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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 18th, 1979

Race #5 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 135.136 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 42
  • Lead Changes: 29
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 28 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 180 175 5 328 88 Running
2 2 15 Bobby Allison Ford 180 170 10 328 167 Running
3 6 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 165 5 328 3 Running
4 4 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 165 160 5 327 22 Running
5 3 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 155 155 0 327 0 Running
6 15 02 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 150 150 0 327 0 Running
7 14 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 146 146 0 326 0 Running
8 13 72 Joe Millikan Oldsmobile 142 142 0 326 0 Running
9 8 90 Ricky Rudd Mercury 138 138 0 325 0 Running
10 12 05 Dick Brooks Oldsmobile 134 134 0 325 0 Running
11 11 43 Richard Petty Oldsmobile 130 130 0 324 0 Running
12 17 2 Dale Earnhardt Buick 127 127 0 321 0 Running
13 22 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 124 124 0 321 0 Running
14 24 40 DK Ulrich Buick 121 121 0 321 0 Running
15 16 50 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile 118 118 0 321 0 Running
16 9 68 Chuck Bown Buick 115 115 0 315 0 Running
17 32 70 JD McDuffie Oldsmobile 112 112 0 314 0 Running
18 5 21 David Pearson Mercury 114 109 5 299 42 Engine
19 37 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 106 106 0 295 0 Running
20 26 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 103 103 0 295 0 Running
21 23 64 Tommy Gale Ford 100 100 0 282 0 Running
22 30 79 Frank Warren Dodge 97 97 0 273 0 Engine
23 29 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 94 94 0 249 0 Running
24 27 19 Dick May Chevrolet 91 91 0 221 0 Overheating
25 7 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 88 88 0 211 0 Engine
26 36 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 85 85 0 172 0 Crash
27 35 6 Claude Ballot-Lena Oldsmobile 82 82 0 168 0 Crash
28 34 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 79 79 0 133 0 Crash
29 38 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 76 76 0 129 0 Engine
30 20 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 73 73 0 126 0 Transmission
31 31 98 Ralph Jones Ford 70 70 0 126 0 Clutch
32 18 37 Dave Watson Chevrolet 72 67 5 123 6 Quit
33 25 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 64 64 0 82 0 Transmission
34 39 25 Ronnie Thomas Buick 61 61 0 71 0 Handling
35 21 47 Geoff Bodine Oldsmobile 58 58 0 66 0 Handling
36 10 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 55 55 0 61 0 Steering
37 28 30 Tighe Scott Buick 52 52 0 54 0 Steering
38 19 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 49 49 0 53 0 Crash
39 33 0 John Kennedy Chevrolet 46 46 0 50 0 Crash
40 40 53 Keith Davis Chevrolet 43 43 0 15 0 Rear end