RESULTS

1979 Official Race Results : Coca-Cola 500

Coca-Cola 500 | July 30, 1979 | Race 19 of 31

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS	WINNINGS

1	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	Busch	180/5	200	Running	21,465
2	10	43	Richard Petty	Chevrolet	STP	175/5	200	Running	15,465
3	9	28	Buddy Baker	Chevrolet	W.i.n.	170/5	200	Running	8,490
4	5	27	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	Harrisburg East Mall	160/0	200	Running	7,765
5	6	90	Ricky Rudd	Mercury	Truxmore	155/0	200	Running	6,215
6	15	72	Joe Millikan	Chevrolet	Appliance Wheels	150/0	200	Running	7,215
7	18	22	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Gatorade	156/10	200	Running	2,715
8	7	21	Neil Bonnett	Mercury	Purolator	147/5	200	Running	2,815
9	4	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Hodgdon / Moore	143/5	199	Running	5,915
10	16	30	Tighe Scott	Buick	Russ Togs	134/0	198	Running	4,295
11	23	40	D.k. Ulrich	Chevrolet	Midwestern Farm Lines	130/0	197	Running	3,685
12	39	3	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	Crc Chemicals	127/0	196	Running	3,525
13	13	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating	124/0	196	Running	3,305
14	17	25	Ronnie Thomas	Chevrolet	Stone's Cafeteria	121/0	196	Running	4,095
15	1	47	Harry Gant	Chevrolet	Race Hill Farm	123/5	195	Running	2,915
16	20	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Mr. Transmission	115/0	194	Running	2,785
17	24	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	112/0	190	Running	2,555
18	25	24	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	Gordon	109/0	189	Running	2,370
19	28	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	106/0	188	Ignition	2,135
20	19	05	Dick Brooks	Chevrolet	Bearfinder	103/0	188	Running	1,600
21	36	34	Steve Peles	Chevrolet	Peles Racing	100/0	187	Running	1,180
22	21	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Reid Trailer Sales	97/0	187	Ignition	2,025
23	12	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Stratagraph	94/0	184	Running	1,980
24	29	63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Oldsmobile	Shaw Motors	91/0	172	Running	1,105
25	33	09	Nelson Oswald	Chevrolet	J&S Truck Service	88/0	168	Engine Failure	1,080
26	34	20	Rick Newsom	Oldsmobile	Mars, Inc.	85/0	166	Running	1,055
27	32	01	Earle Canavan	Dodge	Green's Auto Parts	82/0	140	Engine Failure	1,030
28	22	57	Dick May	Ford	McClure Motors	79/0	103	Engine Failure	1,005
29	3	2	Dale Earnhardt *	Chevrolet	Osterlund	81/5	98	Accident	4,680
30	35	61	Wayne Broome	Oldsmobile	Norris	73/0	92	Engine Failure	955
31	31	45	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	Iron Peddlers	70/0	88	Engine Failure	1,430
32	27	55	Wayne Watercutter	Chevrolet	Ward Racing Enterprises	PE	48	Accident	905
33	38	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	Palatine Automotive	64/0	40	Broken Valve	1,380
34	11	12	Lennie Pond	Oldsmobile	Kencoal	61/0	15	Broken Steering	850
35	14	87	Gary Balough	Oldsmobile	Fast Lane Ltd.	58/0	9	Clutch	840
36	37	23	Louis Gatto	Chevrolet	L&J Automotive	55/0	5	Ignition	820
37	8	7	Al Holbert	Chevrolet	Holbert Porsche-Audi	52/0	1	Accident	1,065
38	26	17	Roger Hamby	Oldsmobile	Kings Inn	49/0	1	Accident	1,310
39	30	19	Steve Gray	Chevrolet	Belden Asphalt	46/0	1	Accident	1,305