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1979 Dixie 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 30 of 31
Sunday, November 4, 1979 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles)

Time of race: 3:33:46
Average speed: 140.12 mph
Pole speed: 164.813 mph

Cautions: 5 for 29 laps
Margin of victory: .5 cl
Attendance: 47000
Lead changes: 25

Glossary 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1979 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	328	20050	running	54	180
2	7	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Enterprises (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	328	16700	running	69	175
3	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	328	23150	running	136	175
4	3	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore)	Ford	328	10200	running	3	165
5	14	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	327	9100	running	10	160
6	13	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	327	8450	running	0	150
7	12	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	325	6745	running	0	146
8	6	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	324	6285	running	0	142
9	10	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	321	6600	running	0	138
10	24	77	Jody Ridley	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	320	4000	running	0	134
11	17	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Oldsmobile	320	2600	running	0	130
12	18	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	319	3915	running	0	127
13	33	51	Slick Johnson	J.D. Johnson	Chevrolet	317	2000	running	0	124
14	26	12	Buck Simmons	Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	315	1850	running	0	121
15	22	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	314	3605	running	0	118
16	21	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	314	3395	running	0	115
17	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	314	3225	running	0	112
18	34	00	Freddy Smith	Petty's of Spartanburg (Marvin Petty)	Chevrolet	313	1550	running	0
19	27	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	312	2965	running	0	106
20	30	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts (H.B. Bailey)	Pontiac	307	1400	running	0
21	36	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	297	2480	running	0	100
22	15	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	270	2220	running	0	97
23	11	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	266	2100	engine	0	94
24	16	08	John Anderson	Draime Racing (Russ Draime)	Chevrolet	256	2025	engine	0	91
25	19	40	D.K. Ulrich	Howard Johnson's (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	245	1985	engine	0	88
26	39	55	Wayne Watercutter	Ward Racing Enterprises (Wayne Watercutter)	Chevrolet	243	910	running	0	85
27	20	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Buick	236	850	oil leak	0	82
28	23	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	212	2665	engine	0	79
29	5	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Buick	211	1645	crash	0	76
30	32	98	Ralph Jones	Jones Racing (Ralph Jones)	Ford	202	720	battery	0	73
31	8	27	Benny Parsons	Griffin Marine (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	193	4400	engine	53	75
32	37	42	Kyle Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	176	690	engine	0	67
33	35	81	David Sosebee	Sosebee Racing (Gober Sosebee)	Chevrolet	163	680	engine	0	64
34	28	17	Steve Pfeifer	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	162	1575	crash	0	61
35	9	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	158	660	oil leak	0	58
36	38	31	John Rezek	RPM Enterprises (Curtis Payne)	Oldsmobile	117	640	engine	0
37	40	18	Randy Ogden	Ogden Racing (Jack Ogden)	Chevrolet	111	630	engine	0
38	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	103	1505	flagged	0	49
39	1	28	Buddy Baker	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	88	3360	engine	3	51
40	25	05	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing (Nelson Malloch)	Chevrolet	44	600	ignition	0	43
41	29	0	Dick May	Kennedy Racing (John Kennedy)	Chevrolet	4	600	engine	0	40

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Lake Speed			D.K. Ulrich

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	175	175
	176	184	9	#17 spun turn 2
	185	198	14
	199	206	8	#42 spun turn 1
	207	207	1
	208	210	3	#30,43 accident turns 3/4
	211	255	45
	256	259	4	#08 spun turn 3
	260	268	9
	269	273	5	#08 engine
	274	328	55
Percent of race run under caution: 8.8% Average green flag run: 49.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	3	3
Cale Yarborough	4	46	43
Dale Earnhardt	47	63	17
Darrell Waltrip	64	66	3
Benny Parsons	67	119	53
Dale Earnhardt	120	122	3
Darrell Waltrip	123	129	7
Cale Yarborough	130	202	73
Dale Earnhardt	203	214	12
Neil Bonnett	215	215	1
Cale Yarborough	216	216	1
Neil Bonnett	217	218	2
Cale Yarborough	219	219	1
Neil Bonnett	220	225	6
Dale Earnhardt	226	245	20
Neil Bonnett	246	256	11
Dale Earnhardt	257	262	6
Neil Bonnett	263	266	4
Bobby Allison	267	269	3
Cale Yarborough	270	283	14
Neil Bonnett	284	308	25
Cale Yarborough	309	310	2
Neil Bonnett	311	311	1
Cale Yarborough	312	313	2
Dale Earnhardt	314	324	11
Neil Bonnett	325	328	4

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	4672
2	Richard Petty	4670	-2
3	Bobby Allison	4458	-214
4	Cale Yarborough	4434	-238
5	Benny Parsons	4068	-604
6	Joe Millikan	3887	-785
7	Richard Childress	3620	-1052
8	Dale Earnhardt	3606	-1066
9	Ricky Rudd	3503	-1169
10	Terry Labonte	3491	-1181
11	Buddy Arrington	3483	-1189
12	D.K. Ulrich	3444	-1228
13	J.D. McDuffie	3398	-1274
14	James Hylton	3320	-1352
15	Frank Warren	3111	-1561
16	Buddy Baker	3084	-1588
17	Ronnie Thomas	2830	-1842
18	Tommy Gale	2734	-1938
19	Cecil Gordon	2646	-2026
20	Dave Marcis	2624	-2048
21	Jimmy Means	2575	-2097