1979 - Winston Cup Series - Winston 500 Race Results

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1979 - Winston 500 Race Results

Race Name - Winston 500
Date - 5/6/1979
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 195.644 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 30
Average Race Speed - 154.77 mph
Lead Changes - 21
Total Race Purse - $245,260
Race Number - 10

More Races from 1979

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	12	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore)	188	Ford	58	$33,750
2	1	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	187	Oldsmobile	1	$25,025
3	4	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	186	Dodge	2	$18,120
4	7	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	185	Oldsmobile	0	$13,100
5	9	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt)	185	Oldsmobile	0	$11,900
6	24	Bill Elliott	9	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	182	Mercury	0	$7,100
7	30	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	179	Ford	0	$9,060
8	13	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	179	Dodge	0	$8,265
9	16	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	178	Buick	1	$7,580
10	19	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	177	Chevrolet	0	$5,050
11	34	Cecil Gordon	24	GordonBarnicle (Cecil Gordon)	177	Oldsmobile	0	$6,335
12	29	Jimmy Means	52	Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means)	176	Chevrolet	0	$6,005
13	37	Ed Negre	8	Brooks Honda Sales (Ed Negre)	176	Chrysler	0	$5,635
14	10	Dave Marcis	71	Shoneys (Dave Marcis)	154	Chevrolet	0	$3,610
15	27	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	151	Oldsmobile	2	$5,155
16	25	Kevin Housby	22	Taylor Martin (Jack Housby)	149	Chevrolet	0	$3,190
17	3	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	148	Mercury	122	$10,130
18	11	Connie Saylor	6	Mitco (GC Spencer)	148	Oldsmobile	0	$2,970
19	31	Jimmy Finger	32	Vita Fresh Oriange Juice (Don Bierschwale)	130	Buick	0	$2,860
20	38	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	117	Chevrolet	0	$2,750
21	28	DK Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich)	113	Buick	0	$3,890
22	32	Jerry Jolly	96	Will Cronkrite	99	Ford	0	$2,440
23	21	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	81	Oldsmobile	0	$5,510
24	17	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	77	Oldsmobile	0	$3,365
25	39	Ronnie Thomas	25	1st National City Travelers Checks (Don Robertson)	73	Buick	0	$4,050
26	33	Baxter Price	45	Baxter Price	65	Chevrolet	0	$2,720
27	18	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	38	Mercury	0	$2,655
28	23	Blackie Wangerin	39	Blackie Wangerin	37	Mercury	0	$1,695
29	35	Wayne Broome	61	Crawford Brown (Jim Norris)	33	Oldsmobile	0	$1,185
30	36	Keith Davis	53	Keith Davis	30	Oldsmobile	0	$1,585
31	26	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	30	Chevrolet	0	$2,415
32	2	Buddy Baker	28	Spectra (Harry Ranier)	4	Oldsmobile	1	$5,800
33	8	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch (Junior Johnson)	4	Oldsmobile	1	$6,670
34	5	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	4	Buick	0	$2,010
35	6	Benny Parsons	27	Griffin Marine (MC Anderson)	4	Oldsmobile	0	$1,405
36	14	Dale Earnhardt	2	Rod Osterlund	4	Buick	0	$5,075
37	22	Dick Brooks	5	Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch)	4	Oldsmobile	0	$1,345
38	15	Lennie Pond	12	Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers)	4	Oldsmobile	0	$1,315
39	20	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	4	Oldsmobile	0	$1,285
40	40	Travis Tiller	46	Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller)	0	Dodge	0	$1,255