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1979 - Capital City 400 Race Results


Race Name - Capital City 400
Date - 9/9/1979
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 217 miles
Pole Speed - 92.605 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 20
Average Race Speed - 80.604 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $82,035
Race Number - 24
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 400 Ford 369 $15,400
2 5 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 400 Chevrolet 11 $9,525
3 10 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 399 Ford 1 $5,650
4 1 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 399 Chevrolet 19 $7,250
5 3 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 398 Oldsmobile 0 $5,975
6 7 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 398 Chevrolet 0 $6,300
7 9 Dave Marcis 71 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 397 Chevrolet 0 $1,400
8 6 Benny Parsons 27 MC Anderson 397 Chevrolet 0 $2,750
9 8 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 397 Chevrolet 0 $1,200
10 4 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 395 Chevrolet 0 $3,925
11 12 Bill Elliott 17 Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) 390 Chevrolet 0 $2,320
12 13 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 386 Chevrolet 0 $2,195
13 20 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 384 Dodge 0 $2,050
14 16 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 381 Chevrolet 0 $1,940
15 18 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 379 Chevrolet 0 $1,830
16 23 Bill Elswick 75 RahMoc Enterprises 372 Oldsmobile 0 $750
17 14 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 371 Chevrolet 0 $1,845
18 26 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 365 Oldsmobile 0 $1,435
19 22 Baxter Price 45 Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) 365 Chevrolet 0 $1,300
20 24 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 330 Chevrolet 0 $1,175
21 15 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 262 Chevrolet 0 $1,075
22 21 Earle Canavan 1 Earle Canavan 233 Dodge 0 $575
23 17 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 227 Chevrolet 0 $1,800
24 19 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 173 Ford 0 $785
25 11 Lennie Pond 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 141 Chevrolet 0 $835
26 25 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 2 Dodge 0 $750