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1979 Northwestern Bank 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 31
Sunday, March 25, 1979 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a .625 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:49:41
Average Speed: 88.4 mph
Pole Speed: 108.136 mph

Cautions: 4 for 32 laps
Margin of Victory: 3.5 sec
Attendance: 17,500
Lead changes: 20

Glossary 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1979 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
2	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	400	8,300	running	211	180
9	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	397	4,925	running	70	143
1	3	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore)	Ford	400	13,750	running	51	180
3	1	27	Benny Parsons	Griffin Marine (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	400	8,600	running	34	170
7	10	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	397	2,305	running	11	151
4	5	2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	400	4,275	running	9	165
10	6	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	397	3,575	running	8	139
6	14	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	399	2,785	running	2	155
8	11	28	Buddy Baker	Spectra (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	397	3,675	running	2	147
11	12	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	396	3,250	running	1	135
12	8	02	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	396	775	running	1	132
5	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	399	4,575	running	0	155
13	17	05	Dick Brooks	Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch)	Oldsmobile	395	750	running	0	124
14	9	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	392	1,945	running	0	121
15	30	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	391	1,800	running	0	118
16	15	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	390	1,765	running	0	115
17	21	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	386	1,630	running	0	112
18	16	40	D.K. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	384	1,495	running	0	109
19	18	17	Roger Hamby	Lowe's Stores (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	382	1,360	running	0	106
20	19	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	372	1,225	running	0	103
21	24	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	365	1,050	running	0	100
22	23	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon-Barnicle (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	361	925	running	0	97
23	25	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	359	705	running	0	94
24	27	87	Slick Johnson	Don Satterfield	Chevrolet	211	435	crash	0	91
25	13	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	168	725	rear end	0	88
26	26	09	Nelson Oswald	Bolton Auto Parts (Nelson Oswald)	Chevrolet	142	415	crash	0	85
27	28	7	Earl Brooks	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	79	405	rear end	0
28	20	25	Ronnie Thomas	1st National City Travelers Checks (Don Robertson)	Buick	40	1,945	crash	0	79
29	29	99	Bill Hollar	Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar)	Chevrolet	32	385	rear end	0	76
30	22	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	14	625	engine	0	73

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	64	64
Richard Childress	65	65	1
Donnie Allison	66	66	1
J.D. McDuffie	67	68	2
Joe Millikan	69	76	8
Richard Petty	77	152	76
Cale Yarborough	153	158	6
Richard Childress	159	163	5
Buddy Baker	164	164	1
Dave Marcis	165	165	1
Richard Petty	166	231	66
Benny Parsons	232	233	2
Buddy Baker	234	234	1
Richard Childress	235	239	5
Benny Parsons	240	271	32
Richard Petty	272	309	38
Bobby Allison	310	313	4
Dale Earnhardt	314	322	9
Richard Petty	323	353	31
Bobby Allison	354	400	47

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	971
2	Darrell Waltrip	962	-9
3	Cale Yarborough	932	-39
4	Benny Parsons	823	-148
5	Donnie Allison	817	-154
6	Joe Millikan	811	-160
7	Dale Earnhardt	790	-181
8	Richard Petty	779	-192
9	D.K. Ulrich	759	-212
10	Richard Childress	724	-247
11	J.D. McDuffie	701	-270
12	Dave Marcis	694	-277
13	Buddy Baker	667	-304
14	Frank Warren	663	-308
15	Dick Brooks	648	-323
16	James Hylton	642	-329
17	Terry Labonte	639	-332
18	Buddy Arrington	624	-347
19	Ricky Rudd	520	-451
20	Ronnie Thomas	516	-455

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