Race Results
NASCAR Cup Series
NAPA National 500
Charlotte Motor Speedway
October 7th, 1979
Race #27 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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| 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 |