1979 Northwestern Bank 400

Race 6 of 31

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:49:41
Average speed of winner: 88.400 mph
Margin of victory: 3.5 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 11 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 32 laps
Lap leaders: Parsons pole, Yarborough 1-64, Childress 65, D. Allison 66, McDuffie 67-68, Millikan 69-76, Petty 77-152, Yarborough 153-158, Childress 159-163, Baker 164, Marcis 165, Petty 166-231, Parsons 232-233, Baker 234, Childress 235-239, Parsons 240-271, Petty 272-309, B. Allison 310-313, Earnhardt 314-322, Petty 323-353, B. Allison 354-400

Race notes: Finale for Earl Brooks. Bobby Allison took the points lead from Darrell Waltrip.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Moore	Ford	Moore	Moore		400	2	51	running	13750	180
2	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		400	4	211	running	8300	180
3	1	Benny Parsons	27	Griffin's Marine	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft	108.136	400	2	34	running	8600	170
4	5	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		400	1	9	running	4275	165
5	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		399	0	0	running	4575	155
6	14	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			399	1	2	running	2785	155
7	10	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			397	3	11	running	2305	151
8	11	Buddy Baker	28	Spectra	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		397	2	2	running	3675	147
9	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		397	2	70	running	4925	143
10	6	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			397	1	8	running	3575	139
11	12	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		396	1	1	running	3250	135
12	8	Dave Marcis	02	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Marcis			396	1	1	running	775	132
13	17	Dick Brooks	05	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	Malloch			395	0	0	running	750	124
14	9	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			392	0	0	running	1945	121
15	30	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			391	0	0	running	1800	118
16	15	James Hylton	48	Palatine Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Hylton			390	0	0	running	1765	115
17	21	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			386	0	0	running	1630	112
18	16	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Buick	Ulrich			384	0	0	running	1495	109
19	18	Roger Hamby	17	Lowe's	Chevrolet	Hamby			382	0	0	running	1360	106
20	19	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			372	0	0	running	1225	103
21	24	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			365	0	0	running	1050	100
22	23	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon-Barnicle	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			361	0	0	running	925	97
23	25	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			359	0	0	running	705	94
24	27	Slick Johnson	87	Satterfield Racing	Chevrolet	Satterfield			211	0	0	accident	435	91
25	13	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			168	0	0	rear end	725	88
26	26	Nelson Oswald	09	Bolton Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Oswald			142	0	0	accident	415	85
27	28	Earl Brooks	7	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			79	0	0	rear end	405	0
28	20	Ronnie Thomas	25	1st National City Travelers Checks	Buick	Don Robertson			40	0	0	accident	1945	79
29	29	Bill Hollar	99	Hollar Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Hollar			32	0	0	rear end	385	76
30	22	Jimmy Means	52	Mr. Transmission	Chevrolet	Means			14	0	0	engine	625	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	971	6	2	2	4	4
2	Darrell Waltrip	962	6	0	1	5	5
3	Cale Yarborough	932	6	0	1	4	5
4	Benny Parsons	823	6	1	0	3	4
5	Donnie Allison	817	6	0	0	2	4
6	Joe Millikan	811	6	0	0	1	5
7	Dale Earnhardt	790	6	0	0	1	2
8	Richard Petty	779	6	0	1	3	3
9	D.K. Ulrich	759	6	0	0	0	2
10	Richard Childress	724	6	0	0	1	2
11	J.D. McDuffie	706	6	0	0	0	2
12	Dave Marcis	694	6	0	0	0	1
13	Buddy Baker	667	6	2	1	1	3
14	Frank Warren	663	6	0	0	0	2
15	Dick Brooks	648	6	0	0	1	2
16	James Hylton	642	5	0	0	0	1
17	Terry Labonte	639	6	0	0	0	1
18	Buddy Arrington	624	6	0	0	0	0
19	Ricky Rudd	520	5	0	0	0	1
20	Ronnie Thomas	516	6	0	0	0	0
21	Cecil Gordon	497	5	0	0	0	0
22	David Pearson	440	4	1	0	1	1
23	Tommy Gale	424	4	0	0	0	0
24	Baxter Price	415	4	0	0	0	0
25	Dave Watson	413	4	0	0	0	1