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1979 NAPA Riverside 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 15 of 31 Sunday, June 10, 1979 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 95 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (248.900 miles) Time of race: 2:23:58 Average speed: 103.732 mph Pole speed: 113.089 mph Cautions: 2 for 6 laps Margin of victory: 32.9 sec Attendance: 30000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 95 22700 running 31 180 2 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 95 14875 running 5 175 3 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 95 10350 running 0 165 4 6 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 95 11800 running 57 170 5 8 27   Benny Parsons M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 94 6800 running 0 155 6 24 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 92 5500 running 0 150 7 13 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 91 4580 running 0 146 8 16 93   Norm Palmer Norm Palmer Dodge 91 2500 running 0 142 9 14 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 91 3970 running 0 138 10 10 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 91 6150 running 0 134 11 25 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 89 3310 running 0 130 12 26 74   Hal Callentine Cal-Four   (Hal Callentine) Oldsmobile 88 2590 running 0   13 1 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 87 7250 running 2 129 14 22 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 85 2780 running 0 121 15 33 20   Ed Hale Peralta & Hale   (Richard Peralta) Chevrolet 85 2045 running 0 118 16 28 22   Richard White Boulevard Automotive   (Mike White) Chevrolet 81 1785 running 0 115 17 34 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 81 2100 running 0 112 18 15 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 81 1865 running 0 109 19 32 6   Dick Whalen Dick Whalen Chevrolet 81 950 running 0 106 20 17 81   John Borneman Borneman Plastering   (John Borneman) Chevrolet 79 1305 oil leak 0 103 21 11 78   Jim Robinson San-Val Lumber   (A.J. Kurten) Chevrolet 72 900 running 0 100 22 12 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 65 1745 engine 0 97 23 18 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 60 2700 running 0 94 24 35 57   Robert Tartaglia Don Guy Chevrolet 47 825 crash 0 91 25 2 01   Jimmy Insolo Allstate Building Materials   (Gerald Craker) Oldsmobile 45 1700 engine 0 88 26 19 29   Tim Williamson Tropical Rent-a-Car   (Tim Williamson) Chevrolet 33 775 carb fire 0 85 27 21 08   Rick McCray Rick McCray Buick 31 750 transmission 0 82 28 7 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 30 1225 crash 0 79 29 31 14   Dick Kranzler Parnelli Jones Enterprises   (Dick Kranzler) Chevrolet 23 700 transmission 0 76 30 9 73   Bill Schmitt Bill Schmitt Oldsmobile 13 675 transmission 0 73 31 29 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 9 1150 engine 0 70 32 23 0   Steve Pfeifer Leisure Land RV   (Michael McCluney) Chevrolet 8 625 fire 0   33 20 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 4 1100 crash 0 64 34 30 92   Chris Monoleos Buckstaff   (Chris Monoleos) Chevrolet 2 550 transmission 0 61 35 27 64   Elmo Langley Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 1 1000 transmission 0 58

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Chris Monoleos 92 driver change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ron McGee 03 MAC Productions Ron McGee Chevrolet Glen Ward 60 Rogue Valley Spa Brokerage Lillian Ward Chevrolet DC Joe Ruttman 92 Buckstaff Chris Monoleos Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 30 30     31 33 3   #21 accident   34 53 20     54 56 3   #57 accident   57 95 39       Percent of race run under caution: 6.3%             Average green flag run: 29.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt 1 2 2   Darrell Waltrip 3 7 5   Cale Yarborough 8 30 23   Bobby Allison 31 31 1   Cale Yarborough 32 65 34   Bobby Allison 66 95 30 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 2426     2   Bobby Allison 2363   -63   3   Cale Yarborough 2227   -199   4   Richard Petty 2202   -224   5   Dale Earnhardt 2017   -409   6   Joe Millikan 2006   -420   7   Benny Parsons 1992   -434   8   Terry Labonte 1845   -581   9   Richard Childress 1837   -589   10   J.D. McDuffie 1776   -650   11   D.K. Ulrich 1764   -662   12   Buddy Arrington 1725   -701   13   James Hylton 1705   -721   14   Buddy Baker 1704   -722   15   Frank Warren 1635   -791   16   Ricky Rudd 1499   -927   17   Ronnie Thomas 1419   -1007   18   Donnie Allison 1375   -1051   19   Cecil Gordon 1363   -1063   20   Tommy Gale 1291   -1135   21   Baxter Price 1218   -1208