RESULTS

1979 Official Race Results : Atlanta 500

Atlanta 500 | March 18, 1979 | Race 5 of 31

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

1	1	28	Buddy Baker	Oldsmobile	Spectra	180/5	328	Running	35,975
2	2	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Hodgdon / Moore	180/10	328	Running	32,875
3	6	88	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Gatorade	170/5	328	Running	15,400
4	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	Busch	165/5	327	Running	11,725
5	3	27	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	Griffin's Marine	155/0	327	Running	5,775
6	15	02	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Shoney's	150/0	327	Running	4,775
7	14	1	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	Hawaiian Tropic	146/0	326	Running	7,075
8	13	72	Joe Millikan	Oldsmobile	Appliance Wheels	142/0	326	Running	8,925
9	8	90	Ricky Rudd	Mercury	Truxmore	138/0	325	Running	5,720
10	12	05	Dick Brooks	Oldsmobile	Bearfinder	134/0	325	Running	3,025
11	11	43	Richard Petty	Oldsmobile	STP	130/0	324	Running	6,025
12	17	2	Dale Earnhardt *	Buick	Osterlund	127/0	321	Running	4,835
13	22	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	Palatine Automotive	124/0	321	Running	4,390
14	24	40	D.k. Ulrich	Buick	Airport Howard Jonnson's	121/0	321	Running	4,155
15	16	50	Bruce Hill	Oldsmobile	Hill	118/0	321	Running	1,825
16	9	68	Chuck Bown	Buick	Kings Mountain	115/0	315	Running	1,600
17	32	70	J.D. McDuffie	Oldsmobile	Bailey Excavating	112/0	314	Running	3,640
18	5	21	David Pearson	Mercury	Purolator	114/5	299	Engine Failure	1,990
19	37	45	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	Price Racing	106/0	295	Running	3,410
20	26	3	Richard Childress	Oldsmobile	Crc Chemicals	103/0	295	Running	3,295
21	23	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	100/0	282	Running	2,705
22	30	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	97/0	273	Engine Failure	2,470
23	29	24	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	Gordon-Barnicle	94/0	249	Running	2,285
24	27	19	Dick May	Chevrolet	Belden Asphalt	91/0	221	Overheating	2,000
25	7	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Stratagraph	88/0	211	Engine Failure	1,965
26	36	17	Roger Hamby	Chevrolet	Hamby / Ellis Automotive	85/0	172	Accident	1,880
27	35	6	Claude Ballott-Lena	Oldsmobile	Jms	PE	168	Accident	950
28	34	41	Grant Adcox	Chevrolet	Adcox-Kirby	79/0	133	Accident	925
29	38	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Sam Dell	76/0	129	Blown Head Gasket	1,785
30	20	39	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	Wangerin	73/0	126	Transmission	875
31	31	98	Ralph Jones	Ford	Jones	70/0	126	Clutch	1,835
32	18	37	Dave Watson	Chevrolet	Amsoil	72/5	123	Withdrew	1,075
33	25	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Mr. Transmission	64/0	82	Transmission	1,315
34	39	25	Ronnie Thomas	Buick	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	61/0	71	Not Handling	2,305
35	21	47	Geoffrey Bodine	Oldsmobile	Race Hill Farm	58/0	66	Not Handling	795
36	10	9	Bill Elliott	Mercury	Dahlonega Ford Sales	PE	61	Steering	765
37	28	30	Tighe Scott	Buick	Russ Togs	52/0	54	Steering	1,255
38	19	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley	49/0	53	Accident	745
39	33	0	John Kennedy	Chevrolet	Avanti Cb	46/0	50	Accident	735
40	40	53	Keith Davis	Chevrolet	Davis	43/0	15	Rear End	725