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1979 - Virginia 500 Race Results


Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 4/22/1979
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.525 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 263 miles
Pole Speed - 87.383 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 32
Average Race Speed - 76.562 mph
Lead Changes - 11
Total Race Purse - $111,200
Race Number - 9
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 500 Chevrolet 247 $23,400
2 4 Buddy Baker 28 Spectra (Harry Ranier) 500 Chevrolet 196 $14,700
3 1 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 499 Chevrolet 49 $10,200
4 3 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 498 Ford 1 $7,100
5 8 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 497 Chevrolet 0 $6,550
6 21 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 497 Chevrolet 0 $2,500
7 14 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 495 Chevrolet 7 $4,200
8 11 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 495 Chevrolet 0 $4,200
9 19 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 494 Chevrolet 0 $3,350
10 10 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 493 Chevrolet 0 $3,080
11 5 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 492 Oldsmobile 0 $5,050
12 17 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 489 Ford 0 $2,470
13 22 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 488 Buick 0 $2,300
14 16 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 485 Chevrolet 0 $2,140
15 15 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 476 Chevrolet 0 $1,980
16 25 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 476 Ford 0 $1,820
17 30 Cecil Gordon 24 GordonBarnicle (Cecil Gordon) 474 Oldsmobile 0 $1,685
18 20 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 472 Dodge 0 $1,500
19 13 Benny Parsons 27 Power Tool Service (MC Anderson) 458 Chevrolet 0 $675
20 26 Ronnie Thomas 25 1st National City Travelers Checks (Don Robertson) 454 Chevrolet 0 $2,150
21 27 Dick Brooks 5 Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) 437 Oldsmobile 0 $640
22 18 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 312 Dodge 0 $1,130
23 7 Chuck Bown 68 Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) 263 Buick 0 $620
24 29 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 247 Chevrolet 0 $860
25 9 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 207 Mercury 0 $850
26 24 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 167 Chevrolet 0 $590
27 12 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 137 Chevrolet 0 $3,030
28 28 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 132 Chevrolet 0 $820
29 6 Lennie Pond 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 10 Chevrolet 0 $810
30 23 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 0 Chevrolet 0 $800