RESULTS

1979 Official Race Results : Volunteer 500

Volunteer 500 | April 01, 1979 | Race 7 of 31

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

1	9	2	Dale Earnhardt *	Chevrolet	Osterlund	185/10	500	Running	19,800
2	4	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Hodgdon / Moore	175/5	500	Running	11,150
3	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Gatorade	170/5	500	Running	8,300
4	13	43	Richard Petty	Oldsmobile	STP	160/0	498	Running	5,850
5	6	27	Benny Parsons	Oldsmobile	Valleydale Meats	155/0	497	Running	3,150
6	3	1	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	Hawaiian Tropic	155/5	495	Running	4,100
7	10	44	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Stratagraph	146/0	490	Running	4,200
8	12	72	Joe Millikan	Chevrolet	Appliance Wheels	142/0	486	Running	4,050
9	16	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	Palatine Automotive	138/0	486	Running	3,530
10	15	90	Ricky Rudd	Ford	Truxmore	134/0	485	Running	3,120
11	14	3	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	Crc Chemicals	130/0	484	Running	2,725
12	11	40	D.k. Ulrich	Chevrolet	Midwestern Farm Lines	127/0	481	Running	2,800
13	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Reid Trailer Sales	124/0	480	Running	2,290
14	20	17	Roger Hamby	Oldsmobile	Hamby / Ellis Automotive	121/0	473	Running	1,780
15	25	24	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	Gordon-Barnicle	118/0	470	Running	1,645
16	28	76	Mike Potter	Chevrolet	Miller	115/0	463	Running	660
17	8	02	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Shoney's	112/0	462	Running	635
18	24	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	109/0	460	Running	1,410
19	23	45	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	Price Racing	106/0	456	Running	1,095
20	19	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	103/0	429	Running	1,080
21	17	47	Harry Gant	Oldsmobile	Race Hill Farm	100/0	385	Engine Failure	565
22	21	05	Dick Brooks	Oldsmobile	Bearfinder	97/0	366	Water Pump	550
23	18	25	Ronnie Thomas	Chevrolet	Stone's Cafeteria	94/0	335	Accident	1,785
24	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	Busch	96/5	216	Accident	4,470
25	1	28	Buddy Baker	Chevrolet	Spectra	93/5	211	Accident	5,210
26	7	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating	85/0	197	Rear End	1,000
27	26	19	Dick May	Chevrolet	Belden Asphalt	82/0	141	Engine Failure	740
28	22	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Mr. Transmission	79/0	100	Engine Failure	730
29	30	74	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	Wawak	76/0	33	Quit	470
30	29	98	Ralph Jones	Ford	Jones	73/0	31	No Brakes	460