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1979 Capital City 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 31
Sunday, September 9, 1979 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA
400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles)

Time of race: 2:41:23
Average speed: 80.604 mph
Pole speed: 92.605 mph

Cautions: 2 for 20 laps
Margin of victory: 11 sec
Attendance: 20000
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1979 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore)	Ford	400	15400	running	369	185
2	5	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	400	9525	running	11	175
3	10	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	399	5650	running	1	170
4	1	2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	399	7250	running	19	165
5	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	398	5975	running	0	155
6	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	398	6300	running	0	150
7	9	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	397	1400	running	0	146
8	6	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	397	2750	running	0	142
9	8	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	397	1200	running	0	138
10	4	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	395	3925	running	0	134
11	12	17	Bill Elliott	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	390	2320	running	0	130
12	13	40	D.K. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	386	2195	running	0	127
13	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	384	2050	running	0	124
14	16	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	381	1940	running	0	121
15	18	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	379	1830	running	0	118
16	23	75	Bill Elswick	Rahmoc Enterprises	Oldsmobile	372	750	running	0	115
17	14	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	371	1845	running	0	112
18	26	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	365	1435	running	0	109
19	22	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	365	1300	running	0	106
20	24	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	330	1175	running	0	103
21	15	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	262	1075	crash	0	100
22	21	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing (Earle Canavan)	Dodge	233	575	rear end	0	97
23	17	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	227	1800	engine	0	94
24	19	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	173	785	engine	0	91
25	11	19	Lennie Pond	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	141	835	brakes	0	88
26	25	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	2	750	distributor	0	85

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Don Satterfield	87	Satterfield Racing	Gerald Satterfield	Chevrolet
	Richard Ulbricht	95	Sportsmen's Country Farms Inc.	L.B. Hopkins	Oldsmobile

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dale Earnhardt	1	18	18
Bobby Allison	19	146	128
Dale Earnhardt	147	147	1
Bobby Allison	148	270	123
Ricky Rudd	271	271	1
Darrell Waltrip	272	282	11
Bobby Allison	283	400	118

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	3847
2	Richard Petty	3660	-187
3	Bobby Allison	3517	-330
4	Cale Yarborough	3479	-368
5	Benny Parsons	3294	-553
6	Joe Millikan	3121	-726
7	Richard Childress	2848	-999
8	J.D. McDuffie	2825	-1022
9	Buddy Arrington	2781	-1066
10	Terry Labonte	2764	-1083
11	Dale Earnhardt	2753	-1094
12	D.K. Ulrich	2736	-1111
13	Ricky Rudd	2681	-1166
14	James Hylton	2636	-1211
15	Buddy Baker	2516	-1331
16	Frank Warren	2505	-1342
17	Ronnie Thomas	2220	-1627
18	Tommy Gale	2113	-1734
19	Cecil Gordon	2103	-1744
20	Jimmy Means	2038	-1809
21	Dick Brooks	1965	-1882