RESULTS

1979 Official Race Results : American 500

American 500 | October 21, 1979 | Race 29 of 31

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS	WINNINGS

1	7	43	Richard Petty	Chevrolet	STP	180/5	492	Running	20,960
2	2	27	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	Griffin's Marine	180/10	492	Running	15,950
3	9	11	Cale Yarborough	Chevrolet	Busch	170/5	492	Running	11,800
4	6	1	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	Hawaiian Tropic	165/5	490	Running	5,000
5	10	2	Dale Earnhardt *	Chevrolet	Osterlund	155/0	488	Running	8,300
6	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Gatorade	155/5	484	Running	7,100
7	15	3	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	Crc Chemicals	146/0	476	Running	5,400
8	20	25	Ronnie Thomas	Chevrolet	Stone's Cafeteria	142/0	476	Running	5,950
9	16	71	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Shoney's	138/0	475	Running	2,575
10	30	51	Slick Johnson	Chevrolet	Johnson	134/0	474	Running	2,300
11	22	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	Palatine Automotive	130/0	470	Running	4,080
12	32	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	127/0	456	Running	3,670
13	29	24	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	Gordon	124/0	456	Running	3,440
14	36	75	Bill Elswick	Oldsmobile	Rahilly	PE	453	Running	2,100
15	11	05	Dick Brooks	Chevrolet	Compcon, Inc.	118/0	452	Engine Failure	1,750
16	34	00	Freddy Smith	Chevrolet	Petty's Of Spartanburg	PE	452	Running	1,400
17	25	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Reid Trailer Sales	112/0	434	Running	2,890
18	5	72	Joe Millikan	Chevrolet	Appliance Wheels	109/0	426	Running	4,900
19	8	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Hodgdon / Moore	106/0	422	Accident	4,800
20	13	90	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Truxmore	103/0	420	Accident	2,480
21	12	47	Harry Gant	Chevrolet	Race Hill Farm	100/0	416	Running	825
22	28	45	Baxter Price	Oldsmobile	Iron Peddlers	97/0	412	Accident	2,170
23	19	17	Bill Elliott	Chevrolet	Kings Inn	94/0	391	Running	2,035
24	33	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	91/0	376	Overheating	1,850
25	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating	88/0	354	Rear End	1,615
26	31	99	Dick May	Chevrolet	Hollar	PE	267	Overheating	700
27	14	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Technicraft	87/5	259	Engine Failure	1,555
28	21	40	D.k. Ulrich	Buick	U.S. Army	79/0	253	Running	1,500
29	4	21	Neil Bonnett	Mercury	Purolator	81/5	233	Accident	1,120
30	27	18	Randy Ogden	Chevrolet	Ogden Racing	PE	227	Driver Fatigue	610
31	23	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Mr. Transmission	70/0	227	Overheating	1,450
32	18	19	Glenn Jarrett	Chevrolet	Belden Asphalt	67/0	164	Oil Pressure	1,115
33	1	28	Buddy Baker	Chevrolet	W.i.n., Inc.	69/5	141	Rear End	2,580
34	24	46	Travis Tiller	Buick	Ring Enterprises	61/0	76	Broken Rotor	570
35	35	76	Mike Potter	Chevrolet	Potter Racing	PE	73	Engine Failure	560
36	26	61	Bub Strickler	Oldsmobile	Budweiser	55/0	67	Accident	550
37	17	30	Tighe Scott	Buick	Russ Togs	52/0	17	Oil Cooler	1,100