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1979 Winston Western 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston West Series race number 1 of 16 Combination race with Winston Cup drivers An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn Sunday, January 14, 1979 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.780 miles) Time of race: 2:53:30 Average speed: 107.82 mph Pole speed: 113.659 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 3.27 sec Attendance: 68000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston West Series results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 88   Darrell Waltrip   (Cup) Gatorade   (DiGard) Chevrolet 119 21150 running 87 0 2 1 21   David Pearson   (Cup) Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 119 14200 running 9 0 3 2 11   Cale Yarborough   (Cup) Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 119 12675 running 3 0 4 8 73   Bill Schmitt Old Milwaukee   (Jim Schmitt) Oldsmobile 118 8000 running 0 60 5 17 1   Donnie Allison   (Cup) Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 118 7550 running 0 0 6 15 72   Joe Millikan   (Cup) L.G. DeWitt Chevrolet 118 7050 running 0 0 7 11 28   Buddy Baker   (Cup) W.I.N.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 118 6350 running 0 0 8 14 51   Jim Thirkettle Allied Box & Crate   (Jim Thirkettle) Buick 117 2450 running 0 49 9 26 74   Tim Williamson Cal-Four   (Charles Williamson) Chevrolet 116 2300 running 0 48 10 21 12   Harry Gant   (Cup) Black Diamond Coal   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 116 2350 running 0 0 11 16 48   James Hylton   (Cup) Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 114 4200 running 0 0 12 24 25   Ronnie Thomas   (Cup) 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 114 4780 running 0 0 13 34 19   Vince Giamformaggio   (Cup) Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 113 3470 running 0 0 14 12 40   D.K. Ulrich   (Cup) Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 113 3310 running 0 0 15 23 3   Richard Childress   (Cup) CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 112 3060 running 0 0 16 7 01   Jimmy Insolo Lake's Drywall   (Gerald Craker) Oldsmobile 111 3380 oil pump 0 47 17 20 70   J.D. McDuffie   (Cup) Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 109 2720 running 0 0 18 30 67   Buddy Arrington   (Cup) Switzer Contractors   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 109 2560 running 0 0 19 3 15   Bobby Allison   (Cup) Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 105 4950 engine 15 0 20 13 7   Al Holbert   (Cup) Bosch   (Al Holbert) Chevrolet 104 1195 running 5 0 21 10 2   Dale Earnhardt   (Cup) Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 103 2230 running 0 0 22 35 52   Don Graham City Tow   (Rodney Friesen) Chevrolet 100 1495 engine 0 46 23 33 17   Harry Goularte Associated Concrete   (Harry Goularte) Chevrolet 82 1460 running 0 45 24 9 02   Dave Marcis   (Cup) Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 81 1055 running 0 0 25 19 24   Cecil Gordon   (Cup) Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 66 1875 engine 0 0 26 5 27   Benny Parsons   (Cup) Hodgdon Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 56 955 transmission 0 0 27 18 79   Frank Warren   (Cup) 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment   (Frank Warren) Dodge 48 1755 engine 0 0 28 32 13   Don Puskarich Matt Puskarich Chevrolet 47 855 running 0 44 29 27 22   Richard White Boulevard Automotive   (Mike White) Chevrolet 32 805 engine 0 43 30 31 81   Jim Robinson Borneman Plastering   (Arthur Godfrey) Chevrolet 17 755 engine 0 42 31 29 99   Don Noel Noel's Welding Shop   (Don Noel) Chevrolet 15 700 transmission 0 41 32 6 43   Richard Petty   (Cup) STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 14 4600 engine 0 0 33 22 05   Dick Brooks   (Cup) Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 12 600 engine 0 0 34 28 5   Neil Bonnett   (Cup) Tune Up Masters   (Jim Stacy) Chevrolet 10 1050 clutch 0 0 35 25 44   Terry Labonte   (Cup) Duck Industries   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 7 1000 engine 0 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Steve Pfeifer 0 CARI Machine Michael McCluney Chevrolet Rick McCray 08 Ken McCray Buick Ed Hale 20 Peralta Chevrolet Richard Peralta Chevrolet Gary Matthews 51 Gary Matthews Pontiac John Krebs 91 Action Automotive John Krebs Buick Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 3 3   Darrell Waltrip 4 20 17   Bobby Allison 21 27 7   David Pearson 28 28 1   Al Holbert 29 30 2   Darrell Waltrip 31 59 29   Al Holbert 60 62 3   David Pearson 63 63 1   Darrell Waltrip 64 90 27   David Pearson 91 94 4   Bobby Allison 95 102 8   David Pearson 103 105 3   Darrell Waltrip 106 119 14 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Bill Schmitt 60     2   Jim Thirkettle 49   -11   3   Tim Williamson 48   -12   4   Jimmy Insolo 47   -13   5   Don Graham 46   -14   6   Harry Goularte 45   -15   7   Don Puskarich 44   -16   8   Richard White 43   -17   9   Jim Robinson 42   -18   10   Don Noel 41   -19