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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

November 4th, 1979

Race #30 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 140.120 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 29
  • Lead Changes: 25
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 4 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 180 175 5 328 54 Running
2 7 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 175 170 5 328 69 Running
3 2 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 175 165 10 328 136 Running
4 3 15 Bobby Allison Ford 165 160 5 328 3 Running
5 14 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 160 155 5 327 10 Running
6 13 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 150 150 0 327 0 Running
7 12 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 146 146 0 325 0 Running
8 6 90 Ricky Rudd Mercury 142 142 0 324 0 Running
9 10 72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 138 138 0 321 0 Running
10 24 77 Jody Ridley Mercury 134 134 0 320 0 Running
11 17 47 Harry Gant Oldsmobile 130 130 0 320 0 Running
12 18 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 127 127 0 319 0 Running
13 33 51 Slick Johnson Chevrolet 124 124 0 317 0 Running
14 26 12 Buck Simmons Chevrolet 121 121 0 315 0 Running
15 22 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 118 118 0 314 0 Running
16 21 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 115 115 0 314 0 Running
17 31 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 112 112 0 314 0 Running
18 34 00 Freddy Smith Chevrolet 109 109 0 313 0 Running
19 27 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 106 106 0 312 0 Running
20 30 36 HB Bailey Pontiac 103 103 0 307 0 Running
21 36 79 Frank Warren Dodge 100 100 0 297 0 Running
22 15 64 Tommy Gale Ford 97 97 0 270 0 Running
23 11 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 94 94 0 266 0 Engine
24 16 08 John Anderson Chevrolet 91 91 0 256 0 Engine
25 19 40 DK Ulrich Buick 88 88 0 245 0 Engine
26 39 55 Wayne Watercutter Chevrolet 85 85 0 243 0 Running
27 20 41 Grant Adcox Buick 82 82 0 236 0 Oil leak
28 23 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 79 79 0 212 0 Engine
29 5 30 Tighe Scott Buick 76 76 0 211 0 Crash
30 32 98 Ralph Jones Ford 73 73 0 202 0 Battery
31 8 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 75 70 5 193 53 Engine
32 37 42 Kyle Petty Dodge 67 67 0 176 0 Engine
33 35 81 David Sosebee Chevrolet 64 64 0 163 0 Engine
34 28 17 Steve Pfeifer Chevrolet 61 61 0 162 0 Crash
35 9 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 58 58 0 158 0 Oil leak
36 38 31 John Rezek Oldsmobile 55 55 0 117 0 Engine
37 40 18 Randy Ogden Chevrolet 52 52 0 111 0 Engine
38 41 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 49 49 0 103 0 Flagged
39 1 28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 51 46 5 88 3 Engine
40 25 05 Dick Brooks Chevrolet 43 43 0 44 0 Ignition
41 29 0 Dick May Chevrolet 40 40 0 4 0 Engine