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1979 Champion Spark Plug 400

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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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jan Opperman	96		Will Cronkrite	Ford

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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