| Dover International Speedway
September 16, 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 | Darrell Waltrip | 3,923 | 25 | 7 | 17 | 18 | 6.8 |
| 2 | Richard Petty | 3,840 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 7.1 |
| 3 | Bobby Allison | 3,667 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 9.4 |
| 4 | Cale Yarborough | 3,654 | 25 | 3 | 15 | 17 | 9.1 |
| 5 | Benny Parsons | 3,399 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 11.2 |
| 6 | Joe Millikan | 3,276 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 12.2 |
| 7 | Richard Childress | 2,972 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 15.2 |
| 8 | Dale Earnhardt | 2,896 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 10.9 |
| 9 | Terry Labonte | 2,852 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 17.1 |
| 10 | Buddy Arrington | 2,848 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16.7 |
| 11 | Ricky Rudd | 2,823 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12.6 |
| 12 | James Hylton | 2,757 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 16.5 |
| 13 | Buddy Baker | 2,681 | 21 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 15.1 |
| 14 | Frank Warren | 2,614 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19.6 |
| 15 | Ronnie Thomas | 2,311 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22.3 |
| 16 | Tommy Gale | 2,231 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.6 |
| 17 | Cecil Gordon | 2,206 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.9 |
| 18 | Jimmy Means | 2,153 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.7 |
| 19 | Dave Marcis | 2,085 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 18.4 |
| 20 | Dick Brooks | 2,050 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 20.0 |
| 21 | Donnie Allison | 2,000 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14.9 |
| 22 | Harry Gant | 1,975 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19.4 |
| 23 | Baxter Price | 1,943 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22.0 |
| 24 | Neil Bonnett | 1,628 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 21.3 |
| 25 | Tighe Scott | 1,627 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 16.2 |