1979 Coca-Cola 500

Race 19 of 31

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 4:20:24
Average speed of winner: 115.207 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 56 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 46 laps
Lap leaders: Gant pole, Yarborough 1, Earnhardt 2-14, Waltrip 15-16, Earnhardt 17-18, Waltrip 19, Earnhardt 20, Waltrip 21-22, Earnhardt 23-44, Yarborough 45, Allison 46, Earnhardt 47-48, Yarborough 49-56, Earnhardt 57-58, Yarborough 59, Waltrip 60, Yarborough 61-64, Petty 65-66, Waltrip 67-70, Yarborough 71, Waltrip 72-75, Yarborough 76-78, Waltrip 79-83, Yarborough 84, Earnhardt 85, Petty 86-88, Baker 89-90, Yarborough 91, Waltrip 92, Yarborough 93-100, Baker 101, Petty 102-110, Yarborough 111-116, Petty 117, Gant 118, Waltrip 119, Bonnett 120-127, Yarborough 128-130, Waltrip 131-138, Yarborough 139-144, Waltrip 145-146, Petty 147, Waltrip 148-150, Baker 151, Yarborough 152, Baker 153-154, Waltrip 155-157, Yarborough 158, Baker 159, Waltrip 160-168, Yarborough 169-170, Waltrip 171-174, Yarborough 175, Waltrip 176-187, Yarborough 188, Petty 189, Yarborough 190-200

Race notes: First pole for Harry Gant. Debut for Steve Gray. Finale for Wayne Broome, Louis Gatto, and Steve Peles.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		200	19	61	running	21465	180
2	10	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		200	6	17	running	15465	175
3	9	Buddy Baker	28	W.I.N.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		200	5	7	running	8490	170
4	5	Benny Parsons	27	Harrisburg East Mall	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		200	0	0	running	7765	160
5	6	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore	Mercury	Donlavey			200	0	0	running	6215	155
6	15	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			200	0	0	running	7215	150
7	18	Darrell Waltrip	22	Gatorade	Chevrolet	Al Rudd			200	16	62	running	2715	156
8	7	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		200	1	8	running	2815	147
9	4	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Moore	Ford	Moore	Moore		199	1	1	running	5915	143
10	16	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Buick	Ballard	Hyde		198	0	0	running	4295	134
11	23	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			197	0	0	running	3685	130
12	39	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			196	0	0	running	3525	127
13	13	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			196	0	0	running	3305	124
14	17	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			196	0	0	running	4095	121
15	1	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe		148.711	195	1	1	running	2915	123
16	20	Jimmy Means	52	Mr. Transmission	Chevrolet	Means			194	0	0	running	2785	115
17	24	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			190	0	0	running	2555	112
18	25	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			189	0	0	running	2370	109
19	28	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			188	0	0	ignition	2135	106
20	19	Dick Brooks	05	Bearfinder	Chevrolet	Malloch			188	0	0	running	1600	103
21	36	Steve Peles	34	Peles Racing	Chevrolet	Peles			187	0	0	running	1180	100
22	21	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			187	0	0	ignition	2025	97
23	12	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			184	0	0	running	1980	94
24	29	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Shaw Motors	Oldsmobile	Shaw Motors			172	0	0	running	1105	91
25	33	Nelson Oswald	09	J&S Truck Service	Chevrolet	Oswald			168	0	0	engine	1080	88
26	34	Rick Newsom	20	Mars, Inc.	Oldsmobile	Newsom			166	0	0	running	1055	85
27	32	Earle Canavan	01	Green's Auto Parts	Dodge	Canavan			140	0	0	engine	1030	82
28	22	Dick May	57	McClure Motors	Ford	McClure Motors			103	0	0	engine	1005	79
29	3	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		98	7	43	accident	4680	81
30	35	Wayne Broome	61	Norris	Oldsmobile	Norris			92	0	0	engine	955	73
31	31	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			88	0	0	engine	1430	70
32	27	Wayne Watercutter	55	Ward Racing Enterprises	Chevrolet	Ward			48	0	0	accident	905	0
33	38	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			40	0	0	valve	1380	64
34	11	Lennie Pond	12	Kencoal	Oldsmobile	Childers			15	0	0	steering	850	61
35	14	Gary Balough	87	Fast Lane Ltd.	Oldsmobile	Harvey			9	0	0	clutch	840	58
36	37	Louis Gatto	23	L&J Automotive	Chevrolet	L and J			5	0	0	ignition	820	55
37	8	Al Holbert	7	Holbert Porsche-Audi	Chevrolet	Holbert			1	0	0	accident	1065	52
38	26	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn	Oldsmobile	Hamby			1	0	0	accident	1310	49
39	30	Steve Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			1	0	0	accident	1305	46

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	3061	19	4	5	14	15
2	Richard Petty	2852	19	0	2	14	15
3	Cale Yarborough	2850	19	0	3	12	14
4	Bobby Allison	2845	19	2	4	11	13
5	Dale Earnhardt	2588	19	1	1	7	10
6	Benny Parsons	2560	19	1	0	10	13
7	Joe Millikan	2471	19	1	0	3	14
8	J.D. McDuffie	2268	19	0	0	1	6
9	Richard Childress	2256	19	0	0	1	7
10	D.K. Ulrich	2197	19	0	0	0	2
11	Terry Labonte	2191	19	0	0	1	8
12	Buddy Arrington	2170	19	0	0	1	4
13	James Hylton	2133	18	0	0	0	5
14	Buddy Baker	2125	17	5	2	7	10
15	Frank Warren	2002	19	0	0	0	3
16	Ricky Rudd	1920	16	0	0	1	7
17	Ronnie Thomas	1765	18	0	0	0	1
18	Donnie Allison	1677	13	1	0	4	7
19	Cecil Gordon	1660	16	0	0	0	0
20	Tommy Gale	1628	16	0	0	0	1
21	Dick Brooks	1510	16	0	0	1	5
22	Jimmy Means	1493	16	0	0	0	1
23	Baxter Price	1397	14	0	0	0	0
24	Dave Marcis	1386	13	0	0	0	1
25	Neil Bonnett	1316	12	2	2	3	4