1979 - Winston Cup Series - NAPA National 500 Race Results

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1979 - NAPA National 500 Race Results

Race Name - NAPA National 500
Date - 10/7/1979
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 164.304 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 40
Average Race Speed - 134.26 mph
Lead Changes - 28
Total Race Purse - $266,680
Race Number - 27

More Races from 1979

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch (Junior Johnson)	334	Chevrolet	58	$39,000
2	6	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore)	333	Ford	61	$27,475
3	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	332	Chevrolet	26	$23,100
4	9	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	332	Chevrolet	11	$15,375
5	7	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	331	Chevrolet	0	$7,700
6	5	Benny Parsons	27	MC Anderson	331	Chevrolet	22	$12,250
7	13	Bill Elliott	9	Yandle Thermol King (George Elliott)	330	Mercury	1	$5,255
8	20	Dick Brooks	5	Comp Con (Nelson Malloch)	328	Chevrolet	0	$4,765
9	17	DK Ulrich	40	US Army (DK Ulrich)	327	Buick	0	$6,750
10	8	Dale Earnhardt	2	Rod Osterlund	327	Chevrolet	55	$14,515
11	21	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	327	Mercury	0	$6,105
12	32	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	324	Dodge	0	$5,895
13	28	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	324	Buick	0	$5,685
14	18	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	324	Chevrolet	2	$5,465
15	14	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	323	Chevrolet	0	$5,155
16	16	John Anderson	8	Draime Race Engines (Russ Draime)	322	Chevrolet	1	$3,230
17	27	Dick May	57	McClure Motors (Alfred McClure)	322	Ford	0	$3,180
18	37	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	321	Dodge	0	$3,080
19	30	Frank Warren	79	Almeda Auto Parts (Frank Warren)	320	Dodge	0	$2,980
20	10	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	319	Chevrolet	7	$3,980
21	34	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	311	Ford	0	$3,300
22	38	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	309	Chevrolet	0	$2,890
23	36	James Hylton	4	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	308	Chevrolet	0	$1,395
24	29	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	302	Oldsmobile	0	$2,480
25	2	Buddy Baker	28	WIN (Harry Ranier)	282	Chevrolet	79	$20,995
26	39	Jody Ridley	77	Sunny King Ford Honda (Junie Donlavey)	281	Mercury	0	$1,220
27	40	David Sosebee	81	Gober Sosebee	249	Chevrolet	0	$1,170
28	23	John Rezek	31	RPM Enterprises (Curtis Payne)	239	Oldsmobile	0	$1,145
29	12	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt)	223	Chevrolet	0	$4,820
30	33	Steve Pfeifer	17	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	198	Chevrolet	0	$2,020
31	1	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	184	Mercury	9	$13,250
32	22	Cecil Gordon	19	Natural Light (Henley Gray)	155	Chevrolet	0	$1,890
33	11	Chuck Bown	68	Boy Scouts Special (Jim Testa)	112	Chevrolet	0	$960
34	31	Jim Vandiver	89	OL Nixon	101	Oldsmobile	1	$945
35	24	Bobby Brack	75	RahMoc Enterprises	70	Chevrolet	1	$930
36	15	Jack Ingram	12	Rameys Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	59	Chevrolet	0	$915
37	25	Dave Marcis	71	Shoneys (Dave Marcis)	26	Chevrolet	0	$900
38	26	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	16	Chevrolet	0	$2,790
39	35	Richard Brickhouse	16	Pender Auto Parts (Jimmy Edwards)	15	Oldsmobile	0	$870
40	19	Jimmy Means	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	1	Chevrolet	0	$855