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Dixie 500 Race Results
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Atlanta Motor Speedway
November 04, 1979 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.54-Mile Oval 328 Laps/505 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator Mercury | 328 | 180 | 20,050 | Running | |
| 2 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | Chevrolet | 328 | 175 | 16,700 | Running | |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch Oldsmobile | 328 | 175 | 23,150 | Running | |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore Ford | 328 | 165 | 10,200 | Running | |
| 5 | 14 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 327 | 160 | 9,100 | Running | |
| 6 | 13 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Chevrolet | 327 | 150 | 8,450 | Running | |
| 7 | 12 | 44 | Terry Labonte | Stratagraph Chevrolet | 325 | 146 | 6,745 | Running | |
| 8 | 6 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore Mercury | 324 | 142 | 6,285 | Running | |
| 9 | 10 | 72 | Joe Millikan | Appliance Wheels Chevrolet | 321 | 138 | 6,600 | Running | |
| 10 | 24 | 77 | Jody Ridley | Sunny King Ford & Honda Mercury | 320 | 134 | 4,000 | Running | |
| 11 | 17 | 47 | Harry Gant | Race Hill Farm Oldsmobile | 320 | 130 | 2,600 | Running | |
| 13 | 33 | 51 | Slick Johnson | Chevrolet | 317 | 124 | 2,000 | Running | |
| 14 | 26 | 12 | Buck Simmons | Kencoal Mining Chevrolet | 315 | 121 | 1,850 | Running | |
| 15 | 22 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Chevrolet | 314 | 118 | 3,605 | Running | |
| 16 | 21 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet | 314 | 115 | 3,395 | Running | |
| 17 | 31 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales Dodge | 314 | 112 | 3,225 | Running | |
| 18 | 34 | 00 | Freddy Smith | Petty's of Spartanburg Chevrolet | 313 | 0 | 1,550 | Running | |
| 19 | 27 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission Chevrolet | 312 | 106 | 2,965 | Running | |
| 21 | 36 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan Dodge | 297 | 100 | 2,480 | Running | |
| 22 | 15 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 270 | 97 | 2,220 | Running | |
| 23 | 11 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's Chevrolet | 266 | 94 | 1,100 | Engine | |
| 24 | 16 | 08 | John Anderson | Chevrolet | 256 | 91 | 2,025 | Engine | |
| 26 | 39 | 55 | Wayne Watercutter | Ward Racing Enterprises Chevrolet | 243 | 85 | 910 | Running | |
| 27 | 20 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby Buick | 236 | 82 | 850 | Oil Leak | |
| 28 | 23 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria Chevrolet | 212 | 79 | 2,665 | Engine | |
| 29 | 5 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs Buick | 211 | 76 | 1,645 | Accident | |
| 30 | 32 | 98 | Ralph Jones | Ford | 202 | 73 | 720 | Battery | |
| 31 | 8 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Griffin Marine Chevrolet | 193 | 75 | 4,400 | Engine | |
| 32 | 37 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP Dodge | 176 | 67 | 690 | Engine | |
| 33 | 35 | 81 | David Sosebee | Chevrolet | 163 | 64 | 680 | Engine | |
| 34 | 28 | 17 | Steve Pfeifer | Kings Inn Chevrolet | 162 | 61 | 1,575 | Accident | |
| 35 | 9 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet | 158 | 58 | 660 | Oil Leak | |
| 36 | 38 | 31 | John Rezek | RPM Enterprises Oldsmobile | 117 | 0 | 640 | Engine | |
| 37 | 40 | 18 | Randy Ogden | Chevrolet | 111 | 0 | 630 | Engine | |
| 38 | 41 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Oldsmobile | 103 | 49 | 1,505 | Too Slow | |
| 39 | 1 | 28 | Buddy Baker | W.I.N. Chevrolet | 88 | 51 | 3,360 | Engine | |
| 40 | 25 | 05 | Dick Brooks | Chevrolet | 44 | 43 | 600 | Ignition | |
| 41 | 29 | 0 | Dick May | Chevrolet | 4 | 40 | 600 | Valve |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 33 Minutes 46 Seconds
Average Speed .:140.12
Margin of Victory .: 0.500 Second
