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1979 Winston Western 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 31 Sunday, January 14, 1979 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.780 miles) Time of race: 2:53:30 Average speed: 107.82 mph Pole speed: 113.659 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 3.27 sec Attendance: 68000 Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 119 21150 running 87 185 2 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 119 14200 running 9 175 3 2 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 119 12675 running 3 170 4 8 73   Bill Schmitt Old Milwaukee   (Bill Schmitt) Oldsmobile 118 8000 running 0 160 5 17 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 118 7550 running 0 155 6 15 72   Joe Millikan L.G. DeWitt Chevrolet 118 7050 running 0 150 7 11 28   Buddy Baker W.I.N.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 118 6350 running 0 146 8 14 51   Jim Thirkettle Allied Box & Crate   (Jim Thirkettle) Buick 117 2450 running 0 142 9 26 74   Tim Williamson Cal-Four   (Tim Williamson) Chevrolet 116 2300 running 0 138 10 21 12   Harry Gant Black Diamond Coal   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 116 2350 running 0 134 11 16 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 114 4200 running 0 130 12 24 25   Ronnie Thomas 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 114 4780 running 0 127 13 34 19   Vince Giamformaggio Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 113 3470 running 0 124 14 12 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 113 3310 running 0 121 15 23 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 112 3060 running 0 118 16 7 01   Jimmy Insolo Lake's Drywall   (Gerald Craker) Oldsmobile 111 3380 oil pump 0 115 17 20 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 109 2720 running 0 112 18 30 67   Buddy Arrington Switzer Contractors   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 109 2560 running 0 109 19 3 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 105 4950 engine 15 111 20 13 7   Al Holbert Bosch   (Al Holbert) Chevrolet 104 1195 running 5 108 21 10 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 103 2230 running 0 100 22 35 52   Don Graham City Tow   (Rodney Friesen) Chevrolet 100 1495 engine 0 97 23 33 17   Harry Goularte Associated Concrete   (Harry Goularte) Chevrolet 82 1460 running 0 94 24 9 02   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 81 1055 running 0 91 25 19 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 66 1875 engine 0 88 26 5 27   Benny Parsons Hodgdon Tool   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 56 955 transmission 0 85 27 18 79   Frank Warren 10,000 RPM Speed Equipment   (Frank Warren) Dodge 48 1755 engine 0 82 28 32 13   Don Puskarich Matt Puskarich Chevrolet 47 855 running 0 79 29 27 22   Richard White Boulevard Automotive   (Mike White) Chevrolet 32 805 engine 0 76 30 31 81   Jim Robinson Borneman Plastering   (John Borneman) Chevrolet 17 755 engine 0 73 31 29 99   Don Noel Noel's Welding Shop   (Don Noel) Chevrolet 15 700 transmission 0 70 32 6 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 14 4600 engine 0 67 33 22 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 12 600 engine 0 64 34 28 5   Neil Bonnett Tune Up Masters   (Jim Stacy) Chevrolet 10 1050 clutch 0 61 35 25 44   Terry Labonte Duck Industries   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 7 1000 engine 0 58

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Steve Pfeifer 0 CARI Machine Michael McCluney Chevrolet Rick McCray 08 Ken McCray Buick Ed Hale 20 Peralta Chevrolet Richard Peralta Chevrolet Gary Matthews 51 Gary Matthews Pontiac Robert Tartaglia 57 Jim Robinson 78 John Krebs 91 Action Automotive John Krebs Buick DC John Borneman 81 Borneman Plastering John Borneman Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 3 3   Darrell Waltrip 4 20 17   Bobby Allison 21 27 7   David Pearson 28 28 1   Al Holbert 29 30 2   Darrell Waltrip 31 59 29   Al Holbert 60 62 3   David Pearson 63 63 1   Darrell Waltrip 64 90 27   David Pearson 91 94 4   Bobby Allison 95 102 8   David Pearson 103 105 3   Darrell Waltrip 106 119 14 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 185     2   David Pearson 175   -10   3   Cale Yarborough 170   -15   4   Bill Schmitt 160   -25   5   Donnie Allison 155   -30   6   Joe Millikan 150   -35   7   Buddy Baker 146   -39   8   Jim Thirkettle 142   -43   9   Tim Williamson 138   -47   10   Harry Gant 134   -51   11   James Hylton 130   -55   12   Ronnie Thomas 127   -58   13   Vince Giamformaggio 124   -61   14   D.K. Ulrich 121   -64   15   Richard Childress 118   -67   16   Jimmy Insolo 115   -70   17   J.D. McDuffie 112   -73   18   Bobby Allison 111   -74   19   Buddy Arrington 109   -76   20   Al Holbert 108   -77   21   Dale Earnhardt 100   -85