Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Coca-Cola 500

Pocono Raceway

July 30th, 1979

Race #19 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 115.207 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 46
  • Lead Changes: 56
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 180 175 5 200 61 Running
2 10 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 175 170 5 200 17 Running
3 9 28 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 170 165 5 200 7 Running
4 5 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 160 160 0 200 0 Running
5 6 90 Ricky Rudd Mercury 155 155 0 200 0 Running
6 15 72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 150 150 0 200 0 Running
7 18 22 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 156 146 10 200 62 Running
8 7 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 147 142 5 200 8 Running
9 4 15 Bobby Allison Ford 143 138 5 199 1 Running
10 16 30 Tighe Scott Buick 134 134 0 198 0 Running
11 23 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 130 130 0 197 0 Running
12 39 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 127 127 0 196 0 Running
13 13 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 124 124 0 196 0 Running
14 17 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 121 121 0 196 0 Running
15 1 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 123 118 5 195 1 Running
16 20 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 115 115 0 194 0 Running
17 24 64 Tommy Gale Ford 112 112 0 190 0 Running
18 25 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 109 109 0 189 0 Running
19 28 79 Frank Warren Dodge 106 106 0 188 0 Ignition
20 19 05 Dick Brooks Chevrolet 103 103 0 188 0 Running
21 36 34 Steve Peles Chevrolet 100 100 0 187 0 Running
22 21 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 97 97 0 187 0 Ignition
23 12 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 94 94 0 184 0 Running
24 29 63 Jocko Maggiacomo Oldsmobile 91 91 0 172 0 Running
25 33 09 Nelson Oswald Chevrolet 88 88 0 168 0 Engine
26 34 20 Rick Newsom Oldsmobile 85 85 0 166 0 Running
27 32 01 Earle Canavan Dodge 82 82 0 140 0 Engine
28 22 57 Dick May Ford 79 79 0 103 0 Engine
29 3 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 81 76 5 98 43 Crash
30 35 61 Wayne Broome Oldsmobile 73 73 0 92 0 Engine
31 31 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 70 70 0 88 0 Engine
32 27 55 Wayne Watercutter Chevrolet 67 67 0 48 0 Crash
33 38 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 64 64 0 40 0 Engine
34 11 12 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile 61 61 0 15 0 Steering
35 14 87 Gary Balough Oldsmobile 58 58 0 9 0 Clutch
36 37 23 Louis Gatto Chevrolet 55 55 0 5 0 Ignition
37 8 7 Al Holbert Chevrolet 52 52 0 1 0 Crash
38 26 17 Roger Hamby Oldsmobile 49 49 0 1 0 Crash
39 30 19 Steve Gray Chevrolet 46 46 0 1 0 Crash