1979 - Winston Cup Series - Coca-Cola 500 Race Results

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1979 - Coca-Cola 500 Race Results

Race Name - Coca-Cola 500
Date - 7/30/1979
Race Track - Pocono International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 148.711 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 46
Average Race Speed - 115.2 mph
Lead Changes - 56
Total Race Purse - $137,325
Race Number - 19

More Races from 1979

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch (Junior Johnson)	200	Chevrolet	61	$21,465
2	10	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	200	Chevrolet	17	$15,465
3	9	Buddy Baker	28	WIN (Harry Ranier)	200	Chevrolet	7	$8,490
4	5	Benny Parsons	27	Harrisburg East Mall (MC Anderson)	200	Chevrolet	0	$7,765
5	6	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	200	Mercury	0	$6,215
6	15	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt)	200	Chevrolet	0	$7,215
7	18	Darrell Waltrip	22	Gatorade (Al Rudd)	200	Chevrolet	62	$2,715
8	7	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	200	Mercury	8	$2,815
9	4	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore)	199	Ford	1	$5,915
10	16	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	198	Buick	0	$4,295
11	23	DK Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich)	197	Chevrolet	0	$3,685
12	39	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	196	Chevrolet	0	$3,525
13	13	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	196	Chevrolet	0	$3,305
14	17	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	196	Chevrolet	0	$4,095
15	1	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	195	Chevrolet	1	$2,915
16	20	Jimmy Means	52	Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means)	194	Chevrolet	0	$2,785
17	24	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	190	Ford	0	$2,555
18	25	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	189	Oldsmobile	0	$2,370
19	28	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	188	Dodge	0	$2,135
20	19	Dick Brooks	5	Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch)	188	Chevrolet	0	$1,600
21	36	Steve Peles	34	Steve Peles	187	Chevrolet	0	$1,180
22	21	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	187	Dodge	0	$2,025
23	12	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	184	Chevrolet	0	$1,980
24	29	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Shaw Motors (Jocko Maggiacomo)	172	Oldsmobile	0	$1,105
25	33	Nelson Oswald	9	J S Truck Service (Nelson Oswald)	168	Chevrolet	0	$1,080
26	34	Rick Newsom	20	MARS (Rick Newsom)	166	Oldsmobile	0	$1,055
27	32	Earle Canavan	1	Greens Auto Parts (Earle Canavan)	140	Dodge	0	$1,030
28	22	Dick May	57	McClure Motors (Alfred McClure)	103	Ford	0	$1,005
29	3	Dale Earnhardt	2	Rod Osterlund	98	Chevrolet	43	$4,680
30	35	Wayne Broome	61	Jim Norris	92	Oldsmobile	0	$955
31	31	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	88	Chevrolet	0	$1,430
32	27	Wayne Watercutter	55	Ward Racing Enterprises	48	Chevrolet	0	$905
33	38	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	40	Chevrolet	0	$1,380
34	11	Lennie Pond	12	Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers)	15	Oldsmobile	0	$850
35	14	Gary Balough	87	Fast Lane Ltd (Billie Harvey)	9	Oldsmobile	0	$840
36	37	Louis Gatto	23	L J Automotive	5	Chevrolet	0	$820
37	8	Al Holbert	7	Holbert PorscheAudi (Al Holbert)	1	Chevrolet	0	$1,065
38	26	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	1	Oldsmobile	0	$1,310
39	30	Steve Gray	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	1	Chevrolet	0	$1,305