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1979 Virginia 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 9 of 31 Sunday, April 22, 1979 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.525 mile paved track (262.500 miles) Time of race: 3:25:43 Average speed: 76.562 mph Pole speed: 87.383 mph Cautions: 5 for 32 laps Margin of victory: 4 sec Attendance: 35500 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 500 23400 running 247 185 2 4 28   Buddy Baker Spectra   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 500 14700 running 196 175 3 1 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 499 10200 running 49 170 4 3 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 498 7100 running 1 165 5 8 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 497 6550 running 0 155 6 21 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 497 2500 running 0 150 7 14 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 495 4200 engine 7 151 8 11 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 495 4200 running 0 142 9 19 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 494 3350 running 0 138 10 10 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 493 3080 running 0 134 11 5 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 492 5050 running 0 130 12 17 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 489 2470 running 0 127 13 22 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 488 2300 running 0 124 14 16 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 485 2140 running 0 121 15 15 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 476 1980 running 0 118 16 25 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 476 1820 running 0 115 17 30 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 474 1685 running 0 112 18 20 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 472 1500 running 0 109 19 13 27   Benny Parsons Power Tool Service   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 458 675 running 0 106 20 26 25   Ronnie Thomas 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 454 2150 running 0 103 21 27 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 437 640 running 0 100 22 18 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 312 1130 engine 0 97 23 7 68   Chuck Bown Kings Mountain Truck Plaza   (Jim Testa) Buick 263 620 engine 0   24 29 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 247 860 engine 0 91 25 9 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 207 850 engine 0 88 26 24 02   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 167 590 engine 0 85 27 12 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 137 3030 engine 0 82 28 28 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 132 820 overheating 0 79 29 6 12   Lennie Pond Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 10 810 engine 0 76 30 23 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 0 800 engine 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 49 49   Richard Petty 50 144 95   Bobby Allison 145 145 1   Buddy Baker 146 150 5   Richard Petty 151 170 20   Buddy Baker 171 269 99   Richard Petty 270 270 1   Buddy Baker 271 319 49   Richard Petty 320 320 1   James Hylton 321 327 7   Buddy Baker 328 370 43   Richard Petty 371 500 130 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 1487     2   Bobby Allison 1401   -86   3   Cale Yarborough 1308   -179   4   Richard Petty 1299   -188   5   Benny Parsons 1244   -243   6   Joe Millikan 1242   -245   7   Donnie Allison 1224   -263   8   Dale Earnhardt 1216   -271   9   D.K. Ulrich 1131   -356   10   Buddy Baker 1090   -397   10   Richard Childress 1090   -397   12   James Hylton 1049   -438   13   J.D. McDuffie 1026   -461   14   Terry Labonte 999   -488   15   Frank Warren 987   -500   16   Dick Brooks 983   -504   17   Dave Marcis 978   -509   18   Buddy Arrington 933   -554   19   Ricky Rudd 928   -559   20   Ronnie Thomas 804   -683   21   Cecil Gordon 797   -690