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1979 - Southeastern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southeastern 500
Date - 4/1/1979
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 111.668 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 44
Average Race Speed - 91.033 mph
Lead Changes - 8
Total Race Purse - $99,350
Race Number - 7
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 9 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 500 Chevrolet 163 $19,800
2 4 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 500 Ford 42 $11,150
3 2 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 500 Chevrolet 155 $8,300
4 13 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 498 Oldsmobile 0 $5,850
5 6 Benny Parsons 27 Valleydale Meats (MC Anderson) 497 Oldsmobile 0 $3,150
6 3 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 495 Chevrolet 1 $4,100
7 10 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 490 Chevrolet 0 $4,200
8 12 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 486 Chevrolet 0 $4,050
9 16 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 486 Chevrolet 0 $3,530
10 15 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 485 Ford 0 $3,120
11 14 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 484 Chevrolet 0 $2,725
12 11 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 481 Chevrolet 0 $2,800
13 27 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 480 Dodge 0 $2,290
14 20 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 473 Oldsmobile 0 $1,780
15 25 Cecil Gordon 24 GordonBarnicle (Cecil Gordon) 470 Oldsmobile 0 $1,645
16 28 Mike Potter 76 Miller (Mike Potter) 463 Chevrolet 0 $660
17 8 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 462 Chevrolet 0 $635
18 24 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 460 Ford 0 $1,410
19 23 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 456 Chevrolet 0 $1,095
20 19 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 429 Dodge 0 $1,080
21 17 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 385 Oldsmobile 0 $565
22 21 Dick Brooks 5 Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) 366 Oldsmobile 0 $550
23 18 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 335 Chevrolet 0 $1,785
24 5 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 216 Oldsmobile 1 $4,470
25 1 Buddy Baker 28 Spectra (Harry Ranier) 211 Chevrolet 138 $5,210
26 7 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 197 Chevrolet 0 $1,000
27 26 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 141 Chevrolet 0 $740
28 22 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 100 Chevrolet 0 $730
29 30 Bobby Wawak 74 Bobby Wawak 33 Chevrolet 0 $470
30 29 Ralph Jones 98 Ralph Jones 31 Ford 0 $460