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1979 Northwestern Bank 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 31 Sunday, March 25, 1979 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 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: 17500 Lead changes: 20 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 400 13750 running 51 180 2 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 400 8300 running 211 180 3 1 27   Benny Parsons Griffin Marine   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 400 8600 running 34 170 4 5 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 400 4275 running 9 165 5 4 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 399 4575 running 0 155 6 14 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 399 2785 running 2 155 7 10 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 397 2305 running 11 151 8 11 28   Buddy Baker Spectra   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 397 3675 running 2 147 9 2 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 397 4925 running 70 143 10 6 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 397 3575 running 8 139 11 12 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 396 3250 running 1 135 12 8 02   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 396 775 running 1 132 13 17 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 395 750 running 0 124 14 9 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 392 1945 running 0 121 15 30 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 391 1800 running 0 118 16 15 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 390 1765 running 0 115 17 21 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 386 1630 running 0 112 18 16 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 384 1495 running 0 109 19 18 17   Roger Hamby Lowe's Stores   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 382 1360 running 0 106 20 19 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 372 1225 running 0 103 21 24 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 365 1050 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 1945 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

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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   21   Cecil Gordon 497   -474