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1979 Holly Farms 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 31 Sunday, October 14, 1979 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:44:01 Average speed: 91.454 mph Pole speed: 112.783 mph Cautions: 9 for 48 laps Margin of victory: .5 cl Attendance: 18000 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 27   Benny Parsons M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 400 12225 running 92 180 2 2 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 400 8200 running 175 180 3 11 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 399 6500 running 0 165 4 1 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 398 10425 running 12 165 5 8 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 398 3325 running 0 155 6 12 44   Terry Labonte Technicraft   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 397 2615 running 0 150 7 13 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 394 3245 running 0 146 8 9 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 392 2125 running 0 142 9 19 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 391 2015 running 0 138 10 14 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 390 1980 running 0 134 11 15 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 388 1670 running 0 130 12 17 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 387 1535 running 0 127 13 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 376 3475 running 104 129 14 4 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Chevrolet 373 725 running 0 121 15 7 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 369 3400 engine 0 118 16 26 95   Ernie Shaw Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 368 625 running 0 115 17 24 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 364 1250 running 0 112 18 28 19   Cecil Gordon Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 357 1125 running 0 109 19 23 75   Bill Elswick Rahmoc Enterprises Oldsmobile 287 550 rear end 0 106 20 6 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 269 4775 crash 17 108 21 16 71   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 258 550 engine 0 100 22 22 24   Larry Isley Marlowe Mobile Homes Chevrolet 256 925 running 0 97 23 20 0   John Kennedy Avanti CB   (John Kennedy) Chevrolet 168 505 running 0 94 24 21 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 150 684 steering 0 91 25 29 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 45 425 brakes 0 88 26 27 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 44 665 brakes 0 85 27 18 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 29 705 engine 0 82 28 10 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 14 695 crash 0 79 29 25 69   Henry Jones Pro Shoppe   (Mike Kempton) Chevrolet 10 385 engine 0 76

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 4 4     5 9 5     10 16 7     17 20 4     21 23 3     24 26 3     27 31 5     32 37 6     38 253 216     254 257 4     258 268 11     269 276 8     277 299 23     300 303 4     304 309 6     310 315 6     316 375 60     376 383 8     384 400 17       Percent of race run under caution: 12.0%             Average green flag run: 35.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt 1 12 12   Darrell Waltrip 13 78 66   Bobby Allison 79 160 82   Darrell Waltrip 161 164 4   Cale Yarborough 165 168 4   Bobby Allison 169 253 85   Cale Yarborough 254 254 1   Darrell Waltrip 255 255 1   Cale Yarborough 256 267 12   Darrell Waltrip 268 299 32   Bobby Allison 300 307 8   Darrell Waltrip 308 308 1   Benny Parsons 309 400 92 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 4357     2   Richard Petty 4340   -17   3   Bobby Allison 4187   -170   4   Cale Yarborough 4089   -268   5   Benny Parsons 3813   -544   6   Joe Millikan 3640   -717   7   Richard Childress 3356   -1001   8   D.K. Ulrich 3277   -1080   9   Dale Earnhardt 3276   -1081   10   Buddy Arrington 3259   -1098   11   Terry Labonte 3258   -1099   11   Ricky Rudd 3258   -1099   13   J.D. McDuffie 3183   -1174   14   James Hylton 3075   -1282   15   Buddy Baker 2964   -1393   16   Frank Warren 2920   -1437   17   Ronnie Thomas 2609   -1748   18   Tommy Gale 2510   -1847   19   Cecil Gordon 2473   -1884   20   Jimmy Means 2399   -1958   21   Dick Brooks 2398   -1959