Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

CRC Chemicals 500

Dover International Speedway

September 16th, 1979

Race #25 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 114.366 mph
  • Cautions: 11
  • Caution Laps: 49
  • Lead Changes: 27
#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 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 180 175 5 500 110 Running
2 7 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 175 170 5 500 73 Running
3 12 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 175 165 10 500 227 Running
4 10 28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 165 160 5 499 1 Running
5 9 72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 155 155 0 499 0 Running
6 6 15 Bobby Allison Ford 150 150 0 496 0 Running
7 15 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 146 146 0 496 0 Running
8 14 90 Ricky Rudd Ford 142 142 0 496 0 Running
9 1 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 143 138 5 495 46 Running
10 16 30 Tighe Scott Buick 134 134 0 487 0 Running
11 13 08 John Anderson Chevrolet 130 130 0 486 0 Running
12 24 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 127 127 0 480 0 Running
13 18 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 124 124 0 477 0 Running
14 21 48 James Hylton Oldsmobile 121 121 0 476 0 Running
15 23 64 Tommy Gale Ford 118 118 0 473 0 Running
16 30 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 115 115 0 472 0 Running
17 25 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 112 112 0 471 0 Running
18 27 79 Frank Warren Dodge 109 109 0 467 0 Running
19 29 34 Nestor Peles Chevrolet 106 106 0 465 0 Running
20 31 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 103 103 0 463 0 Running
21 5 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 105 100 5 456 37 Running
22 8 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 102 97 5 454 6 Running
23 19 19 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 94 94 0 451 0 Running
24 22 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 91 91 0 437 0 Running
25 11 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 88 88 0 373 0 Crash
26 17 05 Dick Brooks Chevrolet 85 85 0 362 0 Overheating
27 20 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 82 82 0 358 0 Engine
28 3 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 79 79 0 351 0 Transmission
29 2 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 76 76 0 307 0 Running
30 33 99 Bill Hollar Chevrolet 73 73 0 173 0 Engine
31 32 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 70 70 0 156 0 Running
32 26 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 67 67 0 132 0 Coil
33 28 01 Earle Canavan Dodge 64 64 0 52 0 Oil leak
34 36 58 Dick May Oldsmobile 61 61 0 11 0 Handling
35 35 20 Rick Newsom Oldsmobile 58 58 0 1 0 Crash
36 34 13 Jeff Halverson Chevrolet 55 55 0 1 0 Crash