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1979 - Volunteer 500 Race Results


Race Name - Volunteer 500
Date - 8/25/1979
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 110.524 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 60
Average Race Speed - 91.493 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $79,830
Race Number - 22
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 5 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 500 Chevrolet 33 $13,510
2 1 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 500 Chevrolet 77 $10,100
3 2 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 500 Ford 106 $6,950
4 7 Benny Parsons 27 Valleydale Meats (MC Anderson) 499 Chevrolet 254 $4,900
5 4 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 497 Chevrolet 0 $5,600
6 12 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 497 Chevrolet 0 $4,400
7 3 David Pearson 2 Rod Osterlund 496 Chevrolet 0 $3,800
8 10 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 493 Chevrolet 0 $3,550
9 11 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 493 Ford 0 $3,030
10 17 Bill Elliott 17 Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) 487 Chevrolet 0 $2,620
11 14 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 484 Chevrolet 0 $2,400
12 15 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 483 Chevrolet 0 $2,490
13 23 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 472 Chevrolet 0 $1,980
14 24 Buddy Arrington 67 Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington) 468 Dodge 0 $1,745
15 20 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 456 Ford 0 $1,610
16 6 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 445 Chevrolet 16 $590
17 21 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 444 Dodge 0 $1,370
18 8 Dave Marcis 71 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 434 Chevrolet 14 $790
19 19 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 416 Chevrolet 0 $1,020
20 16 Dick Brooks 5 Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) 392 Oldsmobile 0 $500
21 27 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 392 Chevrolet 0 $965
22 25 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 388 Oldsmobile 0 $705
23 22 Mike Potter 76 Brockwell Entertainment (Mike Potter) 311 Chevrolet 0 $445
24 29 Baxter Price 45 Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) 274 Chevrolet 0 $685
25 9 Jack Ingram 12 Rameys Chevy City (Kennie Childers) 197 Chevrolet 0 $425
26 18 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 104 Chevrolet 0 $770
27 13 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 79 Chevrolet 0 $1,665
28 26 Melvin Revis 59 Danny Queen 76 Chevrolet 0 $410
29 30 Henry Jones 69 Pro Shoppe (Mike Kempton) 48 Chevrolet 0 $405
30 28 John Kennedy 0 Avanti CB (John Kennedy) 2 Chevrolet 0 $400