1979 - Winston Cup Series - American 500 Race Results

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1979 - American 500 Race Results

Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/21/1979
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 141.315 mph
Number of Cautions - 12
Caution Laps - 82
Average Race Speed - 108.35 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $138,750
Race Number - 29

More Races from 1979

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	7	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	492	Chevrolet	139	$20,960
2	2	Benny Parsons	27	Griffin Marine (MC Anderson)	492	Chevrolet	168	$15,950
3	9	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch (Junior Johnson)	492	Chevrolet	50	$11,800
4	6	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	490	Chevrolet	6	$5,000
5	10	Dale Earnhardt	2	Rod Osterlund	488	Chevrolet	0	$8,300
6	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	484	Chevrolet	29	$7,100
7	15	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	476	Chevrolet	0	$5,400
8	20	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	476	Chevrolet	0	$5,950
9	16	Dave Marcis	71	Shoneys (Dave Marcis)	475	Chevrolet	0	$2,575
10	30	Slick Johnson	51	JD Johnson	474	Chevrolet	0	$2,300
11	22	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	470	Chevrolet	0	$4,080
12	32	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	456	Ford	0	$3,670
13	29	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	456	Oldsmobile	0	$3,440
14	36	Bill Elswick	75	RahMoc Enterprises	453	Oldsmobile	0	$2,100
15	11	Dick Brooks	5	Comp Con (Nelson Malloch)	452	Chevrolet	0	$1,750
16	34	Freddy Smith	0	Pettys of Spartanburg (Marvin Petty)	452	Chevrolet	0	$1,400
17	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	434	Dodge	0	$2,890
18	5	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt)	426	Chevrolet	0	$4,900
19	8	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore)	422	Ford	0	$4,800
20	13	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	420	Ford	0	$2,480
21	12	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	416	Chevrolet	0	$825
22	28	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	412	Oldsmobile	0	$2,170
23	19	Bill Elliott	17	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	391	Chevrolet	0	$2,035
24	33	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	376	Dodge	0	$1,850
25	37	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	354	Chevrolet	0	$1,615
26	31	Dick May	99	Bill Hollar	267	Chevrolet	0	$700
27	14	Terry Labonte	44	Technicraft (Billy Hagan)	259	Chevrolet	1	$1,555
28	21	DK Ulrich	40	US Army (DK Ulrich)	253	Buick	0	$1,500
29	4	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	233	Mercury	95	$1,120
30	27	Randy Ogden	18	Jack Ogden	227	Chevrolet	0	$610
31	23	Jimmy Means	52	Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means)	227	Chevrolet	0	$1,450
32	18	Glenn Jarrett	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	164	Chevrolet	0	$1,115
33	1	Buddy Baker	28	WIN (Harry Ranier)	141	Chevrolet	4	$2,580
34	24	Travis Tiller	46	Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller)	76	Buick	0	$570
35	35	Mike Potter	76	Mike Potter	73	Chevrolet	0	$560
36	26	Bub Strickler	61	Budweiser (Jim Norris)	67	Oldsmobile	0	$550
37	17	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	17	Buick	0	$1,100