1979 NAPA National 500

Race 27 of 31

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:43:53
Average speed of winner: 134.266 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap + 5 sec.
Lead changes: 28 among 14 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: Bonnett 1-3, Waltrip 4, Bonnett 5-10, Earnhardt 11-15, Anderson 16, Childress 17-18, Earnhardt 19-21, R. Petty 22-28, Gant 29-35, Parsons 36-41, B. Allison 42-61, Vandiver 62, Bräck 63, B. Allison 64-99, R. Petty 100-103, Elliott 104, Earnhardt 105-151, Parsons 152-166, B. Allison 167, Parsons 168, Baker 169-183, Yarborough 184, Waltrip 185-209, Baker 210-224, Yarborough 225, Baker 226-242, B. Allison 243-246, Baker 247-278, Yarborough 279-334

Race notes: Finale for Bobby Brack.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		334	3	58	running	39000	180
2	6	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Moore	Ford	Moore	Moore		333	4	61	running	27475	175
3	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		332	2	26	running	23100	170
4	9	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		332	2	11	running	15375	165
5	7	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		331	0	0	running	7700	155
6	5	Benny Parsons	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		331	3	22	running	12250	155
7	13	Bill Elliott	9	Yandle/Thermo-King	Mercury	George Elliott	Elliott		330	1	1	running	5255	151
8	20	Dick Brooks	05	Compcon, Inc.	Chevrolet	Malloch			328	0	0	running	4765	142
9	17	D.K. Ulrich	40	U.S. Army	Buick	Ulrich			327	0	0	running	6750	138
10	8	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		327	3	55	running	14515	139
11	21	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore	Mercury	Donlavey			327	0	0	running	6105	130
12	32	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			324	0	0	running	5895	127
13	28	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Buick	Ballard	Hyde		324	0	0	running	5685	124
14	18	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			324	1	2	running	5465	126
15	14	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			323	0	0	running	5155	118
16	16	John Anderson	08	Draime Race Engines	Chevrolet	Draime			322	1	1	running	3230	120
17	27	Dick May	57	McClure Motors	Ford	McClure Motors			322	0	0	running	3180	112
18	37	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Dodge	Petty			321	0	0	running	3080	109
19	30	Frank Warren	79	Almeda Auto Parts	Dodge	Frank Warren			320	0	0	running	2980	106
20	10	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			319	1	7	valve	3980	108
21	34	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			311	0	0	running	3300	100
22	38	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			309	0	0	running	2890	97
23	36	James Hylton	4	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			308	0	0	running	1395	94
24	29	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Oldsmobile	Baxter Price			302	0	0	running	2480	91
25	2	Buddy Baker	28	W.I.N., Inc.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		282	4	79	accident	20995	98
26	39	Jody Ridley	77	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Mercury	Donlavey			281	0	0	engine	1220	85
27	40	David Sosebee	81	Sosebee Racing	Chevrolet	David Sosebee			249	0	0	accident	1170	82
28	23	John Rezek	31	RPM Enterprises	Oldsmobile				239	0	0	running	1145	79
29	12	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			223	0	0	steering	4820	76
30	33	Steve Pfeifer	17	Kings Inn	Chevrolet	Hamby			198	0	0	running	2020	73
31	1	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	164.304	184	2	9	engine	13250	75
32	22	Cecil Gordon	19	Natural Light	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			155	0	0	clutch	1890	67
33	11	Chuck Bown	68	Boy Scouts Special	Chevrolet	Testa			112	0	0	engine	960	0
34	31	Jim Vandiver	89	O.L. Nixon	Oldsmobile	O.L. Nixon			101	1	1	accident	945	0
35	24	Bobby Brack	75	RahMoc Racing	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		70	1	1	accident	930	63
36	15	Jack Ingram	12	Ramey's Chevy City	Chevrolet	Childers			59	0	0	engine	915	0
37	25	Dave Marcis	71	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Marcis			26	0	0	accident	900	52
38	26	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			16	0	0	oil leak	2790	49
39	35	Richard Brickhouse	16	Pender Auto Parts	Oldsmobile	Jimmy Edwards			15	0	0	cylinder head	870	46
40	19	Jimmy Means	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			1	0	0	handling	855	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	4228	27	5	7	18	19
2	Richard Petty	4175	27	1	4	20	23
3	Bobby Allison	4007	27	3	5	15	19
4	Cale Yarborough	3981	27	0	4	16	19
5	Benny Parsons	3636	27	1	0	13	18
6	Joe Millikan	3522	27	1	0	5	19
7	Richard Childress	3222	27	0	0	1	9
8	D.K. Ulrich	3135	27	0	0	0	4
9	Buddy Arrington	3121	27	0	0	1	6
10	Dale Earnhardt	3111	23	3	1	8	13
11	J.D. McDuffie	3109	27	0	0	1	7
12	Terry Labonte	3108	27	0	0	2	11
13	Ricky Rudd	3103	24	0	0	3	14
14	Buddy Baker	2964	23	5	3	11	14
15	James Hylton	2945	26	0	0	0	5
16	Frank Warren	2835	27	0	0	0	3
17	Ronnie Thomas	2463	26	0	0	0	1
18	Tommy Gale	2428	24	0	0	0	1
19	Cecil Gordon	2364	24	0	0	0	0
20	Dick Brooks	2310	23	0	0	1	7
21	Jimmy Means	2308	24	0	0	0	1
22	Dave Marcis	2292	21	0	0	1	5
23	Harry Gant	2210	21	1	0	0	5
24	Donnie Allison	2155	17	1	0	6	9
25	Baxter Price	2155	22	0	0	0	0