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1979 Official Race Results : NAPA 500

NAPA 500 | October 07, 1979 | Race 27 of 31
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FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1411 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet Busch 180/5 334Running 39,000
2615 Bobby Allison Ford Hodgdon / Moore 175/5 333Running 27,475
3388 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Gatorade 170/5 332Running 23,100
4943 Richard Petty Chevrolet STP 165/5 332Running 15,375
571 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Hawaiian Tropic 155/0 331Running 7,700
6527 Benny Parsons Chevrolet M.C. Anderson 155/5 331Running 12,250
7139 Bill Elliott Mercury Yandle / Thermo King 151/5 330Running 5,255
82005 Dick Brooks Chevrolet Compcon, Inc. 142/0 328Running 4,765
91740 D.k. Ulrich Buick U.S. Army 138/0 327Running 6,750
1082 Dale Earnhardt * Chevrolet Osterlund 139/5 327Running 14,515
112190 Ricky Rudd Mercury Truxmore 130/0 327Running 6,105
123267 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales 127/0 324Running 5,895
132830 Tighe Scott Buick Russ Togs 124/0 324Running 5,685
14183 Richard Childress Chevrolet Crc Chemicals 126/5 324Running 5,465
151444 Terry Labonte Chevrolet Stratagraph 118/0 323Running 5,155
161608 John Anderson Chevrolet Draime Race Engines 120/5 322Running 3,230
172757 Dick May Ford McClure Motors 112/0 322Running 3,180
183742 Kyle Petty Dodge STP 109/0 321Running 3,080
193079 Frank Warren Dodge Almeda Auto Parts 106/0 320Running 2,980
201047 Harry Gant Chevrolet Race Hill Farm 108/5 319Broken Valve 3,980
213464 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda 100/0 311Running 3,300
223870 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating 97/0 309Running 2,890
23364 James Hylton Chevrolet Palatine Automotive 94/0 308Running 1,395
242945 Baxter Price Oldsmobile Iron Peddlers 91/0 302Running 2,480
25228 Buddy Baker Chevrolet W.i.n., Inc. 98/10 282Accident 20,995
263977 Jody Ridley Mercury Sunny King Ford & Honda 85/0 281Engine Failure 1,220
274081 David Sosebee Chevrolet Sosebee Racing 82/0 249Accident 1,170
282331 John Rezek Oldsmobile RPM Enterprises 79/0 239Running 1,145
291272 Joe Millikan Chevrolet Appliance Wheels 76/0 223Steering 4,820
303317 Steve Pfeifer Chevrolet Kings Inn 73/0 198Running 2,020
31121 Neil Bonnett Mercury Purolator 75/5 184Engine Failure 13,250
322219 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet Natural Light 67/0 155Clutch 1,890
331168 Chuck Bown Chevrolet Boy Scouts Special PE112Engine Failure 960
343189 Jim Vandiver Oldsmobile O.l. Nixon PE101Accident 945
352475 Bobby Brack Chevrolet Rahmoc Racing 63/5 70Accident 930
361512 Jack Ingram Chevrolet Ramey's Chevy City PE59Engine Failure 915
372571 Dave Marcis Chevrolet Shoney's 52/0 26Accident 900
382625 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Stone's Cafeteria 49/0 16Oil Leak 2,790
393516 Richard Brickhouse Oldsmobile Pender Auto Parts 46/0 15Cracked Cylinder Head 870
401914 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Cunningham-Kelley 43/0 1Not Handling 855
* Denotes Rookie

RACE FACTS

Average Speed: 134.266 mph
Margin of Victory: 1 lap & 5 seconds
Time of Race: 03:43:53
Lead Changes: 28
Cautions: 8 for 40 laps.

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