Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway

May 27th, 1979

Race #13 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Extended : 400
  • Miles: 600.0
  • Average Speed: 136.674 mph
  • Cautions: 9
  • Caution Laps: 48
  • Lead Changes: 54
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 3 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 185 175 10 400 173 Running
2 2 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 175 170 5 400 29 Running
3 15 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 170 165 5 400 122 Running
4 5 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 160 160 0 398 0 Running
5 4 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 155 155 0 398 0 Running
6 10 90 Ricky Rudd Mercury 150 150 0 397 0 Running
7 14 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 146 146 0 397 0 Running
8 20 7 Al Holbert Chevrolet 142 142 0 396 0 Running
9 30 12 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 143 138 5 394 12 Running
10 23 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 134 134 0 393 0 Running
11 27 41 Grant Adcox Oldsmobile 130 130 0 391 0 Running
12 33 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 127 127 0 391 0 Running
13 31 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 124 124 0 389 0 Running
14 29 0 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 121 121 0 379 0 Running
15 19 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 118 118 0 375 0 Running
16 22 30 Tighe Scott Buick 115 115 0 372 0 Tie rod
17 40 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 112 112 0 366 0 Running
18 37 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 109 109 0 353 0 Running
19 35 89 Jim Vandiver Oldsmobile 106 106 0 348 0 Axle
20 34 64 Tommy Gale Ford 103 103 0 340 0 Clutch
21 39 79 Frank Warren Dodge 100 100 0 336 0 Running
22 7 15 Bobby Allison Ford 102 97 5 331 2 Running
23 17 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 94 94 0 320 0 Clutch
24 38 50 Bruce Hill Buick 91 91 0 306 0 Engine
25 1 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 93 88 5 252 27 Valve
26 13 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 85 85 0 250 0 Crank
27 11 72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 87 82 5 212 12 Valve
28 36 19 Bill Dennis Chevrolet 79 79 0 191 0 Engine
29 21 49 Glenn Jarrett Chevrolet 76 76 0 166 0 Axle
30 12 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 73 73 0 142 0 Axle
31 18 4 Bobby Fisher Buick 70 70 0 136 0 Crash
32 25 17 Skip Manning Chevrolet 67 67 0 129 0 Rear end
33 26 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 69 64 5 128 1 Valve
34 16 6 Connie Saylor Oldsmobile 61 61 0 114 0 Crash
35 28 46 Travis Tiller Dodge 58 58 0 91 0 Engine
36 8 28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 60 55 5 88 13 Engine
37 6 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 57 52 5 88 9 Engine
38 9 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 49 49 0 36 0 Engine
39 24 05 Dick Brooks Oldsmobile 46 46 0 10 0 Crash
40 32 68 Chuck Bown Buick 43 43 0 0 0 Engine
41 41 57 Ron Hutcherson Ford 40 40 0 0 0 Rear end