| Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 18, 1979 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1.54-Mile Oval 328 Laps/505 Miles |
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| Pos | Driver | Points | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg Fin |
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| 1 | Darrell Waltrip | 807 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5.2 |
| 2 | Bobby Allison | 791 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7.0 |
| 3 | Cale Yarborough | 789 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6.2 |
| 4 | Donnie Allison | 682 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11.0 |
| 5 | Joe Millikan | 672 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11.6 |
| 6 | Benny Parsons | 653 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12.6 |
| 7 | Dale Earnhardt | 625 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13.2 |
| 8 | Richard Petty | 599 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16.2 |
| 9 | Richard Childress | 573 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16.6 |
| 10 | Dave Marcis | 562 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17.2 |
| 11 | Frank Warren | 551 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17.8 |
| 12 | Buddy Arrington | 536 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.6 |
| 13 | James Hylton | 527 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.8 |
| 14 | Dick Brooks | 524 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20.2 |
| 15 | Terry Labonte | 521 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.8 |
| 16 | Buddy Baker | 520 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21.6 |
| 17 | David Pearson | 440 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20.0 |
| 18 | Ronnie Thomas | 437 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25.2 |
| 19 | Dave Watson | 413 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.0 |
| 20 | Cecil Gordon | 400 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21.0 |
| 21 | Ricky Rudd | 399 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.3 |
| 22 | Tighe Scott | 362 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15.7 |
| 23 | Tommy Gale | 321 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 |
| 24 | Baxter Price | 321 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18.7 |
| 25 | Harry Gant | 283 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23.0 |