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1979 - NAPA Riverside 400 Race Results


Race Name - NAPA Riverside 400
Date - 6/10/1979
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.62 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 249 miles
Pole Speed - 113.089 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 6
Average Race Speed - 103.73 mph
Lead Changes - 5
Total Race Purse - $131,625
Race Number - 15
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 95 Ford 31 $22,700
2 3 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 95 Chevrolet 5 $14,875
3 5 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 95 Chevrolet 0 $10,350
4 6 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 95 Chevrolet 57 $11,800
5 8 Benny Parsons 27 MC Anderson 94 Chevrolet 0 $6,800
6 24 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 92 Oldsmobile 0 $5,500
7 13 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 91 Chevrolet 0 $4,580
8 16 Norm Palmer 93 Norm Palmer 91 Dodge 0 $2,500
9 14 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 91 Ford 0 $3,970
10 10 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 91 Chevrolet 0 $6,150
11 25 Cecil Gordon 24 GordonBarnicle (Cecil Gordon) 89 Oldsmobile 0 $3,310
12 26 Hal Callentine 74 CalFour (Hal Callentine) 88 Oldsmobile 0 $2,590
13 1 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 87 Chevrolet 2 $7,250
14 22 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 85 Chevrolet 0 $2,780
15 33 Ed Hale 20 Peralta Hale (Richard Peralta) 85 Chevrolet 0 $2,045
16 28 Richard White 22 Boulevard Automotive (Mike White) 81 Chevrolet 0 $1,785
17 34 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 81 Chevrolet 0 $2,100
18 15 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 81 Chevrolet 0 $1,865
19 32 Dick Whalen 6 Dick Whalen 81 Chevrolet 0 $950
20 17 John Borneman 81 Borneman Plastering (John Borneman) 79 Chevrolet 0 $1,305
21 11 Jim Robinson 78 SanVal Lumber (AJ Kurten) 72 Chevrolet 0 $900
22 12 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 65 Dodge 0 $1,745
23 18 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 60 Chevrolet 0 $2,700
24 35 Robert Tartaglia 57 Don Guy 47 Chevrolet 0 $825
25 2 Jimmy Insolo 1 Allstate Building Materials (Gerald Craker) 45 Oldsmobile 0 $1,700
26 19 Tim Williamson 29 Tropical RentaCar (Tim Williamson) 33 Chevrolet 0 $775
27 21 Rick McCray 8 Rick McCray 31 Buick 0 $750
28 7 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 30 Mercury 0 $1,225
29 31 Dick Kranzler 14 Parnelli Jones Enterprises (Dick Kranzler) 23 Chevrolet 0 $700
30 9 Bill Schmitt 73 Bill Schmitt 13 Oldsmobile 0 $675
31 29 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 9 Chevrolet 0 $1,150
32 23 Steve Pfeifer 0 Leisure Land RV (Michael McCluney) 8 Chevrolet 0 $625
33 20 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 4 Chevrolet 0 $1,100
34 30 Chris Monoleos 92 Buckstaff (Chris Monoleos) 2 Chevrolet 0 $550
35 27 Elmo Langley 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 1 Ford 0 $1,000