1979 Volunteer 500

Race 22 of 31

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:54:46
Average speed of winner: 91.493 mph
Margin of victory: 1.8 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 60 laps
Lap leaders: Petty 1-32, Allison 33, Petty 34-70, Gant 71-86, Petty 87-94, Marcis 95, Parsons 96-146, Waltrip 147-166, Allison 167-169, Parsons 170-239, Allison 240-327, Parsons 328-330, Marcis 331-342, Allison 343-349, Parsons 350-393, Marcis 394, Parsons 395-480, Allison 481-487, Waltrip 488-500

Race notes: Last pole for Richard Petty. Debut for Melvin Revis.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		500	2	33	running	13510	180
2	1	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman	120.524	500	3	77	running	10100	175
3	2	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Moore	Ford	Moore	Moore		500	5	106	running	6950	170
4	7	Benny Parsons	27	Valleydale Meats	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		499	5	254	running	4900	170
5	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		497	0	0	running	5600	155
6	12	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			497	0	0	running	4400	150
7	3	David Pearson	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		496	0	0	running	3800	146
8	10	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			493	0	0	running	3550	142
9	11	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			493	0	0	running	3030	138
10	17	Bill Elliott	17	Kings Inn	Chevrolet	Hamby			487	0	0	running	2620	134
11	14	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			484	0	0	running	2400	130
12	15	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			483	0	0	running	2490	127
13	23	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			472	0	0	running	1980	124
14	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Hills Racing	Dodge	Arrington			468	0	0	running	1745	121
15	20	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			456	0	0	running	1610	118
16	6	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			445	1	16	running	590	120
17	21	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			444	0	0	running	1370	112
18	8	Dave Marcis	71	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Marcis			434	3	14	accident	790	114
19	19	Jimmy Means	52	Mr. Transmission	Chevrolet	Means			416	0	0	running	1020	106
20	16	Dick Brooks	05	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	Malloch			392	0	0	rear end	500	103
21	27	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			392	0	0	accident	965	100
22	25	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			388	0	0	running	705	97
23	22	Mike Potter	76	Brockwell Entertainment	Chevrolet				311	0	0	ignition	445	94
24	29	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			274	0	0	running	685	91
25	9	Jack Ingram	12	Ramey's Chevy City	Chevrolet	Childers			197	0	0	valve spring	425	88
26	18	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			104	0	0	valve	770	85
27	13	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			79	0	0	engine	1665	82
28	26	Melvin Revis	59	Danny Queen	Chevrolet				76	0	0	trailing arm	410	0
29	30	Henry Jones	69	Pro-Shoppe Sports	Chevrolet	Jayhawk Sports			48	0	0	too slow	405	76
30	28	John Kennedy	0	Avanti CB	Chevrolet	John Kennedy			2	0	0	cylinder head	400	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	3532	22	4	7	16	17
2	Richard Petty	3372	22	1	3	17	18
3	Cale Yarborough	3218	22	0	3	13	15
4	Bobby Allison	3193	22	2	4	12	14
5	Benny Parsons	3000	22	1	0	12	15
6	Joe Millikan	2869	22	1	0	3	16
7	Richard Childress	2654	22	0	0	1	9
8	J.D. McDuffie	2600	22	0	0	1	7
9	Dale Earnhardt	2588	19	1	1	7	10
10	Buddy Arrington	2536	22	0	0	1	5
11	Terry Labonte	2487	22	0	0	1	9
12	James Hylton	2487	21	0	0	0	5
13	D.K. Ulrich	2485	22	0	0	0	2
14	Ricky Rudd	2369	19	0	0	2	10
15	Buddy Baker	2351	19	5	2	8	11
16	Frank Warren	2323	22	0	0	0	3
17	Ronnie Thomas	2035	21	0	0	0	1
18	Tommy Gale	1922	19	0	0	0	1
19	Cecil Gordon	1909	19	0	0	0	0
20	Jimmy Means	1820	19	0	0	0	1
21	Dick Brooks	1819	19	0	0	1	5
22	Donnie Allison	1750	14	1	0	4	7
23	Baxter Price	1673	17	0	0	0	0
24	Dave Marcis	1643	16	0	0	0	1
25	Harry Gant	1631	16	1	0	0	4