The 1979 Coca-Cola 500 NASCAR CUP Series race results showcase the full finishing order, including race winner and key performance stats from the Pocono Raceway race.
Monday, July 30th, 1979
Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA
FIN | ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | TOT PTS | FIN PTS | LAPS | LED | X LED | STATUS |
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1 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet | 180 | 175 | 200 | 61 | 0 | running |
2 | 10 | 43 | Richard Petty | Chevrolet | 175 | 170 | 200 | 17 | 0 | running |
3 | 9 | 28 | Buddy Baker | Chevrolet | 170 | 165 | 200 | 7 | 0 | running |
4 | 5 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | 160 | 160 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running |
5 | 6 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Mercury | 155 | 155 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running |
6 | 15 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Chevrolet | 150 | 150 | 200 | 0 | 0 | running |
7 | 18 | 22 | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet | 156 | 146 | 200 | 62 | 0 | running |
8 | 7 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Mercury | 147 | 142 | 200 | 8 | 0 | running |
9 | 4 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Ford | 143 | 138 | 199 | 1 | 0 | running |
10 | 16 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Buick | 134 | 134 | 198 | 0 | 0 | running |
11 | 23 | 40 | DK Ulrich | Chevrolet | 130 | 130 | 197 | 0 | 0 | running |
12 | 39 | 3 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet | 127 | 127 | 196 | 0 | 0 | running |
13 | 13 | 70 | JD McDuffie | Chevrolet | 124 | 124 | 196 | 0 | 0 | running |
14 | 17 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Chevrolet | 121 | 121 | 196 | 0 | 0 | running |
15 | 1 | 47 | Harry Gant | Chevrolet | 123 | 118 | 195 | 1 | 0 | running |
16 | 20 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Chevrolet | 115 | 115 | 194 | 0 | 0 | running |
17 | 24 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Ford | 112 | 112 | 190 | 0 | 0 | running |
18 | 25 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | 109 | 109 | 189 | 0 | 0 | running |
19 | 28 | 79 | Frank Warren | Dodge | 106 | 106 | 188 | 0 | 0 | ignition |
20 | 19 | 05 | Dick Brooks | Chevrolet | 103 | 103 | 188 | 0 | 0 | running |
21 | 36 | 34 | Steve Peles | Chevrolet | 100 | 100 | 187 | 0 | 0 | running |
22 | 21 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 97 | 97 | 187 | 0 | 0 | ignition |
23 | 12 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Chevrolet | 94 | 94 | 184 | 0 | 0 | running |
24 | 29 | 63 | Jocko Maggiacomo | Oldsmobile | 91 | 91 | 172 | 0 | 0 | running |
25 | 33 | 09 | Nelson Oswald | Chevrolet | 88 | 88 | 168 | 0 | 0 | engine |
26 | 34 | 20 | Rick Newsom | Oldsmobile | 85 | 85 | 166 | 0 | 0 | running |
27 | 32 | 01 | Earle Canavan | Dodge | 82 | 82 | 140 | 0 | 0 | engine |
28 | 22 | 57 | Dick May | Ford | 79 | 79 | 103 | 0 | 0 | engine |
29 | 3 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 81 | 76 | 98 | 43 | 0 | crash |
30 | 35 | 61 | Wayne Broome | Oldsmobile | 73 | 73 | 92 | 0 | 0 | engine |
31 | 31 | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 70 | 70 | 88 | 0 | 0 | engine |
32 | 27 | 55 | Wayne Watercutter | Chevrolet | 67 | 67 | 48 | 0 | 0 | crash |
33 | 38 | 48 | James Hylton | Chevrolet | 64 | 64 | 40 | 0 | 0 | engine |
34 | 11 | 12 | Lennie Pond | Oldsmobile | 61 | 61 | 15 | 0 | 0 | steering |
35 | 14 | 87 | Gary Balough | Oldsmobile | 58 | 58 | 9 | 0 | 0 | clutch |
36 | 37 | 23 | Louis Gatto | Chevrolet | 55 | 55 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ignition |
37 | 8 | 7 | Al Holbert | Chevrolet | 52 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 0 | crash |
38 | 26 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Oldsmobile | 49 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | crash |
39 | 30 | 19 | Steve Gray | Chevrolet | 46 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | crash |
Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.