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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

NAPA National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway

October 7th, 1979

Race #27 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 334
  • Miles: 501.0
  • Average Speed: 134.266 mph
  • Cautions: 8
  • Caution Laps: 40
  • Lead Changes: 28
#7 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 4 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 180 175 5 334 58 Running
2 6 15 Bobby Allison Ford 175 170 5 333 61 Running
3 3 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 165 5 332 26 Running
4 9 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 165 160 5 332 11 Running
5 7 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 155 155 0 331 0 Running
6 5 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 155 150 5 331 22 Running
7 13 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 151 146 5 330 1 Running
8 20 05 Dick Brooks Chevrolet 142 142 0 328 0 Running
9 17 40 DK Ulrich Buick 138 138 0 327 0 Running
10 8 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 139 134 5 327 55 Running
11 21 90 Ricky Rudd Mercury 130 130 0 327 0 Running
12 32 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 127 127 0 324 0 Running
13 28 30 Tighe Scott Buick 124 124 0 324 0 Running
14 18 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 126 121 5 324 2 Running
15 14 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 118 118 0 323 0 Running
16 16 08 John Anderson Chevrolet 120 115 5 322 1 Running
17 27 57 Dick May Ford 112 112 0 322 0 Running
18 37 42 Kyle Petty Dodge 109 109 0 321 0 Running
19 30 79 Frank Warren Dodge 106 106 0 320 0 Running
20 10 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 108 103 5 319 7 Engine
21 34 64 Tommy Gale Ford 100 100 0 311 0 Running
22 38 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 97 97 0 309 0 Running
23 36 4 James Hylton Chevrolet 94 94 0 308 0 Running
24 29 45 Baxter Price Oldsmobile 91 91 0 302 0 Running
25 2 28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 98 88 10 282 79 Crash
26 39 77 Jody Ridley Mercury 85 85 0 281 0 Engine
27 40 81 David Sosebee Chevrolet 82 82 0 249 0 Crash
28 23 31 John Rezek Oldsmobile 79 79 0 239 0 Running
29 12 72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 76 76 0 223 0 Steering
30 33 17 Steve Pfeifer Chevrolet 73 73 0 198 0 Running
31 1 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 75 70 5 184 9 Engine
32 22 19 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 67 67 0 155 0 Clutch
33 11 68 Chuck Bown Chevrolet 64 64 0 112 0 Engine
34 31 89 Jim Vandiver Oldsmobile 66 61 5 101 1 Crash
35 24 75 Bobby Brack Chevrolet 63 58 5 70 1 Crash
36 15 12 Jack Ingram Chevrolet 55 55 0 59 0 Engine
37 25 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 52 52 0 26 0 Crash
38 26 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 49 49 0 16 0 Engine
39 35 16 Richard Brickhouse Oldsmobile 46 46 0 15 0 Engine
40 19 14 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 43 43 0 1 0 Handling