1979 - Winston Cup Series - Los Angeles Times 500 Race Results

Winston Cup Series Series by Race

The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.

NASCAR Cup Series Main Page
NASCAR Cup Series Champions
NASCAR Cup Series Rookie/Popular Driver/Manufacturer by Year
NASCAR Cup Series by Year

1979 - Los Angeles Times 500 Race Results

Race Name - Los Angeles Times 500
Date - 11/18/1979
Race Track - Ontario Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 154.902 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 26
Average Race Speed - 132.82 mph
Lead Changes - 35
Total Race Purse - $170,035
Race Number - 31

More Races from 1979

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Benny Parsons	27	MC Anderson	200	Chevrolet	56	$27,050
2	3	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore)	200	Ford	17	$17,350
3	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch (Junior Johnson)	200	Oldsmobile	55	$18,000
4	4	Buddy Baker	28	WIN (Harry Ranier)	200	Chevrolet	39	$7,000
5	5	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	200	Chevrolet	6	$9,025
6	7	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	200	Mercury	0	$4,600
7	13	Dick Brooks	5	Nelson Malloch	200	Chevrolet	16	$3,900
8	10	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	199	Chevrolet	2	$7,550
9	6	Dale Earnhardt	2	Rod Osterlund	199	Chevrolet	8	$7,500
10	8	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	199	Mercury	1	$5,860
11	9	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	199	Chevrolet	0	$2,600
12	11	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt)	199	Chevrolet	0	$6,075
13	21	Terry Labonte	44	Technicraft (Billy Hagan)	196	Oldsmobile	0	$4,450
14	26	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	196	Chevrolet	0	$2,050
15	17	Bruce Hill	50	Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard)	196	Oldsmobile	0	$1,975
16	23	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	195	Chevrolet	0	$3,880
17	28	Dave Marcis	71	Shoneys (Dave Marcis)	195	Chevrolet	0	$1,800
18	15	Bill Schmitt	73	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	194	Oldsmobile	0	$3,020
19	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Switzer Construction (Buddy Arrington)	194	Dodge	0	$3,410
20	19	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	193	Chevrolet	0	$1,750
21	30	Roy Smith	45	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	193	Oldsmobile	0	$2,690
22	33	Tim Williamson	10	ThermaSol (Tim Williamson)	191	Chevrolet	0	$2,505
23	29	Hal Callentine	74	CalFour (Hal Callentine)	191	Oldsmobile	0	$1,475
24	31	Cecil Gordon	24	Reliable RV (Cecil Gordon)	190	Oldsmobile	0	$2,795
25	34	Frank Warren	79	Golden Bear (Frank Warren)	186	Dodge	0	$2,635
26	27	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	153	Chevrolet	0	$2,425
27	18	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	147	Chevrolet	0	$3,165
28	16	Randy Ogden	18	EconCar (Jack Ogden)	135	Chevrolet	0	$1,225
29	12	Buck Simmons	12	Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers)	123	Chevrolet	0	$1,175
30	37	Richard White	22	Boulevard Automotive (Mike White)	121	Chevrolet	0	$1,480
31	20	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	104	Chevrolet	0	$1,920
32	35	Jim Robinson	78	SanVal Supply (AJ Kurten)	104	Chevrolet	0	$1,350
33	22	DK Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich)	57	Chevrolet	0	$1,450
34	36	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	49	Ford	0	$1,400
35	24	John Rezek	31	Curtis Payne	38	Buick	0	$850
36	14	Jimmy Insolo	1	Allstate Building Materials (Gerald Craker)	36	Oldsmobile	0	$1,825
37	32	Vince Giamformaggio	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	26	Chevrolet	0	$825