Home Baseball Hockey Football Racing Basketball Events Privacy
Racing SectionRacing Section NASCAR SectionNASCAR General Cup SectionNASCAR Cup Series Xfinity Series SectionNASCAR Xfinity Series Camping World Truck Series SectionNASCAR Truck Series IndyCar SectionIndyCar Indy Lights SectionIndy Lights F1 SectionF1 CARTChamp Car (CART) IROC SectionIROC
+

Winston Cup Series Series by Race

Nascar Cup Series

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

NASCAR Cup Series Main Page
NASCAR Cup Series Champions
NASCAR Cup Series Rookie/Popular Driver/Manufacturer by Year
NASCAR Cup Series by Year

1979 - Old Dominion 500 Race Results


Race Name - Old Dominion 500
Date - 9/23/1979
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.525 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 263 miles
Pole Speed - 82.65 mph
Number of Cautions - 10
Caution Laps - 54
Average Race Speed - 75.119 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $106,050
Race Number - 26
 More Races from 1979
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 7 Buddy Baker 28 WIN (Harry Ranier) 500 Chevrolet 209 $19,900
2 6 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 500 Chevrolet 0 $12,550
3 3 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 499 Chevrolet 74 $9,650
4 8 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 495 Ford 30 $6,950
5 19 Dave Marcis 71 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 494 Chevrolet 0 $3,150
6 10 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 491 Ford 0 $4,700
7 12 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 491 Dodge 0 $3,950
8 4 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 489 Oldsmobile 3 $5,450
9 13 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 483 Chevrolet 0 $3,080
10 16 DK Ulrich 40 LaFayette (DK Ulrich) 479 Chevrolet 0 $2,970
11 1 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 471 Chevrolet 184 $7,800
12 11 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 465 Chevrolet 0 $1,000
13 18 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 455 Chevrolet 0 $2,300
14 30 Baxter Price 45 Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) 453 Chevrolet 0 $2,140
15 15 Dick Brooks 5 Nelson Malloch 450 Chevrolet 0 $800
16 26 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 413 Dodge 0 $1,930
17 21 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 386 Chevrolet 0 $1,795
18 2 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 384 Mercury 0 $950
19 27 Roger Hamby 17 Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) 362 Chevrolet 0 $1,635
20 24 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 352 Chevrolet 0 $2,450
21 17 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 347 Chevrolet 0 $1,140
22 22 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 282 Ford 0 $1,130
23 20 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 262 Chevrolet 0 $870
24 28 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 250 Oldsmobile 0 $860
25 23 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 258 Chevrolet 0 $850
26 25 Dave Dion 95 Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) 148 Chevrolet 0 $590
27 9 Benny Parsons 27 MC Anderson 89 Chevrolet 0 $830
28 14 Butch Lindley 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 82 Chevrolet 0 $570
29 5 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 67 Chevrolet 0 $3,510
30 29 Bill Hollar 99 Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) 39 Chevrolet 0 $550