RESULTS

1979 Official Race Results : Virginia 500

Virginia 500 | April 22, 1979 | Race 9 of 31

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

1	2	43	Richard Petty	Chevrolet	STP	185/10	500	Running	23,400
2	4	28	Buddy Baker	Chevrolet	Spectra	175/5	500	Running	14,700
3	1	88	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Gatorade	170/5	499	Accident	10,200
4	3	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Hodgdon / Moore	165/5	498	Running	7,100
5	8	72	Joe Millikan	Chevrolet	Appliance Wheels	155/0	497	Running	6,550
6	21	47	Harry Gant	Chevrolet	Race Hill Farm	150/0	497	Running	2,500
7	14	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	Palatine Automotive	151/5	495	Accident	4,200
8	11	2	Dale Earnhardt *	Chevrolet	Osterlund	142/0	495	Running	4,200
9	19	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Stratagraph	138/0	494	Running	3,350
10	10	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating	134/0	493	Running	3,080
11	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	Busch	130/0	492	Running	5,050
12	17	90	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Truxmore	127/0	489	Running	2,470
13	22	30	Tighe Scott	Buick	Russ Togs	124/0	488	Running	2,300
14	16	3	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	Crc Chemicals	121/0	485	Running	2,140
15	15	40	D.k. Ulrich	Chevrolet	Midwestern Farm Lines	118/0	476	Running	1,980
16	25	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	115/0	476	Running	1,820
17	30	24	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	Gordon-Barnicle	112/0	474	Running	1,685
18	20	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	109/0	472	Running	1,500
19	13	27	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	Power Tool Service	106/0	458	Running	675
20	26	25	Ronnie Thomas	Chevrolet	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	103/0	454	Running	2,150
21	27	05	Dick Brooks	Oldsmobile	Bearfinder	100/0	437	Running	640
22	18	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Reid Trailer Sales	97/0	312	Engine Failure	1,130
23	7	68	Chuck Bown	Buick	Kings Mountain	PE	263	Engine Failure	620
24	29	45	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	Price Racing	91/0	247	Engine Failure	860
25	9	21	Neil Bonnett	Mercury	Purolator	88/0	207	Blown Head Gasket	850
26	24	02	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Shoney's	85/0	167	Engine Failure	590
27	12	1	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	Hawaiian Tropic	82/0	137	Engine Failure	3,030
28	28	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Mr. Transmission	79/0	132	Overheating	820
29	6	12	Lennie Pond	Chevrolet	Kencoal	76/0	10	Engine Failure	810
30	23	19	Dick May	Chevrolet	Belden Asphalt	PE	0	Engine Failure	800