124
13	Ricky Rudd	3103	-1125
14	Buddy Baker	2964	-1264
15	James Hylton	2945	-1283
16	Frank Warren	2835	-1393
17	Ronnie Thomas	2463	-1765
18	Tommy Gale	2428	-1800
19	Cecil Gordon	2364	-1864
20	Dick Brooks	2310	-1918

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