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1979 Atlanta 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 31
March 18, 1979 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:41:47
Average Speed: 135.136 mph
Pole Speed: 165.951 mph Cautions: 5 for 42 laps
Margin of Victory: 18 sec
Attendance: 62,000

Glossary 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1979 standings

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	28	Buddy Baker	Spectra (Harry Ranier)	Oldsmobile	328	35,975	running	88	180
2	2	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore)	Ford	328	32,875	running	167	180
3	6	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	328	15,400	running	3	170
4	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	327	11,725	running	22	165
5	3	27	Benny Parsons	Griffin Marine (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	327	5,775	running	0	155
6	15	02	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	327	4,775	running	0	150
7	14	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	326	7,075	running	0	146
8	13	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt)	Oldsmobile	326	8,925	running	0	142
9	8	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	325	5,720	running	0	138
10	12	05	Dick Brooks	Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch)	Oldsmobile	325	3,025	running	0	134
11	11	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Oldsmobile	324	6,025	running	0	130
12	17	2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund	Buick	321	4,835	running	0	127
13	22	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	321	4,390	running	0	124
14	24	40	D.K. Ulrich	Airport Howard Johnson's (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	321	4,155	running	0	121
15	16	50	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	321	1,825	running	0	118
16	9	68	Chuck Bown	Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa)	Buick	315	1,600	running	0	115
17	32	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Oldsmobile	314	3,640	running	0	112
18	5	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	299	1,990	engine	42	114
19	37	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	295	3,410	running	0	106
20	26	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	295	3,295	running	0	103
21	23	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	282	2,705	running	0	100
22	30	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	273	2,470	engine	0	97
23	29	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon-Barnicle (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	249	2,285	running	0	94
24	27	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	221	2,000	overheating	0	91
25	7	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	211	1,965	engine	0	88
26	36	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	172	1,880	crash	0	85
27	35	6	Claude Ballot-Lena	JMS (G.C. Spencer)	Oldsmobile	168	950	crash	0
28	34	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	133	925	crash	0	79
29	38	67	Buddy Arrington	Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	129	1,785	engine	0	76
30	20	39	Blackie Wangerin	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	126	875	transmission	0	73
31	31	98	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones	Ford	126	1,835	clutch	0	70
32	18	37	Dave Watson	Ams Oil (Phil Howard)	Chevrolet	123	1,075	quit	6	72
33	25	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	82	1,315	transmission	0	64
34	39	25	Ronnie Thomas	1st National City Travelers Checks (Don Robertson)	Buick	71	1,305	handling	0	61
35	21	47	Geoffrey Bodine	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Oldsmobile	66	795	handling	0	58
36	10	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	61	765	steering	0
37	28	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Buick	54	1,255	steering	0	52
38	19	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	53	745	crash	0	49
39	33	0	John Kennedy	Avanti CB (John Kennedy)	Chevrolet	50	735	crash	0	46
40	40	53	Keith Davis	Keith Davis	Chevrolet	15	725	rear end	0	43

Lap leaders: B. Baker 1-2, B. Allison 3-29, B. Baker 30-41, B. Allison 42-47, D. Pearson 48, B. Allison 49-114, C. Yarborough 115-116, B. Baker 117, D. Watson 118-123, C. Yarborough 124-140, B. Allison 141, C. Yarborough 142, B. Allison 143-169, C. Yarborough 170-171, B. Baker 172-179, D. Pearson 180-195, D. Waltrip 196-198, B. Baker 199-220, B. Allison 221-242, D. Pearson 243-246, B. Allison 247-256, D. Pearson 257-261, B. Baker 262-263, D. Pearson 264-277, B. Baker 278, B. Allison 279-283, D. Pearson 284-285, B. Baker 286-301, B. Allison 302-304, B. Baker 305-328

Points standings (top 20) after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff +----+-----------------------+------+-----+ 1 Darrell Waltrip 807 2 Bobby Allison 791 -16 3 Cale Yarborough 789 -18 4 Donnie Allison 682 -125 5 Joe Millikan 672 -135 6 Benny Parsons 653 -154 7 D.K. Ulrich 650 -157 8 Dale Earnhardt 625 -182 9 Richard Petty 599 -208 10 Richard Childress 573 -234 11 Dave Marcis 562 -245 12 Frank Warren 551 -256 13 J.D. McDuffie 546 -261 14 Buddy Arrington 536 -271 15 James Hylton 527 -280 16 Dick Brooks 524 -283 17 Terry Labonte 521 -286 18 Buddy Baker 520 -287 19 David Pearson 440 -367 20 Ronnie Thomas 437 -370 +----+-----------------------+------+-----+