World 600 Race Results

Lowe's Motor Speedway
May 27, 1979

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
1.5-Mile Superspeedway
400 Laps/600 Miles

FP	SP	Car	Driver	Team / Make	Laps	Points	Money	Status
1	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade Chevrolet	400	185	55,400	Running
2	2	43	Richard Petty	STP Chevrolet	400	175	35,650	Running
3	16	2	Dale Earnhardt	Chevrolet	400	170	27,100	Running
4	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch Oldsmobile	398	160	18,125	Running
5	4	27	Benny Parsons	Griffin Marine Chevrolet	398	155	14,070	Running
6	10	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore Mercury	397	150	14,845	Running
7	15	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph Chevrolet	397	146	11,580	Running
8	21	7	Al Holbert	Holbert Porsche Chevrolet	396	142	8,315	Running
9	31	12	Lennie Pond	Kencoal Mining Chevrolet	394	143	6,815	Running
10	24	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals Oldsmobile	393	134	9,445	Running
11	28	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby Oldsmobile	391	130	6,090	Running
12	34	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales Dodge	391	127	7,535	Running
14	30	0	Ronnie Thomas	Avanti CB Chevrolet	379	121	5,490	Running
15	20	39	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	375	118	4,290	Running
16	23	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs Buick	372	115	5,705	Steering
17	11	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon-Barnicle Oldsmobile	366	112	5,095	Running
19	36	89	Jim Vandiver	Oldsmobile	348	106	3,340	Hub
20	35	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford	340	103	4,425	Clutch
21	40	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan Dodge	336	100	3,715	Running
22	7	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore Ford	331	102	6,440	Running
23	18	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Chevrolet	320	94	2,615	Clutch
24	39	50	Bruce Hill	Global Heat Exchanger Buick	306	91	2,390	Engine
25	1	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator Mercury	252	93	18,790	Valve
26	14	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's Chevrolet	250	85	2,440	Crank
27	12	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels Chevrolet	212	87	5,380	Valve
28	37	19	Bill Dennis	Belden Asphalt Chevrolet	191	79	2,530	Oil Line
29	22	49	Glenn Jarrett	Natural Light Chevrolet	166	0	1,630	Axle
30	13	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet	142	73	1,610	Engine
31	19	4	Bobby Fisher	Pabst Blue Ribbon Buick	136	70	1,465	Engine
32	26	17	Skip Manning	Kings Inn Chevrolet	129	67	2,325	Axle
33	27	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet	128	69	1,890	Valve
34	17	6	Connie Saylor	Lady & Son Auction Oldsmobile	114	61	1,465	Accident
35	29	46	Travis Tiller	Ring Enterprises Dodge	91	58	1,315	Overheating
36	8	28	Buddy Baker	Spectra Chevrolet	88	60	5,040	Engine
37	6	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet	88	57	1,315	Cylinder Head
38	9	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales Mercury	36	49	1,290	Engine
39	25	05	Dick Brooks	Bearfinder Oldsmobile	10	46	1,190	Accident
40	33	68	Chuck Bown	Kings Mountain Truck Plaza Buick	0	0	1,215	Did Not Start

Time of Race .: 4 Hours 23 Minutes 24 Seconds

Average Speed .:136.674

Margin of Victory .: 7.000 Seconds

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