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1979 - World 600 Race Results


Race Name - World 600
Date - 5/27/1979
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 600 miles
Pole Speed - 160.125 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps - 48
Average Race Speed - 136.67 mph
Lead Changes - 54
Total Race Purse - $321,780
Race Number - 13
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 400 Chevrolet 175 $55,400
2 2 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 400 Chevrolet 28 $35,650
3 15 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 400 Chevrolet 122 $27,100
4 5 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 398 Oldsmobile 0 $18,225
5 4 Benny Parsons 27 Griffin Marine (MC Anderson) 398 Chevrolet 0 $13,570
6 10 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 397 Mercury 0 $14,845
7 14 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 397 Chevrolet 0 $11,580
8 20 Al Holbert 7 Holbert Porsche (Al Holbert) 396 Chevrolet 0 $8,315
9 30 Lennie Pond 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 394 Chevrolet 13 $6,815
10 23 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 393 Oldsmobile 0 $9,445
11 27 Grant Adcox 41 AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox) 391 Oldsmobile 0 $6,090
12 33 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 391 Dodge 0 $7,535
13 31 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 389 Chevrolet 0 $6,865
14 29 Ronnie Thomas 0 Avanti CB (John Kennedy) 379 Chevrolet 0 $5,490
15 19 Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin 375 Mercury 0 $4,290
16 22 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 372 Buick 0 $5,705
17 40 Cecil Gordon 24 GordonBarnicle (Cecil Gordon) 366 Oldsmobile 0 $5,095
18 37 DK Ulrich 40 US Army (DK Ulrich) 353 Chevrolet 0 $4,785
19 35 Jim Vandiver 89 OL Nixon 348 Oldsmobile 0 $3,340
20 34 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 340 Ford 0 $4,425
21 39 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 336 Dodge 0 $3,715
22 7 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 331 Ford 1 $6,440
23 17 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 320 Chevrolet 0 $2,615
24 38 Bruce Hill 50 Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard) 306 Buick 0 $2,390
25 1 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 252 Mercury 26 $18,790
26 13 Dave Marcis 71 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 250 Chevrolet 0 $2,440
27 11 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 212 Chevrolet 12 $5,380
28 36 Bill Dennis 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 191 Chevrolet 0 $2,530
29 21 Glenn Jarrett 49 Natural Light (Charles Dean) 166 Chevrolet 0 $1,630
30 12 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 142 Chevrolet 0 $1,610
31 18 Bobby Fisher 4 Pabst Blue Ribbon (Bobby Fisher) 136 Buick 0 $1,465
32 25 Skip Manning 17 Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) 129 Chevrolet 0 $2,325
33 26 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 128 Chevrolet 1 $1,890
34 16 Connie Saylor 6 Lady Son Auction (GC Spencer) 114 Oldsmobile 0 $1,465
35 28 Travis Tiller 46 Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) 91 Dodge 0 $1,315
36 8 Buddy Baker 28 Spectra (Harry Ranier) 88 Chevrolet 13 $5,040
37 6 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 88 Chevrolet 9 $1,315
38 9 Bill Elliott 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 36 Mercury 0 $1,290
39 24 Dick Brooks 5 Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) 10 Oldsmobile 0 $1,190
40 32 Chuck Bown 68 Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) 0 Buick 0 $1,215
41 41 Ron Hutcherson 57 McClure Motors (Alfred McClure) 0 Ford 0 $1,165