NASCAR Winston Cup standings for 1979

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	Driver	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	AvSt	AvFn	Raf	Miles	LLF	Points	Diff
1	Richard Petty	31	5	23	27	1	9367	1149	561,933	7.6	6.4	28	10,932.81	15	4830
2	Darrell Waltrip	31	7	19	22	5	9994	2130	557,012	4.8	7.0	30	11,768.31	13	4819	-11
3	Bobby Allison	31	5	18	22	3	9885	1854	428,800	5.1	8.6	25	11,236.57	13	4633	-197
4	Cale Yarborough	31	4	19	22	1	9677	1320	440,128	5.3	8.6	25	11,191.76	12	4604	-226
5	Benny Parsons	31	2	16	21	1	9335	736	264,929	7.0	11.3	24	10,574.01	7	4256	-574
6	Joe Millikan	31	0	5	20	1	9122	188	229,713	11.2	12.6	23	10,508.89	1	4014	-816
7	Dale Earnhardt	27	1	11	17	4	8340	605	274,810	7.7	10.7	23	9,356.83	6	3749	-1,081
8	Richard Childress	31	0	1	11	0	9109	13	132,922	19.5	14.7	26	10,442.06	0	3735	-1,095
9	Ricky Rudd	28	0	4	17	0	8836	22	150,897	11.5	12.1	22	9,916.82	1	3642	-1,188
10	Terry Labonte	31	0	2	13	0	8766	8	134,652	12.8	16.3	21	9,886.41	0	3615	-1,215
11	Buddy Arrington	31	0	1	7	0	8452	2	131,832	21.7	16.1	22	10,333.49	0	3589	-1,241
12	D.K. Ulrich	31	0	0	5	0	8995	0	113,457	20.2	16.7	26	10,042.88	0	3508	-1,322
13	J.D. McDuffie	31	0	1	7	0	8014	118	113,477	20.0	17.5	20	9,633.58	0	3473	-1,357
14	James Hylton	30	0	0	5	0	8658	11	97,427	22.3	16.9	23	9,603.44	0	3405	-1,425
15	Buddy Baker	26	3	12	15	7	6107	1083	342,147	4.8	16.1	15	7,420.90	7	3249	-1,581
16	Frank Warren	31	0	0	3	0	8477	0	94,538	23.9	20.0	21	10,045.73	0	3199	-1,631
17	Ronnie Thomas	30	0	0	3	0	6928	1	100,078	24.0	22.1	15	7,840.14	0	2912	-1,918
18	Tommy Gale	28	0	0	1	0	7514	0	72,808	24.9	21.1	18	8,336.80	0	2795	-2,035
19	Cecil Gordon	28	0	0	0	0	7419	0	66,274	29.1	21.8	19	8,163.01	0	2737	-2,093
20	Dave Marcis	25	0	1	6	0	6842	20	56,433	15.2	18.5	13	7,634.41	0	2736	-2,094
21	Harry Gant	25	0	0	5	1	6226	29	47,185	13.4	18.7	13	7,366.93	0	2664	-2,166
22	Dick Brooks	27	0	1	8	0	6307	16	61,985	19.0	19.6	13	7,421.95	1	2622	-2,208
23	Jimmy Means	27	0	0	1	0	5431	0	55,560	23.9	22.6	14	6,316.51	0	2575	-2,255
24	Donnie Allison	20	0	7	10	1	4921	293	144,770	9.5	14.7	12	6,465.03	3	2508	-2,322
25	Baxter Price	24	0	0	0	0	6791	0	45,165	28.7	21.5	16	6,664.86	0	2364	-2,466
26	Neil Bonnett	21	3	4	6	4	4213	567	151,235	6.6	20.3	8	6,132.49	6	2223	-2,607
27	Tighe Scott	17	0	1	7	0	3834	0	88,010	18.6	17.9	10	5,683.64	0	1879	-2,951
28	Bill Elliott	13	0	1	5	0	3329	8	58,215	15.0	14.3	11	4,631.80	0	1548	-3,282
29	Lennie Pond	15	0	0	2	0	3043	15	42,970	17.3	23.2	7	3,863.71	0	1415	-3,415
30	Dick May	19	0	0	0	0	3387	0	26,345	28.0	26.9	3	3,714.17	0	1390	-3,440
31	Roger Hamby	13	0	0	0	0	3336	0	21,000	23.1	22.8	6	2,925.74	0	1231	-3,599
32	David Pearson	9	1	4	5	2	2271	264	99,180	4.8	12.9	5	3,227.53	3	1203	-3,627
33	Coo Coo Marlin	7	0	0	2	0	907	0	27,540	23.7	25.3	2	1,988.90	0	613	-4,217
34	Bruce Hill	7	0	0	0	0	1352	0	17,265	19.4	20.4	4	2,692.92	0	594	-4,236
35	Blackie Wangerin	7	0	0	0	0	894	0	14,300	26.7	27.1	2	1,749.69	0	571	-4,259
36	Grant Adcox	6	0	0	0	0	1132	5	15,290	18.8	23.5	2	2,104.04	0	560	-4,270
37	Kyle Petty	5	0	0	1	0	1069	0	10,810	30.4	17.2	4	2,110.83	0	559	-4,271
38	Chuck Bown	7	0	0	2	0	1388	0	31,380	17.1	20.3	4	2,142.68	0	523	-4,307
39	John Anderson	4	0	1	1	0	1263	1	11,210	16.3	14.0	3	1,756.63	0	496	-4,334
40	Ralph Jones	6	0	0	0	0	729	0	12,785	30.5	27.8	1	1,171.45	0	477	-4,353
41	Earle Canavan	7	0	0	0	0	698	0	6,675	30.6	29.7	1	1,032.44	0	456	-4,374
42	Nelson Oswald	6	0	0	0	0	842	0	3,610	27.2	25.5	0	1,000.34	0	431	-4,399
42	Slick Johnson	4	0	0	1	0	1039	0	5,360	30.5	18.5	2	1,134.04	0	431	-4,399
44	Dave Watson	4	0	0	1	0	1092	7	7,170	18.8	21.0	2	1,161.30	0	413	-4,417
45	Al Holbert	6	0	0	1	0	938	5	14,170	15.0	26.0	2	1,619.73	0	402	-4,428
46	Bobby Wawak	4	0	0	0	0	740	0	7,295	27.3	23.0	1	855.42	0	376	-4,454
47	Jody Ridley	3	0	1	2	0	787	0	11,245	29.3	13.7	2	1,403.30	0	374	-4,456
48	Bill Hollar	5	0	0	0	0	552	0	2,545	30.8	29.6	0	380.89	0	371	-4,459
49	Rick Newsom	4	0	0	0	0	484	0	5,530	35.8	24.8	3	1,236.02	0	355	-4,475
50	Bill Schmitt	3	0	1	1	0	325	0	11,695	10.7	17.3	2	828.22	0	342	-4,488
51	Ed Negre	3	0	0	0	0	849	0	11,215	34.7	17.0	3	1,387.48	0	336	-4,494
52	John Kennedy	5	0	0	0	0	600	0	4,515	27.4	25.0	3	942.17	0	322	-4,508
53	Tim Williamson	3	0	0	1	0	340	0	5,580	26.0	19.0	2	867.88	0	320	-4,510
54	Richard White	3	0	0	0	0	234	0	4,070	30.7	25.0	2	598.56	0	264	-4,566
55	Jimmy Insolo	3	0	0	0	0	192	0	6,905	7.7	25.7	0	498.72	0	258	-4,572
56	H.B. Bailey	4	0	0	0	0	738	0	5,835	29.0	24.5	2	1,174.56	0	255	-4,575
57	Elmo Langley	2	0	0	0	0	6	0	3,010	26.5	31.5	0	7.62	0	246	-4,584
58	Jim Robinson	3	0	0	0	0	193	0	3,005	25.7	27.7	1	493.18	0	240	-4,590
59	Henry Jones	3	0	0	0	0	77	0	1,160	27.7	28.0	0	43.16	0	237	-4,593
60	Steve Spencer	2	0	0	0	0	556	0	2,270	13.0	16.0	1	331.38	0	230	-4,600
61	Travis Tiller	5	0	0	0	0	218	0	5,065	32.6	36.2	0	335.62	0	229	-4,601
62	Jim Vandiver	4	0	0	0	0	716	1	8,015	32.8	30.5	1	1,068.84	0	225	-4,605
63	Bill Elswick	3	0	0	0	0	1112	0	3,400	27.3	16.3	2	841.70	0	221	-4,609
64	Jack Ingram	4	0	0	0	0	532	0	4,240	15.0	31.5	0	661.10	0	219	-4,611
65	Jimmy Finger	3	0	0	0	0	152	0	5,020	31.0	30.7	0	398.30	0	213	-4,617
66	Wayne Watercutter	3	0	0	0	0	681	0	2,380	28.0	23.3	2	722.29	0	212	-4,618
66	Bob Burcham	2	0	0	0	0	356	0	6,565	31.5	19.0	1	825.52	0	212	-4,618
68	Mike Potter	4	0	0	0	0	1021	0	3,165	27.8	24.0	2	834.78	0	209	-4,621
68	John Rezek	4	0	0	0	0	584	0	5,035	27.3	27.5	2	1,011.57	0	209	-4,621
70	Marty Robbins	3	0	0	0	0	235	0	3,120	34.0	31.3	0	519.50	0	207	-4,623
71	Steve Peles	2	0	0	0	0	641	0	2,180	30.0	20.5	2	921.50	0	203	-4,627
72	Bill Dennis	2	0	0	0	0	387	0	12,645	37.0	21.0	1	776.50	0	200	-4,630
73	Buck Simmons	2	0	0	0	0	438	0	3,025	19.0	21.5	1	786.93	0	197	-4,633
74	Dave Dion	2	0	0	0	0	528	0	1,265	19.0	22.5	1	283.66	0	191	-4,639
75	Mike Kempton	2	0	0	0	0	499	0	1,605	30.5	23.5	2	486.94	0	185	-4,645
76	Vince Giamformaggio	2	0	0	0	0	139	0	4,295	33.0	25.0	1	361.06	0	176	-4,654
77	Connie Saylor	2	0	0	0	0	262	0	4,435	13.5	26.0	0	564.68	0	170	-4,660
78	Paul Fess	2	0	0	0	0	232	0	4,860	25.5	27.0	0	531.50	0	164	-4,666
79	Sandy Satullo	2	0	0	0	0	210	0	2,360	32.5	28.5	1	429.00	0	155	-4,675
80	David Sosebee	3	0	0	0	0	547	0	2,910	36.7	29.3	0	891.59	0	146	-4,684
81	Norm Palmer	1	0	0	1	0	91	0	2,500	16.0	8.0	1	238.42	0	142	-4,688
81	Jim Thirkettle	1	0	0	1	0	117	0	2,450	14.0	8.0	1	306.54	0	142	-4,688
83	Geoffrey Bodine	3	0	0	0	0	443	6	4,820	20.0	28.7	0	630.68	0	139	-4,691
84	Louis Gatto	2	0	0	0	0	31	0	1,445	33.5	31.5	0	38.50	0	137	-4,693
85	Steve Pfeifer	3	0	0	0	0	368	0	4,220	28.0	32.0	1	564.52	0	134	-4,696
86	Sterling Marlin	1	0	0	0	0	341	11	505	14.0	15.0	0	203.24	0	123	-4,707
87	Butch Hartman	1	0	0	0	0	351	0	2,225	27.0	14.0	1	479.47	0	121	-4,709
88	Al Elmore	1	0	0	0	0	389	0	1,265	18.0	15.0	1	231.84	0	118	-4,712
88	Ed Hale	1	0	0	0	0	85	0	2,045	33.0	15.0	1	222.70	0	118	-4,712
90	Gary Balough	3	0	0	0	0	216	0	6,015	22.3	28.7	1	540.00	0	116	-4,714
90	Keith Davis	2	0	0	0	0	45	0	2,310	38.0	35.0	0	102.63	0	116	-4,714
90	Skip Manning	2	0	0	0	0	182	0	5,880	21.5	35.0	0	326.00	0	116	-4,714
93	Kevin Housby	1	0	0	0	0	149	0	3,190	25.0	16.0	0	396.34	0	115	-4,715
93	Ernie Shaw	1	0	0	0	0	368	0	625	26.0	16.0	1	230.00	0	115	-4,715
95	Billy Hagan	1	0	0	0	0	185	0	3,280	22.0	17.0	1	370.00	0	112	-4,718
95	Steve Moore	1	0	0	0	0	170	0	2,415	39.0	17.0	1	452.20	0	112	-4,718
97	Nestor Peles	1	0	0	0	0	465	0	1,000	29.0	19.0	1	465.00	0	106	-4,724
97	Dick Whalen	1	0	0	0	0	81	0	950	32.0	19.0	1	212.22	0	106	-4,724
99	John Borneman	1	0	0	0	0	79	0	1,305	17.0	20.0	0	206.98	0	103	-4,727
99	Joe Fields	1	0	0	0	0	379	0	1,385	28.0	20.0	1	205.42	0	103	-4,727
101	Roy Smith	1	0	0	0	0	193	0	2,690	30.0	21.0	1	482.50	0	100	-4,730
102	Don Graham	1	0	0	0	0	100	0	1,495	35.0	22.0	0	262.00	0	97	-4,733
102	Larry Isley	1	0	0	0	0	256	0	925	22.0	22.0	1	160.00	0	97	-4,733
102	Jerry Jolly	1	0	0	0	0	99	0	2,440	32.0	22.0	0	263.34	0	97	-4,733
105	Hal Callentine	2	0	0	0	0	279	0	4,065	27.5	17.5	2	708.06	0	94	-4,736
105	Harry Goularte	1	0	0	0	0	82	0	1,460	33.0	23.0	1	214.84	0	94	-4,736
107	Jim Hurlbert	1	0	0	0	0	150	0	1,400	27.0	24.0	1	300.00	0	91	-4,739
107	Jocko Maggiacomo	1	0	0	0	0	172	0	1,105	29.0	24.0	1	430.00	0	91	-4,739
107	Robert Tartaglia	1	0	0	0	0	47	0	825	35.0	24.0	0	123.14	0	91	-4,739
110	Joey Arrington	1	0	0	0	0	42	0	650	29.0	26.0	0	42.00	0	85	-4,745
111	Rick McCray	1	0	0	0	0	31	0	750	21.0	27.0	0	81.22	0	82	-4,748
112	Butch Lindley	1	0	0	0	0	82	0	570	14.0	28.0	0	43.05	0	79	-4,751
112	Don Puskarich	1	0	0	0	0	47	0	855	32.0	28.0	1	123.14	0	79	-4,751
112	John Utsman	1	0	0	0	0	101	0	2,850	22.0	28.0	0	252.50	0	79	-4,751
115	Dick Kranzler	1	0	0	0	0	23	0	700	31.0	29.0	0	60.26	0	76	-4,754
116	Wayne Broome	2	0	0	0	0	125	0	2,140	35.0	29.5	0	317.78	0	73	-4,757
117	Bobby Fisher	1	0	0	0	0	136	0	1,465	18.0	31.0	0	204.00	0	70	-4,760
117	Don Noel	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	700	29.0	31.0	0	39.30	0	70	-4,760
119	Glenn Jarrett	2	0	0	0	0	330	0	2,745	19.5	30.5	0	415.79	0	67	-4,763
119	Bill Meazell	1	0	0	0	0	46	0	1,000	32.0	32.0	0	92.00	0	67	-4,763
121	Billy Smith	1	0	0	0	0	179	0	1,575	39.0	33.0	0	244.51	0	64	-4,766
122	Bobby Brack	1	0	0	0	0	70	1	930	24.0	35.0	0	105.00	0	63	-4,767
123	Chris Monoleos	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	550	30.0	34.0	0	5.24	0	61	-4,769
124	Jeff Halverson	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	490	34.0	36.0	0	1.00	0	55	-4,775
124	Bill Seifert	1	0	0	0	0	32	0	960	33.0	36.0	0	64.00	0	55	-4,775
124	Bub Strickler	1	0	0	0	0	67	0	550	26.0	36.0	0	68.14	0	55	-4,775
127	Richard Brickhouse	1	0	0	0	0	15	0	870	35.0	39.0	0	22.50	0	46	-4,784
127	Steve Gray	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1,305	30.0	39.0	0	2.50	0	46	-4,784
127	Butch Mock	1	0	0	0	0	38	0	2,165	34.0	39.0	0	95.00	0	46	-4,784
130	Ron Hutcherson	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,165	41.0	41.0	0	0.00	0	40	-4,790
	Randy Ogden	3	0	0	0	0	473	0	2,465	27.7	31.7	0	737.30	0
	A.J. Foyt	2	0	1	2	0	356	7	41,690	7.0	6.5	2	890.00	1
	Freddy Smith	2	0	0	0	0	765	0	2,950	34.0	17.0	2	936.07	0
	Claude Ballot-Lena	2	0	0	0	0	251	0	2,080	33.0	29.0	0	463.20	0
	Darrell Basham	1	0	0	0	0	101	0	385	24.0	24.0	0	60.20	0
	Earl Brooks	1	0	0	0	0	79	0	405	28.0	27.0	0	49.38	0
	Melvin Revis	1	0	0	0	0	76	0	410	26.0	28.0	0	40.51	0
	Jimmy Hindman	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	350	29.0	30.0	0	1.19	0
	Al Rudd, Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	39	0	740	23.0	32.0	0	78.00	0
	John Haver	1	0	0	0	0	36	0	950	34.0	33.0	0	72.00	0
	Bill Green	1	0	0	0	0	76	2	980	14.0	34.0	0	152.00	0
	Ferrel Harris	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1,260	34.0	40.0	0	2.73	0