Race Results : Richmond Raceway

Richmond 400

Sunday, March 11th, 1979

Richmond Raceway , Richmond, VA

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  • Drivers Entered: 30
  • Laps Scheduled: 400
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 83.608
  • Cautions: 2 for 8 laps
  • Lead Changes: 4
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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Entry List
Richmond 400 at Richmond Raceway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
1 9 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 180 175 400 178 0 running
2 1 15 Bobby Allison Ford 180 170 400 220 0 running
3 3 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 165 165 399 0 0 running
4 2 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 160 160 399 0 0 running
5 7 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 155 155 399 0 0 running
6 16 72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 150 150 397 0 0 running
7 8 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 151 146 397 2 0 running
8 5 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 142 142 395 0 0 running
9 11 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 138 138 394 0 0 running
10 14 40 DK Ulrich Buick 134 134 391 0 0 running
11 15 90 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 130 130 390 0 0 running
12 29 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 127 127 390 0 0 running
13 4 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 124 124 390 0 0 running
14 12 54 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile 121 121 387 0 0 running
15 20 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 118 118 385 0 0 running
16 10 02 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 115 115 385 0 0 running
17 22 25 Ronnie Thomas Buick 112 112 384 0 0 running
18 17 37 Dave Watson Chevrolet 109 109 383 0 0 running
19 13 29 Dave Dion Ford 106 106 380 0 0 running
20 28 19 Lawrence Fields Chevrolet 103 103 379 0 0 running
21 23 79 Frank Warren Dodge 100 100 371 0 0 running
22 26 64 Tommy Gale Ford 97 97 360 0 0 running
23 24 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 94 94 311 0 0 running
24 30 9 Bill Hollar Chevrolet 91 91 307 0 0 engine
25 27 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 88 88 259 0 0 rear end
26 18 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 85 85 238 0 0 engine
27 25 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 82 82 199 0 0 rear end
28 19 05 Dick Brooks Oldsmobile 79 79 180 0 0 rear end
29 6 28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 76 76 167 0 0 rear end
30 21 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 73 73 68 0 0 overheating

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