1979 NAPA Riverside 400

Race 15 of 31

Riverside
95 laps
Time of race: 2:23:58
Average speed of winner: 103.732 mph
Margin of victory: 32.9 sec.
Lead changes: 5 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 6 laps
Lap leaders: Earnhardt 1-2, Waltrip 3-7, Yarborough 8-30, Allison 31, Yarborough 32-65, Allison 66-95

Race notes: First pole for Dale Earnhardt. Debut for Hal Callentine, Ed Hale, and Robert Tartaglia. Finale for Dick Kranzler. Only start for Chris Monoleos and Dick Whalen.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Moore	Ford	Moore	Moore		95	2	31	running	22700	180
2	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		95	1	5	running	14875	175
3	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		95	0	0	running	10350	165
4	6	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		95	2	57	running	11800	170
5	8	Benny Parsons	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		94	0	0	running	6800	155
6	24	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Oldsmobile	Childress			92	0	0	running	5500	150
7	13	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			91	0	0	running	4580	146
8	16	Norm Palmer	93	Palmer	Dodge	Norm Palmer			91	0	0	running	2500	142
9	14	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Ford	Arrington			91	0	0	running	3970	138
10	10	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			91	0	0	running	6150	134
11	25	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon-Barnicle	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			89	0	0	running	3310	130
12	26	Hal Callentine	74	Cal-Four	Oldsmobile				88	0	0	running	1500	0
13	1	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder	113.089	87	1	2	running	7250	129
14	22	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			85	0	0	running	2890	121
15	33	Ed Hale	20	Peralta & Hale	Chevrolet	Peralta and Hale			85	0	0	running	2155	118
16	28	Richard White	22	Boulevard Automotive	Chevrolet	Mike White			81	0	0	running	1895	115
17	34	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			81	0	0	running	2260	112
18	15	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			81	0	0	running	2075	109
19	32	Dick Whalen	6	Whalen	Chevrolet	Whalen			81	0	0	running	950	106
20	17	John Borneman	81	Borneman	Chevrolet	Borneman			79	0	0	sump leak	1315	103
21	11	Jim Robinson	78	San Valley Lumber	Chevrolet	Kurten			72	0	0	running	900	100
22	12	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			65	0	0	engine	1755	97
23	18	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			60	0	0	running	2720	94
24	35	Robert Tartaglia	57	Guy	Chevrolet	Guy			47	0	0	accident	1175	91
25	2	Jimmy Insolo	01	Allstate Building Materials	Oldsmobile	Craker			45	0	0	engine	1700	88
26	19	Tim Williamson	29	Tropical Rent-A-Car	Chevrolet	Williamson			33	0	0	fire	775	85
27	21	Rick McCray	08	McCray Racing	Buick	McCray			31	0	0	transmission	750	82
28	7	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		30	0	0	accident	1225	79
29	31	Dick Kranzler	14	Parnelli Jones Ent.	Chevrolet	Kranzler			23	0	0	transmission	700	76
30	9	Bill Schmitt	73	Schmitt Racing	Oldsmobile	Schmitt			13	0	0	transmission	675	73
31	29	Jimmy Means	52	Mr. Transmission	Chevrolet	Means			9	0	0	piston	1150	70
32	23	Steve Pfeifer	0	Leisure Land RV	Chevrolet				8	0	0	battery	625	0
33	20	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			4	0	0	accident	1100	64
34	30	Chris Monoleos	92	Buckstaff	Chevrolet				2	0	0	transmission	550	61
35	27	Elmo Langley	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			1	0	0	transmission	1000	58

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	2426	15	3	4	12	12
2	Bobby Allison	2363	15	2	4	11	11
3	Cale Yarborough	2227	15	0	2	9	11
4	Richard Petty	2202	15	0	2	10	11
5	Dale Earnhardt	2017	15	1	1	5	7
6	Joe Millikan	2006	15	1	0	3	12
7	Benny Parsons	1995	15	1	0	7	10
8	Terry Labonte	1845	15	0	0	1	8
9	Richard Childress	1837	15	0	0	1	6
10	J.D. McDuffie	1781	15	0	0	1	5
11	D.K. Ulrich	1764	15	0	0	0	2
12	Buddy Arrington	1725	15	0	0	1	4
13	James Hylton	1705	14	0	0	0	4
14	Buddy Baker	1704	14	4	1	5	8
15	Frank Warren	1635	15	0	0	0	3
16	Ricky Rudd	1499	13	0	0	0	5
17	Ronnie Thomas	1419	15	0	0	0	0
18	Donnie Allison	1375	11	1	0	3	6
19	Cecil Gordon	1363	13	0	0	0	0
20	Tommy Gale	1291	12	0	0	0	1
21	Baxter Price	1218	12	0	0	0	0
22	Dave Marcis	1184	11	0	0	0	1
23	Dick Brooks	1163	12	0	0	1	3
24	Jimmy Means	1032	12	0	0	0	0
25	Neil Bonnett	819	9	1	1	1	1