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Winston 500 Race Results

Talladega Superspeedway
May 06, 1979

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
0-Mile
188 Laps/0 Miles

FP	SP	Car	Driver	Team / Make	Laps	Points	Money	Status
1	12	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore Ford	188	180	33,750	Running
2	1	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade Oldsmobile	187	175	25,025	Running
3	4	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales Dodge	186	170	18,120	Running
4	7	43	Richard Petty	STP Oldsmobile	185	160	13,100	Running
5	9	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels Oldsmobile	185	155	11,900	Running
6	24	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales Mercury	182	150	7,100	Running
7	30	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford	179	146	9,060	Running
8	13	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan Dodge	179	142	8,265	Running
9	16	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph Buick	178	143	7,580	Running
10	19	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet	177	134	5,050	Running
11	34	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon-Barnicle Oldsmobile	177	130	6,335	Running
12	29	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission Chevrolet	176	127	6,005	Running
13	37	8	Ed Negre	Brooks Honda Sales Chrysler	176	124	5,635	Running
14	10	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's Chevrolet	154	121	3,610	Running
15	27	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts Oldsmobile	151	123	5,155	Running
16	25	22	Kevin Housby	Taylor & Martin Chevrolet	149	115	3,190	Accident
17	3	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator Mercury	148	122	10,130	Engine
18	11	6	Connie Saylor	Mitco Oldsmobile	148	109	2,970	Accident
19	31	32	Jimmy Finger	Vita Fresh Oriange Juice Buick	130	106	2,860	Engine
20	38	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt Chevrolet	117	103	2,750	Engine
22	32	96	Jerry Jolly	Ford	99	97	2,440	Engine
23	21	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic Oldsmobile	81	94	5,510	Engine
24	17	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals Oldsmobile	77	91	3,365	Engine
25	39	25	Ronnie Thomas	1st National City Travelers Checks Buick	73	88	4,050	Camshaft
26	33	45	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	65	85	2,720	Engine
27	18	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore Mercury	38	82	2,655	Steering
28	23	39	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	37	79	1,695	Engine
29	35	61	Wayne Broome	Crawford & Brown Oldsmobile	33	0	1,640	Head Gasket
30	36	53	Keith Davis	Oldsmobile	30	73	1,585	Engine
32	2	28	Buddy Baker	Spectra Oldsmobile	4	72	5,800	Accident
33	8	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch Oldsmobile	4	69	6,670	Accident
34	6	27	Benny Parsons	Oldsmobile	4	61	1,435	Accident
35	5	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs Buick	4	58	1,980	Accident
36	14	2	Dale Earnhardt	Buick	4	55	5,075	Accident
37	22	05	Dick Brooks	Bearfinder Oldsmobile	4	52	1,345	Accident
38	15	12	Lennie Pond	Kencoal Mining Oldsmobile	4	49	1,315	Accident
39	20	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Oldsmobile	4	0	1,285	Accident
40	0	46	Travis Tiller	Ring Enterprises Dodge	0	0	1,255	Did Not Start

Time of Race .: 3 Hours 13 Minutes 52 Seconds

Average Speed .:154.77

Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds

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