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1979 - Carolina 500 Race Results


Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/4/1979
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 136.79 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 39
Average Race Speed - 122.72 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $137,160
Race Number - 3
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 492 Ford 311 $21,555
2 11 Joe Millikan 72 Hayes Jewelers (LG DeWitt) 491 Chevrolet 50 $15,670
3 17 Dick Brooks 5 Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) 487 Oldsmobile 0 $8,220
4 13 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 485 Buick 0 $7,520
5 19 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 484 Chevrolet 0 $6,320
6 27 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 476 Buick 0 $5,150
7 20 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 473 Chevrolet 0 $4,540
8 15 Dave Watson 37 Ams Oil (Phil Howard) 471 Chevrolet 0 $2,570
9 30 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 468 Dodge 0 $4,080
10 14 Benny Parsons 27 Russell Bennett (MC Anderson) 462 Chevrolet 3 $2,270
11 29 Cecil Gordon 24 GordonBarnicle (Cecil Gordon) 462 Oldsmobile 0 $3,560
12 5 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 460 Chevrolet 0 $3,250
13 31 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 459 Ford 0 $2,970
14 35 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 450 Chevrolet 0 $2,730
15 16 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 432 Buick 0 $2,545
16 18 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 431 Chevrolet 0 $1,295
17 8 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 416 Chevrolet 0 $5,570
18 3 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 413 Oldsmobile 9 $7,570
19 26 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 361 Dodge 0 $1,860
20 28 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 353 Chevrolet 0 $1,780
21 24 Roger Hamby 17 Roger Hamby 294 Chevrolet 0 $1,640
22 23 Geoffrey Bodine 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 278 Oldsmobile 0 $750
23 9 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 249 Mercury 119 $1,225
24 21 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 131 Chevrolet 0 $1,550
25 12 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 123 Chevrolet 0 $1,175
26 25 Harry Gant 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 111 Chevrolet 0 $650
27 32 Slick Johnson 87 Satterfield Heating (Don Satterfield) 37 Chevrolet 0 $625
28 34 Nelson Oswald 9 Nelson Oswald 23 Chevrolet 0 $600
29 22 Ronnie Thomas 25 RobertsonThomas (Don Robertson) 13 Chevrolet 0 $2,075
30 2 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 9 Chevrolet 0 $4,550
31 4 Buddy Baker 28 Spectra (Harry Ranier) 9 Chevrolet 0 $4,245
32 7 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 9 Chevrolet 0 $4,460
33 10 Neil Bonnett 5 TekTor (Jim Stacy) 9 Oldsmobile 0 $1,035
34 6 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 9 Ford 0 $1,030
35 33 Bill Hollar 29 Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) 1 Chevrolet 0 $525