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1979 - Northwestern Bank 400 Race Results


Race Name - Northwestern Bank 400
Date - 3/25/1979
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 108.136 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 32
Average Race Speed - 88.4 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $80,375
Race Number - 6
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 400 Ford 51 $13,750
2 7 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 400 Chevrolet 211 $8,300
3 1 Benny Parsons 27 Griffin Marine (MC Anderson) 400 Chevrolet 34 $8,600
4 5 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 400 Chevrolet 9 $4,275
5 4 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 399 Chevrolet 0 $4,575
6 14 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 399 Chevrolet 2 $2,785
7 10 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 397 Chevrolet 11 $2,305
8 11 Buddy Baker 28 Spectra (Harry Ranier) 397 Chevrolet 2 $3,675
9 2 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 397 Oldsmobile 70 $4,925
10 6 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 397 Chevrolet 8 $3,575
11 12 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 396 Chevrolet 1 $3,250
12 8 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 396 Chevrolet 1 $775
13 17 Dick Brooks 5 Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) 395 Oldsmobile 0 $750
14 9 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 392 Ford 0 $1,945
15 30 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 391 Chevrolet 0 $1,800
16 15 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 390 Chevrolet 0 $1,765
17 21 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 386 Dodge 0 $1,630
18 16 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 384 Buick 0 $1,495
19 18 Roger Hamby 17 Lowes Stores (Roger Hamby) 382 Chevrolet 0 $1,360
20 19 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 372 Ford 0 $1,225
21 24 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 365 Chevrolet 0 $1,050
22 23 Cecil Gordon 24 GordonBarnicle (Cecil Gordon) 361 Oldsmobile 0 $925
23 25 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 359 Chevrolet 0 $705
24 27 Slick Johnson 87 Don Satterfield 211 Chevrolet 0 $435
25 13 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 168 Dodge 0 $725
26 26 Nelson Oswald 9 Bolton Auto Parts (Nelson Oswald) 142 Chevrolet 0 $415
27 28 Earl Brooks 7 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 79 Dodge 0 $405
28 20 Ronnie Thomas 25 1st National City Travelers Checks (Don Robertson) 40 Buick 0 $1,945
29 29 Bill Hollar 99 Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) 32 Chevrolet 0 $385
30 22 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 14 Chevrolet 0 $625