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1979 - Mason-Dixon 500 Race Results


Race Name - Mason-Dixon 500
Date - 5/20/1979
Race Track - Dover Downs International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 136.103 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 48
Average Race Speed - 111.26 mph
Lead Changes - 26
Total Race Purse - $124,040
Race Number - 12
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 5 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 500 Mercury 59 $17,750
2 7 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 500 Chevrolet 265 $14,800
3 2 Buddy Baker 28 Spectra (Harry Ranier) 498 Chevrolet 32 $10,650
4 3 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 498 Ford 112 $8,100
5 6 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 497 Chevrolet 0 $7,750
6 4 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 494 Chevrolet 0 $4,800
7 13 Benny Parsons 27 MC Anderson 493 Chevrolet 0 $4,250
8 9 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 492 Chevrolet 4 $5,600
9 12 Lennie Pond 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 490 Chevrolet 0 $1,800
10 21 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 484 Dodge 0 $3,880
11 27 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 482 Buick 0 $3,370
12 18 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 482 Chevrolet 0 $3,210
13 8 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 481 Chevrolet 3 $3,015
14 16 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 480 Ford 1 $2,830
15 25 Baxter Price 45 Ideal Maintenance (Baxter Price) 473 Chevrolet 0 $2,645
16 23 Ronnie Thomas 25 1st National City Travelers Checks (Don Robertson) 471 Chevrolet 0 $3,460
17 19 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 471 Chevrolet 0 $2,225
18 1 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 462 Chevrolet 24 $6,250
19 17 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 457 Ford 0 $1,890
20 24 Steve Peles 34 Steve Peles 454 Chevrolet 0 $1,000
21 20 Frank Warren 79 Countian Press (Frank Warren) 412 Dodge 0 $1,680
22 28 Nelson Oswald 9 J S Truck Service (Nelson Oswald) 408 Chevrolet 0 $775
23 22 Cecil Gordon 24 GordonBarnicle (Cecil Gordon) 337 Oldsmobile 0 $1,595
24 31 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 126 Buick 0 $1,550
25 10 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 72 Chevrolet 0 $675
26 29 Joey Arrington 71 Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington) 42 Dodge 0 $650
27 30 Louis Gatto 23 L J Automotive 26 Chevrolet 0 $625
28 26 Elmo Langley 5 Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) 5 Chevrolet 0 $600
29 11 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 2 Chevrolet 0 $1,325
30 15 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 2 Oldsmobile 0 $4,250
31 14 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 2 Chevrolet 0 $1,040