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Coca-Cola 500 Race Results
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Pocono Raceway
July 30, 1979 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 2.5-Mile paved track 200 Laps/500 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch Chevrolet | 200 | 180 | 21,465 | Running | |
| 2 | 10 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Chevrolet | 200 | 175 | 15,465 | Running | |
| 3 | 9 | 28 | Buddy Baker | W.I.N. Chevrolet | 200 | 170 | 8,490 | Running | |
| 4 | 5 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Harrisburg East Mall Chevrolet | 200 | 160 | 7,765 | Running | |
| 5 | 6 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore Mercury | 200 | 155 | 6,215 | Running | |
| 6 | 15 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Appliance Wheels Chevrolet | 200 | 150 | 7,215 | Running | |
| 7 | 18 | 22 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 200 | 156 | 2,715 | Running | |
| 8 | 7 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Mercury | 200 | 147 | 2,815 | Running | |
| 9 | 4 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore Ford | 199 | 143 | 5,915 | Running | |
| 10 | 16 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs Buick | 198 | 134 | 4,295 | Running | |
| 12 | 39 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Chevrolet | 196 | 127 | 3,525 | Running | |
| 14 | 17 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria Chevrolet | 196 | 121 | 4,095 | Running | |
| 15 | 1 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Chevrolet | 195 | 123 | 2,915 | Running | |
| 16 | 20 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission Chevrolet | 194 | 115 | 2,785 | Running | |
| 17 | 24 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 190 | 112 | 2,555 | Running | |
| 18 | 25 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | 189 | 109 | 2,370 | Running | |
| 19 | 28 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan Dodge | 188 | 106 | 2,135 | Ignition | |
| 20 | 19 | 05 | Dick Brooks | Bearfinder Chevrolet | 188 | 103 | 1,600 | Running | |
| 21 | 36 | 34 | Steve Peles | Chevrolet | 187 | 100 | 1,180 | Running | |
| 22 | 21 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales Dodge | 187 | 97 | 2,025 | Ignition | |
| 23 | 12 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Chevrolet | 184 | 94 | 1,980 | Running | |
| 24 | 29 | 63 | Jocko Maggiacomo | Shaw Motors Oldsmobile | 172 | 91 | 1,105 | Running | |
| 25 | 33 | 09 | Nelson Oswald | J & S Truck Service Chevrolet | 168 | 88 | 1,080 | Engine | |
| 26 | 34 | 20 | Rick Newsom | MARS Oldsmobile | 166 | 85 | 1,055 | Running | |
| 27 | 32 | 01 | Earle Canavan | Green's Auto Parts Dodge | 140 | 82 | 1,030 | Engine | |
| 28 | 22 | 57 | Dick May | McClure Motors Ford | 103 | 79 | 1,005 | Engine | |
| 29 | 3 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 98 | 81 | 4,680 | Accident | |
| 30 | 35 | 61 | Wayne Broome | Oldsmobile | 92 | 73 | 955 | Engine | |
| 31 | 31 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers Chevrolet | 88 | 70 | 1,430 | Engine | |
| 32 | 27 | 55 | Wayne Watercutter | Ward Racing Enterprises Chevrolet | 48 | 0 | 905 | Accident | |
| 33 | 38 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet | 40 | 64 | 1,380 | Valve | |
| 34 | 11 | 12 | Lennie Pond | Kencoal Mining Oldsmobile | 15 | 61 | 850 | Steering | |
| 35 | 14 | 87 | Gary Balough | Fast Lane Ltd. Oldsmobile | 9 | 58 | 840 | Clutch | |
| 36 | 37 | 23 | Louis Gatto | L & J Automotive Chevrolet | 5 | 55 | 820 | Ignition | |
| 37 | 8 | 7 | Al Holbert | Holbert Porsche-Audi Chevrolet | 1 | 52 | 1,065 | Accident | |
| 38 | 26 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Kings Inn Oldsmobile | 1 | 49 | 1,310 | Accident | |
| 39 | 30 | 19 | Steve Gray | Belden Asphalt Chevrolet | 1 | 46 | 1,305 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 4 Hours 20 Minutes 24 Seconds
Average Speed .:115.207
