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1979 Southeastern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 31 Sunday, April 1, 1979 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:55:39 Average speed: 91.033 mph Pole speed: 111.668 mph Cautions: 6 for 44 laps Margin of victory: 3 sec Attendance: 26000 Lead changes: 8 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 500 19800 running 163 185 2 4 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 500 11150 running 42 175 3 2 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 500 8300 running 155 170 4 13 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Oldsmobile 498 5850 running 0 160 5 6 27   Benny Parsons Valleydale Meats   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 497 3150 running 0 155 6 3 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 495 4100 running 1 155 7 10 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 490 4200 running 0 146 8 12 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 486 4050 running 0 142 9 16 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 486 3530 running 0 138 10 15 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 485 3120 running 0 134 11 14 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 484 2725 running 0 130 12 11 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 481 2800 running 0 127 13 27 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 480 2290 running 0 124 14 20 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 473 1780 running 0 121 15 25 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 470 1645 running 0 118 16 28 76   Mike Potter Miller   (Mike Potter) Chevrolet 463 660 running 0 115 17 8 02   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 462 635 running 0 112 18 24 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 460 1410 running 0 109 19 23 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 456 1095 running 0 106 20 19 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 429 1080 running 0 103 21 17 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Oldsmobile 385 565 engine 0 100 22 21 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 366 550 water pump 0 97 23 18 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 335 1785 crash 0 94 24 5 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 216 4470 crash 1 96 25 1 28   Buddy Baker Spectra   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 211 5210 crash 138 93 26 7 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 197 1000 rear end 0 85 27 26 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 141 740 engine 0 82 28 22 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 100 730 engine 0 79 29 30 74   Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 33 470 quit 0 76 30 29 98   Ralph Jones Jones Racing   (Ralph Jones) Ford 31 460 brakes 0 73

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 138 138   Dale Earnhardt 139 140 2   Donnie Allison 141 141 1   Cale Yarborough 142 142 1   Darrell Waltrip 143 212 70   Bobby Allison 213 254 42   Dale Earnhardt 255 388 134   Darrell Waltrip 389 473 85   Dale Earnhardt 474 500 27 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bobby Allison 1146     2   Darrell Waltrip 1132   -14   3   Cale Yarborough 1028   -118   4   Benny Parsons 978   -168   5   Dale Earnhardt 975   -171   6   Donnie Allison 972   -174   7   Joe Millikan 953   -193   8   Richard Petty 939   -207   9   D.K. Ulrich 886   -260   10   Richard Childress 854   -292   11   Dave Marcis 806   -340   12   J.D. McDuffie 786   -360   13   Terry Labonte 785   -361   14   James Hylton 780   -366   15   Frank Warren 766   -380   16   Buddy Baker 760   -386   17   Buddy Arrington 748   -398   18   Dick Brooks 745   -401   19   Ricky Rudd 654   -492   20   Cecil Gordon 615   -531   21   Ronnie Thomas 610   -536