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1979 - Los Angeles Times 500 Race Results


Race Name - Los Angeles Times 500
Date - 11/18/1979
Race Track - Ontario Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 154.902 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 26
Average Race Speed - 132.82 mph
Lead Changes - 35
Total Race Purse - $170,035
Race Number - 31
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Benny Parsons 27 MC Anderson 200 Chevrolet 56 $27,050
2 3 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 200 Ford 17 $17,350
3 1 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 200 Oldsmobile 55 $18,000
4 4 Buddy Baker 28 WIN (Harry Ranier) 200 Chevrolet 39 $7,000
5 5 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 200 Chevrolet 6 $9,025
6 7 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 200 Mercury 0 $4,600
7 13 Dick Brooks 5 Nelson Malloch 200 Chevrolet 16 $3,900
8 10 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 199 Chevrolet 2 $7,550
9 6 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 199 Chevrolet 8 $7,500
10 8 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 199 Mercury 1 $5,860
11 9 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 199 Chevrolet 0 $2,600
12 11 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 199 Chevrolet 0 $6,075
13 21 Terry Labonte 44 Technicraft (Billy Hagan) 196 Oldsmobile 0 $4,450
14 26 Kyle Petty 42 STP (Petty Enterprises) 196 Chevrolet 0 $2,050
15 17 Bruce Hill 50 Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard) 196 Oldsmobile 0 $1,975
16 23 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 195 Chevrolet 0 $3,880
17 28 Dave Marcis 71 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 195 Chevrolet 0 $1,800
18 15 Bill Schmitt 73 Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt) 194 Oldsmobile 0 $3,020
19 25 Buddy Arrington 67 Switzer Construction (Buddy Arrington) 194 Dodge 0 $3,410
20 19 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 193 Chevrolet 0 $1,750
21 30 Roy Smith 45 Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) 193 Oldsmobile 0 $2,690
22 33 Tim Williamson 10 ThermaSol (Tim Williamson) 191 Chevrolet 0 $2,505
23 29 Hal Callentine 74 CalFour (Hal Callentine) 191 Oldsmobile 0 $1,475
24 31 Cecil Gordon 24 Reliable RV (Cecil Gordon) 190 Oldsmobile 0 $2,795
25 34 Frank Warren 79 Golden Bear (Frank Warren) 186 Dodge 0 $2,635
26 27 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 153 Chevrolet 0 $2,425
27 18 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 147 Chevrolet 0 $3,165
28 16 Randy Ogden 18 EconCar (Jack Ogden) 135 Chevrolet 0 $1,225
29 12 Buck Simmons 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 123 Chevrolet 0 $1,175
30 37 Richard White 22 Boulevard Automotive (Mike White) 121 Chevrolet 0 $1,480
31 20 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 104 Chevrolet 0 $1,920
32 35 Jim Robinson 78 SanVal Supply (AJ Kurten) 104 Chevrolet 0 $1,350
33 22 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 57 Chevrolet 0 $1,450
34 36 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 49 Ford 0 $1,400
35 24 John Rezek 31 Curtis Payne 38 Buick 0 $850
36 14 Jimmy Insolo 1 Allstate Building Materials (Gerald Craker) 36 Oldsmobile 0 $1,825
37 32 Vince Giamformaggio 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 26 Chevrolet 0 $825