| Bristol Motor Speedway
August 25, 1979 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
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| Pos | Driver | Points | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg Fin |
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| 1 | Darrell Waltrip | 3,532 | 22 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 5.9 |
| 2 | Richard Petty | 3,372 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 7.3 |
| 3 | Cale Yarborough | 3,218 | 22 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 9.1 |
| 4 | Bobby Allison | 3,193 | 22 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 9.9 |
| 5 | Benny Parsons | 3,000 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 15 | 11.2 |
| 6 | Joe Millikan | 2,869 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 12.5 |
| 7 | Richard Childress | 2,654 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14.7 |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt | 2,588 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 11.4 |
| 9 | Buddy Arrington | 2,536 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.3 |
| 10 | Terry Labonte | 2,487 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 17.4 |
| 11 | James Hylton | 2,487 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15.4 |
| 12 | Ricky Rudd | 2,369 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 13.6 |
| 13 | Buddy Baker | 2,351 | 19 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 16.3 |
| 14 | Frank Warren | 2,323 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19.2 |
| 15 | Ronnie Thomas | 2,035 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.1 |
| 16 | Tommy Gale | 1,922 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.7 |
| 17 | Cecil Gordon | 1,909 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.8 |
| 18 | Jimmy Means | 1,820 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.4 |
| 19 | Dick Brooks | 1,819 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 20.4 |
| 20 | Donnie Allison | 1,750 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14.7 |
| 21 | Baxter Price | 1,673 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.5 |
| 22 | Dave Marcis | 1,643 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.6 |
| 23 | Harry Gant | 1,631 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20.0 |
| 24 | Neil Bonnett | 1,451 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 20.6 |
| 25 | Tighe Scott | 1,435 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 15.2 |