RESULTS

1979 Official Race Results : Southern 500

Southern 500 | September 03, 1979 | Race 23 of 31

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

1	5	2	David Pearson	Chevrolet	Purolator	180/5	367	Running	29,925
2	6	17	Bill Elliott	Mercury	Kings Inn	175/5	365	Running	19,235
3	16	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Stratagraph	165/0	365	Running	13,460
4	10	28	Buddy Baker	Chevrolet	W.i.n., Inc.	165/5	365	Running	7,975
5	13	27	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	155/0	364	Running	8,915
6	19	71	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Shoney's	150/0	362	Running	5,650
7	8	05	Dick Brooks	Chevrolet	Dubis Corp.	146/0	361	Running	4,900
8	14	90	Ricky Rudd	Mercury	Truxmore	142/0	361	Running	7,105
9	4	43	Richard Petty	Chevrolet	STP	138/0	361	Running	7,800
10	1	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Hodgdon / Moore	139/5	356	Running	10,950
11	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Gatorade	140/10	355	Running	12,200
12	7	47	Harry Gant	Chevrolet	Race Hill Farm	127/0	352	Running	4,100
13	17	40	D.k. Ulrich	Buick	U.S. Army	124/0	350	Running	5,595
14	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Reid Trailer Sales	121/0	347	Running	5,375
15	12	72	Joe Millikan	Chevrolet	Appliance Wheels	118/0	347	Running	7,000
16	24	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Mr. Transmission	115/0	345	Running	5,015
17	21	68	Chuck Bown	Buick	Kings Mountain	112/0	342	Running	3,100
18	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating	109/0	341	Running	4,530
19	11	11	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	Busch	106/0	336	Running	8,000
20	33	8	Ed Negre	Chrysler	Dick Brooks Honda	103/0	333	Running	2,850
21	30	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	100/0	332	Running	3,845
22	32	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	97/0	331	Running	3,585
23	35	45	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	Iron Peddlers	94/0	324	Running	3,300
24	28	25	Ronnie Thomas	Chevrolet	Stone's Cafeteria	91/0	310	Running	4,215
25	15	19	Lennie Pond	Chevrolet	Belden Asphalt	88/0	281	Running	3,280
26	31	24	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	Gordon Racing	85/0	246	Running	2,885
27	36	36	H.B. Bailey	Pontiac	Almeda Auto Parts	82/0	244	Overheating	1,825
28	26	9	Jim Vandiver	Chevrolet	Kings Inn	79/0	240	Running	1,800
29	25	3	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	Crc Chemicals	76/0	224	Burned Piston	2,200
30	20	12	Jack Ingram	Oldsmobile	Kencoal	73/0	206	Engine Failure	1,650
31	2	1	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	Hawaiian Tropic	75/5	195	Cracked Cylinder Head	4,550
32	9	21	Neil Bonnett	Mercury	Purolator	72/5	185	Steering	2,150
33	39	10	Billy Smith	Ford	Tidewater Glass	64/0	179	Drive Shaft	1,575
34	23	65	Dick May	Ford	Spohn's Body Shop	PE	148	Accident	1,450
35	29	30	Tighe Scott	Buick	Russ Togs	58/0	133	Accident	2,400
36	18	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley	55/0	112	Engine Failure	1,300
37	40	98	Ralph Jones	Ford	Jones	52/0	83	Broken Valve	1,275
38	27	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	Palatine Automotive	49/0	46	Broken Valve	1,750
39	37	01	Earle Canavan	Dodge	Canavan Racing	46/0	17	Oil Leak	1,225
40	34	96	Ferrel Harris	Ford	Cronkite Racing	PE	2	Running Too Slow	1,260