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1979 - CRC Chemicals 500 Race Results


Race Name - CRC Chemicals 500
Date - 9/16/1979
Race Track - Dover Downs International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 135.726 mph
Number of Cautions - 11
Caution Laps - 49
Average Race Speed - 114.36 mph
Lead Changes - 27
Total Race Purse - $125,590
Race Number - 25
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 500 Chevrolet 110 $21,650
2 7 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 500 Chevrolet 73 $11,350
3 12 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 500 Chevrolet 227 $11,250
4 10 Buddy Baker 28 WIN (Harry Ranier) 499 Chevrolet 1 $4,700
5 9 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 499 Chevrolet 0 $7,500
6 6 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 496 Ford 0 $6,000
7 15 Dave Marcis 71 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 496 Chevrolet 0 $2,000
8 14 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 496 Ford 0 $4,400
9 1 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 495 Chevrolet 46 $7,000
10 16 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 487 Buick 0 $4,050
11 13 John Anderson 8 Russ Draime 486 Chevrolet 0 $1,600
12 24 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 480 Chevrolet 0 $3,480
13 18 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 477 Chevrolet 0 $3,195
14 21 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 476 Oldsmobile 0 $3,060
15 23 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 473 Ford 0 $2,865
16 30 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 472 Chevrolet 0 $2,680
17 25 Roger Hamby 17 Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) 471 Chevrolet 0 $2,495
18 27 Frank Warren 79 Kruger Trailers (Frank Warren) 467 Dodge 0 $2,310
19 29 Nestor Peles 34 Steve Peles 465 Chevrolet 0 $1,000
20 31 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 463 Oldsmobile 0 $2,000
21 5 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 456 Mercury 37 $1,650
22 8 Benny Parsons 27 MC Anderson 454 Chevrolet 6 $1,665
23 19 Lennie Pond 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 451 Chevrolet 0 $1,605
24 22 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 437 Chevrolet 0 $2,570
25 11 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 373 Chevrolet 0 $1,525
26 17 Dick Brooks 5 Nelson Malloch 362 Chevrolet 0 $650
27 20 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 358 Chevrolet 0 $1,125
28 3 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 351 Chevrolet 0 $1,100
29 2 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 307 Chevrolet 0 $4,475
30 33 Bill Hollar 99 Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) 173 Chevrolet 0 $550
31 32 Baxter Price 45 Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) 156 Chevrolet 0 $1,040
32 26 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 132 Dodge 0 $1,030
33 28 Earle Canavan 1 Python (Earle Canavan) 52 Dodge 0 $520
34 36 Dick May 58 Don Satterfield 11 Oldsmobile 0 $510
35 35 Rick Newsom 20 MARS (Rick Newsom) 1 Oldsmobile 0 $500
36 34 Jeff Halverson 13 Jeff Halverson 1 Chevrolet 0 $490