| Dover International Speedway
May 20, 1979 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1-Mile Superspeedway 500 Laps/500 Miles |
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| Pos | Driver | Points | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg Fin |
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| 1 | Bobby Allison | 1,911 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6.3 |
| 2 | Darrell Waltrip | 1,881 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6.6 |
| 3 | Cale Yarborough | 1,737 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9.8 |
| 4 | Richard Petty | 1,712 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10.5 |
| 5 | Joe Millikan | 1,643 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 10.6 |
| 6 | Benny Parsons | 1,597 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 11.8 |
| 7 | Dale Earnhardt | 1,586 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12.3 |
| 8 | Buddy Baker | 1,474 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 15.9 |
| 9 | Terry Labonte | 1,430 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 15.3 |
| 10 | Richard Childress | 1,407 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15.8 |
| 11 | James Hylton | 1,381 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13.1 |
| 12 | Frank Warren | 1,332 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17.5 |
| 13 | Buddy Arrington | 1,322 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 18.1 |
| 14 | Donnie Allison | 1,318 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12.5 |
| 15 | Ricky Rudd | 1,270 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16.4 |
| 16 | Ronnie Thomas | 1,119 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 |
| 17 | Dick Brooks | 1,117 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 20.9 |
| 18 | Dave Marcis | 1,099 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.2 |
| 19 | Tommy Gale | 1,085 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18.3 |
| 20 | Baxter Price | 1,024 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.2 |
| 21 | Cecil Gordon | 1,021 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 |
| 22 | Jimmy Means | 868 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.4 |
| 23 | Harry Gant | 700 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23.5 |
| 24 | Dick May | 673 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23.3 |
| 25 | Neil Bonnett | 647 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22.1 |