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1979 NAPA Riverside 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston West Series race number 3 of 16 Combination race with Winston Cup drivers An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn Sunday, June 10, 1979 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 95 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (248.900 miles) Time of race: 2:23:58 Average speed: 103.732 mph Pole speed: 113.089 mph Cautions: 2 for 6 laps Margin of victory: 32.9 sec Attendance: 30000 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston West Series results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 15   Bobby Allison   (Cup) Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 95 22700 running 31 0 2 3 88   Darrell Waltrip   (Cup) Gatorade   (DiGard) Chevrolet 95 14875 running 5 0 3 5 43   Richard Petty   (Cup) STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 95 10350 running 0 0 4 6 11   Cale Yarborough   (Cup) Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 95 11800 running 57 0 5 8 27   Benny Parsons   (Cup) M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 94 6800 running 0 0 6 24 3   Richard Childress   (Cup) CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 92 5500 running 0 0 7 13 70   J.D. McDuffie   (Cup) Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 91 4580 running 0 0 8 16 93   Norm Palmer Norm Palmer Dodge 91 2500 running 0 60 9 14 67   Buddy Arrington   (Cup) Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 91 3970 running 0 0 10 10 72   Joe Millikan   (Cup) Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 91 6150 running 0 0 11 25 24   Cecil Gordon   (Cup) Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 89 3310 running 0 0 12 26 74   Hal Callentine   (Cup) Cal-Four   (Hal Callentine) Oldsmobile 88 2590 running 0 0 13 1 2   Dale Earnhardt   (Cup) Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 87 7250 running 2 0 14 22 48   James Hylton   (Cup) Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 85 2780 running 0 0 15 33 20   Ed Hale Peralta & Hale   (Richard Peralta) Chevrolet 85 2045 running 0 49 16 28 22   Richard White Boulevard Automotive   (Mike White) Chevrolet 81 1785 running 0 48 17 34 45   Baxter Price   (Cup) Baxter Price Chevrolet 81 2100 running 0 0 18 15 44   Terry Labonte   (Cup) Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 81 1865 running 0 0 19 32 6   Dick Whalen Dick Whalen Chevrolet 81 950 running 0 47 20 17 81   John Borneman Borneman Plastering   (Arthur Godfrey) Chevrolet 79 1305 oil leak 0 46 21 11 78   Jim Robinson San-Val Lumber   (A.J. Kurten) Chevrolet 72 900 running 0 45 22 12 79   Frank Warren   (Cup) Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 65 1745 engine 0 0 23 18 25   Ronnie Thomas   (Cup) Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 60 2700 running 0 0 24 35 57   Robert Tartaglia Don Guy Chevrolet 47 825 crash 0 44 25 2 01   Jimmy Insolo Allstate Building Materials   (Gerald Craker) Oldsmobile 45 1700 engine 0 43 26 19 29   Tim Williamson Tropical Rent-a-Car   (Charles Williamson) Chevrolet 33 775 carb fire 0 42 27 21 08   Rick McCray Ken McCray Buick 31 750 transmission 0 41 28 7 21   Neil Bonnett   (Cup) Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 30 1225 crash 0 0 29 31 14   Dick Kranzler Parnelli Jones Enterprises   (Dick Kranzler) Chevrolet 23 700 transmission 0 40 30 9 73   Bill Schmitt Jim Schmitt Oldsmobile 13 675 transmission 0 39 31 29 52   Jimmy Means   (Cup) Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 9 1150 engine 0 0 32 23 0   Steve Pfeifer   (Cup) Leisure Land RV   (Michael McCluney) Chevrolet 8 625 fire 0 0 33 20 40   D.K. Ulrich   (Cup) Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 4 1100 crash 0 0 34 30 92   Chris Monoleos Buckstaff   (Chris Monoleos) Chevrolet 2 550 transmission 0 38 35 27 64   Elmo Langley   (Cup) Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 1 1000 transmission 0 0

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Chris Monoleos 92 driver change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ron McGee 03 MAC Productions Ron McGee Chevrolet Glen Ward 60 Rogue Valley Spa Brokerage Lillian Ward Chevrolet DC Joe Ruttman 92 Buckstaff Chris Monoleos Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt 1 2 2   Darrell Waltrip 3 7 5   Cale Yarborough 8 30 23   Bobby Allison 31 31 1   Cale Yarborough 32 65 34   Bobby Allison 66 95 30 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bill Schmitt 159     2   Jimmy Insolo 139   -20   3   Tim Williamson 138   -21   4   Richard White 135   -24   5   Jim Robinson 123   -36   6   John Borneman 92   -67   7   Dick Kranzler 83   -76   8   Rick McCray 82   -77   9   Robert Tartaglia 78   -81   10   Chris Monoleos 73   -86   11   Norm Palmer 60   -99   12   Jim Thirkettle 49   -110   12   Ed Hale 49   -110   14   Frank Swords 47   -112   14   Dick Whalen 47   -112   16   Don Graham 46   -113   17   Bill Osborne 45   -114   17   Harry Goularte 45   -114   19   Don Puskarich 44   -115   20   Ruben Garcia 42   -117   21   Don Noel 41   -118