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1979 - American 500 Race Results


Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/21/1979
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 141.315 mph
Number of Cautions - 12
Caution Laps - 82
Average Race Speed - 108.35 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $138,750
Race Number - 29
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 7 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 492 Chevrolet 139 $20,960
2 2 Benny Parsons 27 Griffin Marine (MC Anderson) 492 Chevrolet 168 $15,950
3 9 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 492 Chevrolet 50 $11,800
4 6 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 490 Chevrolet 6 $5,000
5 10 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 488 Chevrolet 0 $8,300
6 3 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 484 Chevrolet 29 $7,100
7 15 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 476 Chevrolet 0 $5,400
8 20 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 476 Chevrolet 0 $5,950
9 16 Dave Marcis 71 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 475 Chevrolet 0 $2,575
10 30 Slick Johnson 51 JD Johnson 474 Chevrolet 0 $2,300
11 22 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 470 Chevrolet 0 $4,080
12 32 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 456 Ford 0 $3,670
13 29 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 456 Oldsmobile 0 $3,440
14 36 Bill Elswick 75 RahMoc Enterprises 453 Oldsmobile 0 $2,100
15 11 Dick Brooks 5 Comp Con (Nelson Malloch) 452 Chevrolet 0 $1,750
16 34 Freddy Smith 0 Pettys of Spartanburg (Marvin Petty) 452 Chevrolet 0 $1,400
17 25 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 434 Dodge 0 $2,890
18 5 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 426 Chevrolet 0 $4,900
19 8 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 422 Ford 0 $4,800
20 13 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 420 Ford 0 $2,480
21 12 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 416 Chevrolet 0 $825
22 28 Baxter Price 45 Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) 412 Oldsmobile 0 $2,170
23 19 Bill Elliott 17 Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) 391 Chevrolet 0 $2,035
24 33 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 376 Dodge 0 $1,850
25 37 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 354 Chevrolet 0 $1,615
26 31 Dick May 99 Bill Hollar 267 Chevrolet 0 $700
27 14 Terry Labonte 44 Technicraft (Billy Hagan) 259 Chevrolet 1 $1,555
28 21 DK Ulrich 40 US Army (DK Ulrich) 253 Buick 0 $1,500
29 4 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 233 Mercury 95 $1,120
30 27 Randy Ogden 18 Jack Ogden 227 Chevrolet 0 $610
31 23 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 227 Chevrolet 0 $1,450
32 18 Glenn Jarrett 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 164 Chevrolet 0 $1,115
33 1 Buddy Baker 28 WIN (Harry Ranier) 141 Chevrolet 4 $2,580
34 24 Travis Tiller 46 Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) 76 Buick 0 $570
35 35 Mike Potter 76 Mike Potter 73 Chevrolet 0 $560
36 26 Bub Strickler 61 Budweiser (Jim Norris) 67 Oldsmobile 0 $550
37 17 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 17 Buick 0 $1,100