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1979 Winston Western 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 31
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 Cup results / 1979 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	119	21150	running	87	185
2	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	119	14200	running	9	175
3	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	119	12675	running	3	170
4	8	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	Oldsmobile	118	8000	running	0	160
5	17	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	118	7550	running	0	155
6	15	72	Joe Millikan	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	118	7050	running	0	150
7	11	28	Buddy Baker	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	118	6350	running	0	146
8	14	51	Jim Thirkettle	Allied Box & Crate (Jim Thirkettle)	Buick	117	2450	running	0	142
9	26	74	Tim Williamson	Cal-Four (Tim Williamson)	Chevrolet	116	2300	running	0	138
10	21	12	Harry Gant	Black Diamond Coal (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	116	2350	running	0	134
11	16	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	114	4200	running	0	130
12	24	25	Ronnie Thomas	1st National City Travelers Checks (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	114	4780	running	0	127
13	34	19	Vince Giamformaggio	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	113	3470	running	0	124
14	12	40	D.K. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	113	3310	running	0	121
15	23	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	112	3060	running	0	118
16	7	01	Jimmy Insolo	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Oldsmobile	111	3380	oil pump	0	115
17	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	109	2720	running	0	112
18	30	67	Buddy Arrington	Switzer Contractors (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	109	2560	running	0	109
19	3	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	105	4950	engine	15	111
20	13	7	Al Holbert	Bosch (Al Holbert)	Chevrolet	104	1195	running	5	108
21	10	2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	103	2230	running	0	100
22	35	52	Don Graham	City Tow (Rodney Friesen)	Chevrolet	100	1495	engine	0	97
23	33	17	Harry Goularte	Associated Concrete (Harry Goularte)	Chevrolet	82	1460	running	0	94
24	9	02	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	81	1055	running	0	91
25	19	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon-Barnicle (Cecil Gordon)	Oldsmobile	66	1875	engine	0	88
26	5	27	Benny Parsons	Hodgdon Tool (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	56	955	transmission	0	85
27	18	79	Frank Warren	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Frank Warren)	Dodge	48	1755	engine	0	82
28	32	13	Don Puskarich	Matt Puskarich	Chevrolet	47	855	running	0	79
29	27	22	Richard White	Boulevard Automotive (Mike White)	Chevrolet	32	805	engine	0	76
30	31	81	Jim Robinson	Borneman Plastering (John Borneman)	Chevrolet	17	755	engine	0	73
31	29	99	Don Noel	Noel's Welding Shop (Don Noel)	Chevrolet	15	700	transmission	0	70
32	6	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	14	4600	engine	0	67
33	22	05	Dick Brooks	Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch)	Oldsmobile	12	600	engine	0	64
34	28	5	Neil Bonnett	Tune Up Masters (Jim Stacy)	Chevrolet	10	1050	clutch	0	61
35	25	44	Terry Labonte	Duck Industries (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	7	1000	engine	0	58

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	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
	Robert Tartaglia	57
	Jim Robinson	78
	John Krebs	91	Action Automotive	John Krebs	Buick
DC	John Borneman	81	Borneman Plastering	John Borneman	Chevrolet

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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	185
2	David Pearson	175	-10
3	Cale Yarborough	170	-15
4	Bill Schmitt	160	-25
5	Donnie Allison	155	-30
6	Joe Millikan	150	-35
7	Buddy Baker	146	-39
8	Jim Thirkettle	142	-43
9	Tim Williamson	138	-47
10	Harry Gant	134	-51
11	James Hylton	130	-55
12	Ronnie Thomas	127	-58
13	Vince Giamformaggio	124	-61
14	D.K. Ulrich	121	-64
15	Richard Childress	118	-67
16	Jimmy Insolo	115	-70
17	J.D. McDuffie	112	-73
18	Bobby Allison	111	-74
19	Buddy Arrington	109	-76
20	Al Holbert	108	-77
21	Dale Earnhardt	100	-85