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Mason-Dixon 500 Race Results
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Dover International Speedway
May 20, 1979 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1-Mile Superspeedway 500 Laps/500 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Mercury | 500 | 180 | 17,750 | Running | |
| 2 | 7 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch Chevrolet | 500 | 180 | 14,800 | Running | |
| 3 | 2 | 28 | Buddy Baker | Spectra Chevrolet | 498 | 170 | 10,650 | Running | |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore Ford | 498 | 165 | 8,100 | Running | |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 497 | 155 | 7,750 | Running | |
| 6 | 4 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Chevrolet | 494 | 150 | 4,800 | Running | |
| 7 | 13 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet | 493 | 146 | 4,250 | Running | |
| 8 | 9 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Appliance Wheels Chevrolet | 492 | 147 | 5,600 | Running | |
| 9 | 12 | 12 | Lennie Pond | Kencoal Mining Chevrolet | 490 | 138 | 1,800 | Running | |
| 10 | 21 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales Dodge | 484 | 134 | 3,880 | Running | |
| 11 | 27 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt Buick | 482 | 130 | 3,370 | Running | |
| 14 | 16 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore Ford | 480 | 126 | 2,830 | Accident | |
| 15 | 25 | 45 | Baxter Price | Ideal Maintenance Chevrolet | 473 | 118 | 2,645 | Running | |
| 16 | 23 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | 1st National City Travelers Checks Chevrolet | 471 | 115 | 3,460 | Running | |
| 17 | 19 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet | 471 | 112 | 2,225 | Running | |
| 18 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 462 | 114 | 6,250 | Running | |
| 19 | 17 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 457 | 106 | 1,890 | Running | |
| 20 | 24 | 34 | Steve Peles | Chevrolet | 454 | 103 | 1,000 | Running | |
| 21 | 20 | 79 | Frank Warren | Countian Press Dodge | 412 | 100 | 1,680 | Running | |
| 22 | 28 | 09 | Nelson Oswald | J & S Truck Service Chevrolet | 408 | 97 | 775 | Cylinder Head | |
| 23 | 22 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon-Barnicle Oldsmobile | 337 | 94 | 1,595 | Engine | |
| 24 | 31 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs Buick | 126 | 91 | 1,550 | Accident | |
| 25 | 10 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Chevrolet | 72 | 88 | 675 | Clutch | |
| 26 | 29 | 71 | Joey Arrington | Sam Dell Dodge | 42 | 85 | 650 | Quit | |
| 27 | 30 | 23 | Louis Gatto | L & J Automotive Chevrolet | 26 | 82 | 625 | Engine | |
| 28 | 26 | 05 | Elmo Langley | Bearfinder Chevrolet | 5 | 79 | 600 | Quit | |
| 29 | 11 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Chevrolet | 2 | 76 | 1,325 | Accident | |
| 30 | 15 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Oldsmobile | 2 | 73 | 4,250 | Accident | |
| 31 | 14 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission Chevrolet | 2 | 70 | 1,040 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 29 Minutes 37 Seconds
Average Speed .:111.269
Margin of Victory .: 2.000 Seconds
