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1979 CRC Chemicals 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 31 Sunday, September 16, 1979 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:22:19 Average speed: 114.366 mph Pole speed: 135.726 mph Cautions: 11 for 49 laps Margin of victory: .5 cl Attendance: 34000 Lead changes: 27 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 500 21650 running 110 180 2 7 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 500 11350 running 73 175 3 12 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 500 11250 running 227 175 4 10 28   Buddy Baker W.I.N.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 499 4700 running 1 165 5 9 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 499 7500 running 0 155 6 6 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 496 6000 running 0 150 7 15 71   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 496 2000 running 0 146 8 14 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 496 4400 running 0 142 9 1 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 495 7000 running 46 143 10 16 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 487 4050 running 0 134 11 13 08   John Anderson Russ Draime Chevrolet 486 1600 running 0 130 12 24 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 480 3480 running 0 127 13 18 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 477 3195 running 0 124 14 21 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Oldsmobile 476 3060 running 0 121 15 23 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 473 2865 running 0 118 16 30 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 472 2680 running 0 115 17 25 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 471 2495 running 0 112 18 27 79   Frank Warren Kruger Trailers   (Frank Warren) Dodge 467 2310 running 0 109 19 29 34   Nestor Peles Steve Peles Chevrolet 465 1000 running 0 106 20 31 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 463 2000 running 0 103 21 5 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 456 1650 running 37 105 22 8 27   Benny Parsons Zoom Clutches   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 454 1665 running 6 102 23 19 19   Lennie Pond Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 451 1605 running 0 94 24 22 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 437 2570 running 0 91 25 11 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 373 1525 crash 0 88 26 17 05   Dick Brooks Nelson Malloch Chevrolet 362 650 overheating 0 85 27 20 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 358 1125 engine 0 82 28 3 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 351 1100 transmission 0 79 29 2 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 307 4475 running 0 76 30 33 99   Bill Hollar Hollar Auto Parts   (Bill Hollar) Chevrolet 173 550 engine 0 73 31 32 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 156 1040 running 0 70 32 26 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 132 1030 coil 0 67 33 28 01   Earle Canavan Python   (Earle Canavan) Dodge 52 520 oil leak 0 64 34 36 58   Dick May Don Satterfield Oldsmobile 11 510 handling 0 61 35 35 20   Rick Newsom MARS   (Rick Newsom) Oldsmobile 1 500 crash 0 58 36 34 13   Jeff Halverson Jeff Halverson Chevrolet 1 490 crash 0 55

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 8 6   #13,17,20,45,64 accident turn 1   9 14 6     15 17 3   debris frontstretch   18 57 40     58 64 7   #88 accident turn 3   65 112 48     113 116 4   ambulance   117 242 126     243 245 3   ambulance   246 257 12     258 261 4   #25 accident turn 2   262 271 10     272 276 5   #2 accident backstretch   277 291 15     292 294 3   #2 spun turn 4   295 324 30     325 328 4   #72,05 accident frontstretch   329 376 48     377 382 6   #11,43 spun turn 3   383 465 83     466 469 4   #34 spun turn 2   470 500 31       Percent of race run under caution: 9.8%             Average green flag run: 37.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt 1 36 36   Richard Petty 37 58 22   Buddy Baker 59 59 1   Benny Parsons 60 65 6   Dale Earnhardt 66 75 10   Cale Yarborough 76 187 112   Richard Petty 188 209 22   Cale Yarborough 210 211 2   Donnie Allison 212 213 2   Cale Yarborough 214 218 5   Richard Petty 219 259 41   Donnie Allison 260 265 6   Richard Petty 266 269 4   Cale Yarborough 270 272 3   Neil Bonnett 273 283 11   Cale Yarborough 284 292 9   Richard Petty 293 295 3   Cale Yarborough 296 325 30   Neil Bonnett 326 326 1   Cale Yarborough 327 375 49   Neil Bonnett 376 377 2   Richard Petty 378 378 1   Neil Bonnett 379 401 23   Donnie Allison 402 466 65   Cale Yarborough 467 482 16   Richard Petty 483 483 1   Cale Yarborough 484 484 1   Richard Petty 485 500 16 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 3923     2   Richard Petty 3840   -83   3   Bobby Allison 3667   -256   4   Cale Yarborough 3654   -269   5   Benny Parsons 3396   -527   6   Joe Millikan 3276   -647   7   Richard Childress 2972   -951   8   J.D. McDuffie 2907   -1016   9   Dale Earnhardt 2896   -1027   10   D.K. Ulrich 2863   -1060   11   Terry Labonte 2852   -1071   12   Buddy Arrington 2848   -1075   13   Ricky Rudd 2823   -1100   14   James Hylton 2757   -1166   15   Buddy Baker 2681   -1242   16   Frank Warren 2614   -1309   17   Ronnie Thomas 2311   -1612   18   Tommy Gale 2231   -1692   19   Cecil Gordon 2206   -1717   20   Jimmy Means 2153   -1770   21   Dave Marcis 2085   -1838