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1979 Champion Spark Plug 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 21 of 31 Sunday, August 19, 1979 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 3:04:05 Average speed: 130.376 mph Pole speed: 162.992 mph Cautions: 5 for 35 laps Margin of victory: 1 sec Attendance: 60000 Lead changes: 21 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 200 21100 running 9 180 2 11 28   Buddy Baker W.I.N.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 200 12425 running 115 180 3 6 27   Benny Parsons Melling Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 200 12820 running 0 165 4 1 2   David Pearson Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 199 10215 running 0 160 5 20 08   John Anderson Draime Race Engines   (Russ Draime) Chevrolet 199 4355 running 0 155 6 7 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 199 7195 running 8 155 7 16 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 199 5320 running 0 146 8 28 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 197 4890 running 0 142 9 15 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 197 4670 running 0 138 10 12 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 197 4550 running 0 134 11 13 17   Bill Elliott Knutsons RV   (George Elliott) Mercury 195 4120 running 0 130 12 31 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 195 3850 running 0 127 13 34 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 195 1675 running 0 124 14 18 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 193 3130 running 0 121 15 29 0   John Kennedy Avanti CB   (John Kennedy) Chevrolet 188 1490 running 0   16 30 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 188 2725 running 0 115 17 8 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 185 6270 engine 3 117 18 35 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 183 2300 running 0 109 19 10 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 173 4775 running 0 106 20 22 67   Buddy Arrington Hills Racing   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 150 1965 engine 0 103 21 26 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Oldsmobile 146 1920 running 0 100 22 19 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 145 1875 running 0 97 23 2 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 141 4935 engine 38 99 24 32 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 131 2785 overheating 0 91 25 9 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 129 875 clutch 5 93 26 4 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 108 1475 engine 5 90 27 33 6   Marty Robbins Robbins Racing   (Marty Robbins) Dodge 96 825 engine 0 82 28 17 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 85 1300 running 0 79 29 14 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 81 785 exhaust 0 76 30 21 71   Dave Marcis Transmissions Unlimited   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 67 765 engine 0 73 31 24 19   Lennie Pond Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 57 1250 overheating 0 70 32 23 22   Al Rudd, Jr. Bill Lewis   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 39 740 clutch 0   33 3 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 28 1405 ignition 17 69 34 36 01   Earle Canavan Scope Mount   (Earle Canavan) Dodge 23 720 engine 0   35 25 36   H.B. Bailey Caldwell Knapp Cadillac   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 2 710 crash 0 58 36 27 39   Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin Mercury 2 700 crash 0 55

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Jan Opperman 96 Will Cronkrite Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 3 3     4 19 16     20 22 3     23 25 3     26 26 1     27 29 3     30 110 81     111 116 6     117 178 62     179 185 7     186 200 15       Percent of race run under caution: 17.5%             Average green flag run: 27.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 1 1   Neil Bonnett 2 18 17   Bobby Allison 19 22 4   Richard Petty 23 25 3   Joe Millikan 26 30 5   Cale Yarborough 31 33 3   Joe Millikan 34 36 3   Buddy Baker 37 54 18   Bobby Allison 55 57 3   Buddy Baker 58 64 7   Bobby Allison 65 66 2   Terry Labonte 67 71 5   Harry Gant 72 76 5   Bobby Allison 77 103 27   Richard Petty 104 104 1   Buddy Baker 105 110 6   Richard Petty 111 111 1   Bobby Allison 112 112 1   Richard Petty 113 115 3   Buddy Baker 116 199 84   Richard Petty 200 200 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 3352     2   Richard Petty 3197   -155   3   Cale Yarborough 3063   -289   4   Bobby Allison 3023   -329   5   Benny Parsons 2827   -525   6   Joe Millikan 2719   -633   7   Dale Earnhardt 2588   -764   8   Richard Childress 2524   -828   9   J.D. McDuffie 2510   -842   10   Buddy Arrington 2415   -937   11   James Hylton 2363   -989   12   D.K. Ulrich 2358   -994   13   Buddy Baker 2351   -1001   14   Terry Labonte 2345   -1007   15   Ricky Rudd 2231   -1121   16   Frank Warren 2211   -1141   17   Ronnie Thomas 1953   -1399   18   Cecil Gordon 1812   -1540   19   Tommy Gale 1804   -1548   20   Donnie Allison 1750   -1602   21   Dick Brooks 1716   -1636