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1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 31 Saturday, May 12, 1979 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:49:25 Average speed: 88.652 mph Pole speed: 104.155 mph Cautions: 3 for 27 laps Margin of victory: 2.8 sec Attendance: 16000 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 420 12275 running 83 180 2 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 420 8150 running 164 180 3 6 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 419 6450 running 0 165 4 7 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 419 5350 running 0 160 5 9 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 418 3080 running 111 160 6 21 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 418 2450 running 0 150 7 8 27   Benny Parsons M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 417 1830 running 0 146 8 2 28   Buddy Baker Spectra   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 412 3910 running 0 142 9 10 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 411 1875 running 0 138 10 12 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 410 1850 running 0 134 11 16 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 408 1685 running 0 130 12 15 19   Steve Spencer Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Buick 405 1595 running 0 127 13 19 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 396 1415 running 0 124 14 26 74   Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 390 525 running 0 121 15 18 40   Al Elmore Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 389 1265 running 0 118 16 13 24   D.K. Ulrich Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 383 1135 running 0 115 17 25 25   Ronnie Thomas 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Ronnie Thomas) Chevrolet 378 2020 running 0 112 18 28 69   Mike Kempton Pro Shoppe   (Mike Kempton) Chevrolet 364 455 running 0 109 19 22 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 356 890 clutch 0 106 20 17 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 355 675 engine 0 103 21 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 335 3115 running 31 105 22 14 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 324 655 running 0 97 23 1 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 124 5345 engine 31 99 24 24 34   Darrell Basham Marine Welding   (Jim Patrick) Mercury 101 385 rear end 0   25 27 09   Nelson Oswald Nelson Oswald Chevrolet 95 375 ignition 0   26 23 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 63 620 engine 0 85 27 20 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Chevrolet 36 365 transmission 0 82 28 11 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 18 360 engine 0 79

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Joe Millikan 1 31 31   J.D. McDuffie 32 43 12   Darrell Waltrip 44 72 29   J.D. McDuffie 73 139 67   Darrell Waltrip 140 141 2   J.D. McDuffie 142 146 5   Richard Petty 147 249 103   J.D. McDuffie 250 276 27   Richard Petty 277 337 61   Cale Yarborough 338 420 83 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 1767     2   Bobby Allison 1746   -21   3   Richard Petty 1639   -128   4   Cale Yarborough 1557   -210   5   Joe Millikan 1496   -271   6   Benny Parsons 1448   -319   7   Dale Earnhardt 1431   -336   8   D.K. Ulrich 1346   -421   9   Richard Childress 1331   -436   10   Donnie Allison 1318   -449   11   Buddy Baker 1304   -463   12   Terry Labonte 1280   -487   13   James Hylton 1269   -498   14   J.D. McDuffie 1256   -511   15   Frank Warren 1232   -535   16   Buddy Arrington 1188   -579   17   Ricky Rudd 1144   -623   18   Dick Brooks 1117   -650   19   Dave Marcis 1099   -668   20   Ronnie Thomas 1004   -763   21   Tommy Gale 979   -788