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1979 World 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 13 of 31 Sunday, May 27, 1979 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 4:23:24 Average speed: 136.674 mph Pole speed: 160.125 mph Cautions: 9 for 48 laps Margin of victory: 5.6 sec Attendance: 135000 Lead changes: 54 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 400 55400 running 175 185 2 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 400 35650 running 28 175 3 15 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 400 27100 running 122 170 4 5 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 398 18225 running 0 160 5 4 27   Benny Parsons Griffin Marine   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 398 13570 running 0 155 6 10 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 397 14845 running 0 150 7 14 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 397 11580 running 0 146 8 20 7   Al Holbert Holbert Porsche   (Al Holbert) Chevrolet 396 8315 running 0 142 9 30 12   Lennie Pond Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 394 6815 running 13 143 10 23 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 393 9445 running 0 134 11 27 41   Grant Adcox Adcox-Kirby   (Herb Adcox) Oldsmobile 391 6090 running 0 130 12 33 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 391 7535 running 0 127 13 31 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 389 6865 running 0 124 14 29 0   Ronnie Thomas Avanti CB   (John Kennedy) Chevrolet 379 5490 running 0 121 15 19 39   Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin Mercury 375 4290 running 0 118 16 22 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 372 5705 tie rod 0 115 17 40 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 366 5095 running 0 112 18 37 40   D.K. Ulrich U.S. Army   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 353 4785 running 0 109 19 35 89   Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon Oldsmobile 348 3340 axle 0 106 20 34 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 340 4425 clutch 0 103 21 39 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 336 3715 running 0 100 22 7 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 331 6440 running 1 102 23 17 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 320 2615 clutch 0 94 24 38 50   Bruce Hill Global Heat Exchanger   (Walter Ballard) Buick 306 2390 engine 0 91 25 1 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 252 18790 valve 26 93 26 13 71   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 250 2440 crank 0 85 27 11 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 212 5380 valve 12 87 28 36 19   Bill Dennis Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 191 2530 engine 0 79 29 21 49   Glenn Jarrett Natural Light   (Charles Dean) Chevrolet 166 1630 axle 0   30 12 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 142 1610 axle 0 73 31 18 4   Bobby Fisher Pabst Blue Ribbon   (Bobby Fisher) Buick 136 1465 crash 0 70 32 25 17   Skip Manning Kings Inn   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 129 2325 rear end 0 67 33 26 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 128 1890 valve 1 69 34 16 6   Connie Saylor Lady & Son Auction   (G.C. Spencer) Oldsmobile 114 1465 crash 0 61 35 28 46   Travis Tiller Ring Enterprises   (Travis Tiller) Dodge 91 1315 engine 0 58 36 8 28   Buddy Baker Spectra   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 88 5040 engine 13 60 37 6 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 88 1315 engine 9 57 38 9 9   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) Mercury 36 1290 engine 0 49 39 24 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 10 1190 crash 0 46 40 32 68   Chuck Bown Kings Mountain Truck Plaza   (Jim Testa) Buick 0 1215 engine 0   41 41 57   Ron Hutcherson McClure Motors   (Alfred McClure) Ford 0 1165 rear end 0 40

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Kyle Petty 42 STP Petty Enterprises Dodge Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 11 11     12 16 5   #05 accident turn 1   17 28 12     29 31 3   #39 spun turn 4   32 36 5     37 43 7   #9 engine   44 112 69     113 123 11   #6,12 accident turn 4   124 143 20     144 152 9   #4 accident turn 2   153 166 14     167 170 4   #49 spun turn 2   171 185 15     186 191 6   #15 engine   192 262 71     263 266 4   #71 stalled turn 4   267 339 73     340 344 5   #50 spun turn 1   345 400 56       Percent of race run under caution: 13.5%             Average green flag run: 34.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Neil Bonnett 1 3 3   Richard Petty 4 4 1   Darrell Waltrip 5 6 2   Richard Petty 7 16 10   Buddy Baker 17 29 13   Bobby Allison 30 30 1   James Hylton 31 31 1   Dale Earnhardt 32 43 12   Darrell Waltrip 44 45 2   Dale Earnhardt 46 46 1   Darrell Waltrip 47 48 2   Richard Petty 49 49 1   Darrell Waltrip 50 50 1   Richard Petty 51 51 1   Darrell Waltrip 52 52 1   Richard Petty 53 53 1   Dale Earnhardt 54 75 22   Donnie Allison 76 84 9   Dale Earnhardt 85 85 1   Darrell Waltrip 86 97 12   Richard Petty 98 99 2   Lennie Pond 100 112 13   Richard Petty 113 114 2   Darrell Waltrip 115 119 5   Neil Bonnett 120 120 1   Darrell Waltrip 121 129 9   Dale Earnhardt 130 130 1   Darrell Waltrip 131 133 3   Neil Bonnett 134 135 2   Darrell Waltrip 136 144 9   Joe Millikan 145 152 8   Neil Bonnett 153 155 3   Darrell Waltrip 156 160 5   Neil Bonnett 161 161 1   Darrell Waltrip 162 165 4   Neil Bonnett 166 167 2   Darrell Waltrip 168 172 5   Neil Bonnett 173 174 2   Darrell Waltrip 175 182 8   Dale Earnhardt 183 186 4   Richard Petty 187 187 1   Joe Millikan 188 191 4   Neil Bonnett 192 202 11   Dale Earnhardt 203 203 1   Neil Bonnett 204 204 1   Dale Earnhardt 205 253 49   Richard Petty 254 258 5   Dale Earnhardt 259 263 5   Richard Petty 264 267 4   Dale Earnhardt 268 282 15   Darrell Waltrip 283 283 1   Dale Earnhardt 284 293 10   Darrell Waltrip 294 307 14   Dale Earnhardt 308 308 1   Darrell Waltrip 309 400 92 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 2066     2   Bobby Allison 2013   -53   3   Cale Yarborough 1897   -169   4   Richard Petty 1887   -179   5   Dale Earnhardt 1756   -310   6   Benny Parsons 1749   -317   7   Joe Millikan 1730   -336   8   D.K. Ulrich 1582   -484   9   Terry Labonte 1576   -490   10   Richard Childress 1541   -525   11   Buddy Baker 1534   -532   12   J.D. McDuffie 1509   -557   13   James Hylton 1450   -616   14   Buddy Arrington 1449   -617   15   Frank Warren 1432   -634   16   Ricky Rudd 1420   -646   17   Donnie Allison 1375   -691   18   Ronnie Thomas 1240   -826   19   Tommy Gale 1188   -878   20   Dave Marcis 1184   -882   21   Dick Brooks 1163   -903