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1979 - Atlanta 500 Race Results


Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 3/18/1979
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 165.951 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 42
Average Race Speed - 135.13 mph
Lead Changes - 29
Total Race Purse - $194,825
Race Number - 5
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Buddy Baker 28 Spectra (Harry Ranier) 328 Oldsmobile 88 $35,975
2 2 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 328 Ford 167 $32,875
3 6 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 328 Chevrolet 3 $15,400
4 4 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 327 Oldsmobile 22 $11,725
5 3 Benny Parsons 27 Griffin Marine (MC Anderson) 327 Chevrolet 0 $5,775
6 15 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 327 Chevrolet 0 $4,775
7 14 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 326 Chevrolet 0 $7,075
8 13 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 326 Oldsmobile 0 $8,925
9 8 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 325 Mercury 0 $5,720
10 12 Dick Brooks 5 Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) 325 Oldsmobile 0 $3,025
11 11 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 324 Oldsmobile 0 $6,025
12 17 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 321 Buick 0 $4,835
13 22 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 321 Chevrolet 0 $4,390
14 24 DK Ulrich 40 Airport Howard Johnsons (DK Ulrich) 321 Buick 0 $4,155
15 16 Bruce Hill 50 Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard) 321 Oldsmobile 0 $1,825
16 9 Chuck Bown 68 Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) 315 Buick 0 $1,600
17 32 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 314 Oldsmobile 0 $3,640
18 5 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 299 Mercury 42 $1,990
19 37 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 295 Chevrolet 0 $3,410
20 26 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 295 Oldsmobile 0 $3,295
21 23 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 282 Ford 0 $2,705
22 30 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 273 Dodge 0 $2,470
23 29 Cecil Gordon 24 GordonBarnicle (Cecil Gordon) 249 Oldsmobile 0 $2,285
24 27 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 221 Chevrolet 0 $2,000
25 7 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 211 Chevrolet 0 $1,965
26 36 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 172 Chevrolet 0 $1,880
27 35 Claude BallotLena 6 JMS (GC Spencer) 168 Oldsmobile 0 $950
28 34 Grant Adcox 41 AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox) 133 Chevrolet 0 $925
29 38 Buddy Arrington 67 Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington) 129 Dodge 0 $1,785
30 20 Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin 126 Mercury 0 $875
31 31 Ralph Jones 98 Ralph Jones 126 Ford 0 $1,835
32 18 Dave Watson 37 Ams Oil (Phil Howard) 123 Chevrolet 6 $1,075
33 25 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 82 Chevrolet 0 $1,315
34 39 Ronnie Thomas 25 1st National City Travelers Checks (Don Robertson) 71 Buick 0 $1,305
35 21 Geoffrey Bodine 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 66 Oldsmobile 0 $795
36 10 Bill Elliott 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 61 Mercury 0 $765
37 28 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 54 Buick 0 $1,255
38 19 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 53 Chevrolet 0 $745
39 33 John Kennedy 0 Avanti CB (John Kennedy) 50 Chevrolet 0 $735
40 40 Keith Davis 53 Keith Davis 15 Chevrolet 0 $725