RESULTS

1979 Official Race Results : Talladega 500

Talladega 500 | August 05, 1979 | Race 20 of 31

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

1	8	88	Darrell Waltrip	Oldsmobile	Gatorade	185/10	188	Running	32,325
2	2	2	David Pearson	Oldsmobile	Osterlund	175/5	188	Running	20,925
3	11	90	Ricky Rudd	Mercury	Truxmore	165/0	186	Running	13,920
4	13	43	Richard Petty	Oldsmobile	STP	165/5	186	Running	11,475
5	25	77	Jody Ridley	Mercury	Sunny King Ford	155/0	186	Running	6,025
6	3	30	Tighe Scott	Buick	Russ Togs	150/0	186	Running	8,000
7	21	47	Harry Gant	Oldsmobile	Race Hill Farm	146/0	184	Running	4,815
8	6	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Rossmeyer	142/0	181	Running	5,980
9	18	42	Kyle Petty	Dodge	STP	138/0	181	Running	3,315
10	20	3	Richard Childress	Oldsmobile	Crc Chemicals	134/0	179	Running	5,520
11	24	05	Dick Brooks	Oldsmobile	Bearfinder	130/0	177	Running	4,560
12	22	9	Bill Elliott	Mercury	Yandle / Thermo King	127/0	176	Running	2,865
13	37	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Mr. Transmission	124/0	175	Running	4,740
14	38	19	Bob Burcham	Chevrolet	Belden Asphalt	121/0	172	Running	4,480
15	34	20	Rick Newsom	Oldsmobile	Mars, Inc.	118/0	172	Running	2,565
16	10	50	Bruce Hill	Oldsmobile	Global Heat Exchange	115/0	171	Engine Failure	2,465
17	39	73	Steve Moore	Chevrolet	Gilbert Moore	112/0	170	Running	2,415
18	31	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating	109/0	163	Running	3,920
19	7	41	Grant Adcox	Oldsmobile	Adcox-Kirby	111/5	162	Dropped Valve	2,515
20	30	48	James Hylton	Oldsmobile	Palatine Automotive	103/0	159	Running	3,510
21	12	27	Benny Parsons	Oldsmobile	Griffin's Marine	105/5	146	Engine Failure	3,400
22	32	25	Ronnie Thomas	Buick	Stone's Cafeteria	97/0	143	Engine Failure	3,965
23	9	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	94/0	142	Running	2,830
24	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	Busch	96/5	138	Engine Failure	8,015
25	26	72	Joe Millikan	Oldsmobile	Appliance Wheels	93/5	120	Engine Failure	6,615
26	36	45	Baxter Price	Oldsmobile	Iron Peddlers	85/0	95	Engine Failure	2,670
27	35	40	D.k. Ulrich	Buick	Ulrich	82/0	92	Engine Failure	2,600
28	19	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Hodgdon / Moore	79/0	90	Engine Failure	5,365
29	33	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley	76/0	87	Engine Failure	1,590
30	23	1	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	Hawaiian Tropic	73/0	83	Dropped Valve	1,515
31	14	71	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Shoney's	70/0	83	Timing Chain	1,350
32	40	36	Marty Robbins	Dodge	Robbins Racing	67/0	75	Engine Failure	1,325
33	15	44	Terry Labonte	Buick	Stratagraph	64/0	75	Engine Failure	2,300
34	1	21	Neil Bonnett	Mercury	Purolator	66/5	71	Engine Failure	6,025
35	16	12	Jack Ingram	Oldsmobile	Kencoal	58/0	70	Clutch	1,250
36	27	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	55/0	58	Engine Failure	1,725
37	29	39	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	Wangerin	52/0	50	Lost Oil Pressure	1,350
38	17	7	Al Holbert	Oldsmobile	Holbert Porsche-Audi	PE	47	Engine Failure	1,175
39	4	28	Buddy Baker	Oldsmobile	W.i.n., Inc.	46/0	41	Dropped Valve	1,750
40	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	Gordon	43/0	40	Engine Failure	1,550
41	28	87	Dick May	Oldsmobile	Fast Lane Ltd.	PE	1	Lost Oil Pressure	1,050