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1979 NAPA National 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 31 Sunday, October 7, 1979 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:43:53 Average speed: 134.266 mph Pole speed: 164.304 mph Cautions: 8 for 40 laps Margin of victory: 1 lp 5 sec Attendance: 90000 Lead changes: 28 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 334 39000 running 58 180 2 6 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 333 27475 running 61 175 3 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 332 23100 running 26 170 4 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 332 15375 running 11 165 5 7 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 331 7700 running 0 155 6 5 27   Benny Parsons Zoom Clutches   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 331 12250 running 22 155 7 13 9   Bill Elliott Yandle / Thermol King   (George Elliott) Mercury 330 5255 running 1 151 8 20 05   Dick Brooks Comp Con   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 328 4765 running 0 142 9 17 40   D.K. Ulrich U.S. Army   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 327 6750 running 0 138 10 8 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 327 14515 running 55 139 11 21 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 327 6105 running 0 130 12 32 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 324 5895 running 0 127 13 28 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 324 5685 running 0 124 14 18 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 324 5465 running 2 126 15 14 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 323 5155 running 0 118 16 16 08   John Anderson Draime Race Engines   (Russ Draime) Chevrolet 322 3230 running 1 120 17 27 57   Dick May McClure Motors   (Alfred McClure) Ford 322 3180 running 0 112 18 37 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 321 3080 running 0 109 19 30 79   Frank Warren Almeda Auto Parts   (Frank Warren) Dodge 320 2980 running 0 106 20 10 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 319 3980 engine 7 108 21 34 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 311 3300 running 0 100 22 38 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 309 2890 running 0 97 23 36 4   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 308 1395 running 0 94 24 29 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Oldsmobile 302 2480 running 0 91 25 2 28   Buddy Baker W.I.N.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 282 20995 crash 79 98 26 39 77   Jody Ridley Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 281 1220 engine 0 85 27 40 81   David Sosebee Gober Sosebee Chevrolet 249 1170 crash 0 82 28 23 31   John Rezek RPM Enterprises   (Curtis Payne) Oldsmobile 239 1145 running 0 79 29 12 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 223 4820 steering 0 76 30 33 17   Steve Pfeifer Kings Inn   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 198 2020 running 0 73 31 1 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 184 13250 engine 9 75 32 22 19   Cecil Gordon Natural Light   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 155 1890 clutch 0 67 33 11 68   Chuck Bown Boy Scouts Special   (Jim Testa) Chevrolet 112 960 engine 0   34 31 89   Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon Oldsmobile 101 945 crash 1   35 24 75   Bobby Brack Rahmoc Enterprises Chevrolet 70 930 crash 1 63 36 15 12   Jack Ingram Ramey's Chevy City   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 59 915 engine 0   37 25 71   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 26 900 crash 0 52 38 26 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 16 2790 engine 0 49 39 35 16   Richard Brickhouse Pender Auto Parts   (Jimmy Edwards) Oldsmobile 15 870 engine 0 46 40 19 14   Jimmy Means Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 1 855 handling 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ricky Knotts Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 13 13     14 17 4   debris turn 3   18 26 9     27 31 5   #31,71,81 accident backstretch   32 60 29     61 69 9   #12 spun frontstretch   70 71 2     72 75 4   #75 accident turn 2   76 101 26     102 107 6   #89 accident turn 1   108 114 7     115 119 5   #68 spun turn 4   120 222 103     223 226 4   #72 accident turn 4   227 279 53     280 282 3   #28,77 accident turn 3   283 334 52       Percent of race run under caution: 12.0%             Average green flag run: 32.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Neil Bonnett 1 3 3   Darrell Waltrip 4 4 1   Neil Bonnett 5 10 6   Dale Earnhardt 11 15 5   John Anderson 16 16 1   Richard Childress 17 18 2   Dale Earnhardt 19 21 3   Richard Petty 22 28 7   Harry Gant 29 35 7   Benny Parsons 36 41 6   Bobby Allison 42 61 20   Jim Vandiver 62 62 1   Bobby Brack 63 63 1   Bobby Allison 64 99 36   Richard Petty 100 103 4   Bill Elliott 104 104 1   Dale Earnhardt 105 151 47   Benny Parsons 152 166 15   Bobby Allison 167 167 1   Benny Parsons 168 168 1   Buddy Baker 169 183 15   Cale Yarborough 184 184 1   Darrell Waltrip 185 209 25   Buddy Baker 210 224 15   Cale Yarborough 225 225 1   Buddy Baker 226 242 17   Bobby Allison 243 246 4   Buddy Baker 247 278 32   Cale Yarborough 279 334 56 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 4228     2   Richard Petty 4175   -53   3   Bobby Allison 4007   -221   4   Cale Yarborough 3981   -247   5   Benny Parsons 3633   -595   6   Joe Millikan 3522   -706   7   Richard Childress 3222   -1006   8   D.K. Ulrich 3135   -1093   9   Buddy Arrington 3121   -1107   10   Dale Earnhardt 3111   -1117   11   Terry Labonte 3108   -1120   12   J.D. McDuffie 3104   -1124   13   Ricky Rudd 3103   -1125   14   Buddy Baker 2964   -1264   15   James Hylton 2945   -1283   16   Frank Warren 2835   -1393   17   Ronnie Thomas 2463   -1765   18   Tommy Gale 2428   -1800   19   Cecil Gordon 2364   -1864   20   Dick Brooks 2310   -1918