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1979 Capital City 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 31 Sunday, September 9, 1979 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles) Time of race: 2:41:23 Average speed: 80.604 mph Pole speed: 92.605 mph Cautions: 2 for 20 laps Margin of victory: 11 sec Attendance: 20000 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 22 21 01   Earle Canavan Canavan Racing   (Earle Canavan) Dodge 233 575 rear end 0 97 4 1 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 399 7250 running 19 165 15 18 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 379 1830 running 0 118 5 3 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 398 5975 running 0 155 1 2 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 400 15400 running 369 185 11 12 17   Bill Elliott Kings Inn   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 390 2320 running 0 130 25 11 19   Lennie Pond Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 141 835 brakes 0 88 18 26 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 365 1435 running 0 109 23 17 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 227 1800 engine 0 94 8 6 27   Benny Parsons M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 397 2750 running 0 142 12 13 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 386 2195 running 0 127 6 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 398 6300 running 0 150 17 14 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 371 1845 running 0 112 19 22 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 365 1300 running 0 106 9 8 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 397 1200 running 0 138 21 15 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 262 1075 crash 0 100 20 24 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 330 1175 running 0 103 24 19 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 173 785 engine 0 91 13 20 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 384 2050 running 0 124 14 16 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 381 1940 running 0 121 7 9 71   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 397 1400 running 0 146 10 4 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 395 3925 running 0 134 16 23 75   Bill Elswick Rahmoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 372 750 running 0 115 26 25 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 2 750 distributor 0 85 2 5 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 400 9525 running 11 175 3 10 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 399 5650 running 1 170

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Don Satterfield 87 Satterfield Racing Gerald Satterfield Chevrolet Richard Ulbricht 95 Sportsmen's Country Farms Inc. L.B. Hopkins Oldsmobile Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt 1 18 18   Bobby Allison 19 146 128   Dale Earnhardt 147 147 1   Bobby Allison 148 270 123   Ricky Rudd 271 271 1   Darrell Waltrip 272 282 11   Bobby Allison 283 400 118 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 3847     2   Richard Petty 3660   -187   3   Bobby Allison 3517   -330   4   Cale Yarborough 3479   -368   5   Benny Parsons 3294   -553   6   Joe Millikan 3121   -726   7   Richard Childress 2848   -999   8   J.D. McDuffie 2825   -1022   9   Buddy Arrington 2781   -1066   10   Terry Labonte 2764   -1083   11   Dale Earnhardt 2753   -1094   12   D.K. Ulrich 2736   -1111   13   Ricky Rudd 2681   -1166   14   James Hylton 2636   -1211   15   Buddy Baker 2516   -1331   16   Frank Warren 2505   -1342   17   Ronnie Thomas 2220   -1627   18   Tommy Gale 2113   -1734   19   Cecil Gordon 2103   -1744   20   Jimmy Means 2038   -1809   21   Dick Brooks 1965   -1882