1979 - Winston Cup Series - Dixie 500 Race Results

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1979 - Dixie 500 Race Results

Race Name - Dixie 500
Date - 11/4/1979
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 164.813 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 29
Average Race Speed - 140.12 mph
Lead Changes - 25
Total Race Purse - $170,725
Race Number - 30

More Races from 1979

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	328	Mercury	54	$20,050
2	7	Dale Earnhardt	2	Rod Osterlund	328	Chevrolet	69	$16,700
3	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch (Junior Johnson)	328	Oldsmobile	136	$23,150
4	3	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore)	328	Ford	3	$10,200
5	14	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	327	Chevrolet	10	$9,100
6	13	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	327	Chevrolet	0	$8,450
7	12	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	325	Chevrolet	0	$6,745
8	6	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	324	Mercury	0	$6,285
9	10	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt)	321	Chevrolet	0	$6,600
10	24	Jody Ridley	77	Sunny King Ford Honda (Junie Donlavey)	320	Mercury	0	$4,000
11	17	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	320	Oldsmobile	0	$2,600
12	18	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	319	Chevrolet	0	$3,915
13	33	Slick Johnson	51	JD Johnson	317	Chevrolet	0	$2,000
14	26	Buck Simmons	12	Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers)	315	Chevrolet	0	$1,850
15	22	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	314	Chevrolet	0	$3,605
16	21	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	314	Chevrolet	0	$3,395
17	31	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	314	Dodge	0	$3,225
18	34	Freddy Smith	0	Pettys of Spartanburg (Marvin Petty)	313	Chevrolet	0	$1,550
19	27	Jimmy Means	52	Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means)	312	Chevrolet	0	$2,965
20	30	HB Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts (HB Bailey)	307	Pontiac	0	$1,400
21	36	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	297	Dodge	0	$2,480
22	15	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	270	Ford	0	$2,220
23	11	Dave Marcis	71	Shoneys (Dave Marcis)	266	Chevrolet	0	$2,100
24	16	John Anderson	8	Russ Draime	256	Chevrolet	0	$2,025
25	19	DK Ulrich	40	Howard Johnsons (DK Ulrich)	245	Buick	0	$1,985
26	39	Wayne Watercutter	55	Ward Racing Enterprises (Wayne Watercutter)	243	Chevrolet	0	$910
27	20	Grant Adcox	41	AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox)	236	Buick	0	$850
28	23	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	212	Chevrolet	0	$2,665
29	5	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	211	Buick	0	$1,645
30	32	Ralph Jones	98	Ralph Jones	202	Ford	0	$720
31	8	Benny Parsons	27	Griffin Marine (MC Anderson)	193	Chevrolet	53	$4,400
32	37	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	176	Dodge	0	$690
33	35	David Sosebee	81	Gober Sosebee	163	Chevrolet	0	$680
34	28	Steve Pfeifer	17	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	162	Chevrolet	0	$1,575
35	9	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	158	Chevrolet	0	$660
36	38	John Rezek	31	RPM Enterprises (Curtis Payne)	117	Oldsmobile	0	$640
37	40	Randy Ogden	18	Jack Ogden	111	Chevrolet	0	$630
38	41	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	103	Oldsmobile	0	$1,505
39	1	Buddy Baker	28	WIN (Harry Ranier)	88	Chevrolet	3	$3,360
40	25	Dick Brooks	5	Nelson Malloch	44	Chevrolet	0	$600
41	29	Dick May	0	John Kennedy	4	Chevrolet	0	$600