Official Race Results
NAPA 500 | Charlotte Motor Speedway
October 07, 1979 | Race 27 of 31
Average Speed: 134.266 mph 
Margin of Victory: 1 lap & 5 seconds Time of Race: 03:43:53
Lead Changes: 28
Cautions: 8 for 40 laps.
Fin St Car Driver Make Sponsor Pts / Bonus Laps Status Winnings
1 4 #11 Cale Yarborough  Chevrolet Busch 180/5 334 Running $39,000
2 6 #15 Bobby Allison  Ford Hodgdon/Moore 175/5 333 Running $27,475
3 3 #88 Darrell Waltrip  Chevrolet Gatorade 170/5 332 Running $23,100
4 9 #43 Richard Petty  Chevrolet STP 165/5 332 Running $15,375
5 7 #1 Donnie Allison  Chevrolet Hawaiian Tropic 155/0 331 Running $7,700
6 5 #27 Benny Parsons  Chevrolet M.C. Anderson 155/5 331 Running $12,250
7 13 #9 Bill Elliott  Mercury Yandle/Thermo King 151/5 330 Running $5,255
8 20 #05 Dick Brooks  Chevrolet Compcon, Inc. 142/0 328 Running $4,765
9 17 #40 D.k. Ulrich  Buick U.S. Army 138/0 327 Running $6,750
10 8 #2 Dale Earnhardt * Chevrolet Osterlund 139/5 327 Running $14,515
11 21 #90 Ricky Rudd  Mercury Truxmore 130/0 327 Running $6,105
12 32 #67 Buddy Arrington  Dodge Reid Trailer Sales 127/0 324 Running $5,895
13 28 #30 Tighe Scott  Buick Russ Togs 124/0 324 Running $5,685
14 18 #3 Richard Childress  Chevrolet Crc Chemicals 126/5 324 Running $5,465
15 14 #44 Terry Labonte  Chevrolet Stratagraph 118/0 323 Running $5,155
16 16 #08 John Anderson  Chevrolet Draime Race Engines 120/5 322 Running $3,230
17 27 #57 Dick May  Ford McClure Motors 112/0 322 Running $3,180
18 37 #42 Kyle Petty  Dodge STP 109/0 321 Running $3,080
19 30 #79 Frank Warren  Dodge Almeda Auto Parts 106/0 320 Running $2,980
20 10 #47 Harry Gant  Chevrolet Race Hill Farm 108/5 319 Broken Valve $3,980
21 34 #64 Tommy Gale  Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda 100/0 311 Running $3,300
22 38 #70 J.D. McDuffie  Chevrolet Bailey Excavating 97/0 309 Running $2,890
23 36 #4 James Hylton  Chevrolet Palatine Automotive 94/0 308 Running $1,395
24 29 #45 Baxter Price  Oldsmobile Iron Peddlers 91/0 302 Running $2,480
25 2 #28 Buddy Baker  Chevrolet W.i.n., Inc. 98/10 282 Accident $20,995
26 39 #77 Jody Ridley  Mercury Sunny King Ford & Honda 85/0 281 Engine Failure $1,220
27 40 #81 David Sosebee  Chevrolet Sosebee Racing 82/0 249 Accident $1,170
28 23 #31 John Rezek  Oldsmobile RPM Enterprises 79/0 239 Running $1,145
29 12 #72 Joe Millikan  Chevrolet Appliance Wheels 76/0 223 Steering $4,820
30 33 #17 Steve Pfeifer  Chevrolet Kings Inn 73/0 198 Running $2,020
31 1 #21 Neil Bonnett  Mercury Purolator 75/5 184 Engine Failure $13,250
32 22 #19 Cecil Gordon  Chevrolet Natural Light 67/0 155 Clutch $1,890
33 11 #68 Chuck Bown  Chevrolet Boy Scouts Special PE 112 Engine Failure $960
34 31 #89 Jim Vandiver  Oldsmobile O.l. Nixon PE 101 Accident $945
35 24 #75 Bobby Brack  Chevrolet Rahmoc Racing 63/5 70 Accident $930
36 15 #12 Jack Ingram  Chevrolet Ramey's Chevy City PE 59 Engine Failure $915
37 25 #71 Dave Marcis  Chevrolet Shoney's 52/0 26 Accident $900
38 26 #25 Ronnie Thomas  Chevrolet Stone's Cafeteria 49/0 16 Oil Leak $2,790
39 35 #16 Richard Brickhouse  Oldsmobile Pender Auto Parts 46/0 15 Cracked Cylinder Head $870
40 19 #14 Jimmy Means  Chevrolet Cunningham-Kelley 43/0 1 Not Handling $855
* Denotes Rookie