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1979 Richmond 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 31 Sunday, March 11, 1979 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles) Time of race: 2:35:34 Average speed: 83.608 mph Pole speed: 92.957 mph Cautions: 2 for 8 laps Margin of victory: 6 sec Attendance: 21000 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 9 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 400 16275 running 178 180 2 1 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 400 10750 running 220 180 3 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 399 6925 running 0 165 4 2 27   Benny Parsons M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 399 2550 running 0 160 5 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 399 4800 running 0 155 6 16 72   Joe Millikan Hayes Jewelers   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 397 4800 running 0 150 7 8 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 397 2900 running 2 146 8 5 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 395 2775 running 0 142 9 11 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 394 3710 running 0 138 10 14 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 391 2405 running 0 134 11 15 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Chevrolet 390 2245 running 0 130 12 29 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 390 2100 running 0 127 13 4 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 390 2015 running 0 124 14 12 54   Lennie Pond Brenco Bearings   (Al Rudd) Oldsmobile 387 890 running 0 121 15 20 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 385 1830 running 0 118 16 10 02   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 385 750 running 0 115 17 22 25   Ronnie Thomas 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Don Robertson) Buick 384 2570 running 0 112 18 17 37   Dave Watson Ams Oil   (Phil Howard) Chevrolet 383 675 running 0 109 19 13 29   Dave Dion Merrimack Lincoln-Mercury   (Dave Dion) Ford 380 675 running 0 106 20 28 19   Joe Fields Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 379 1385 running 0 103 21 23 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 371 1250 running 0 100 22 26 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 360 1125 running 0 97 23 24 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 311 1000 running 0 94 24 30 9   Bill Hollar Hollar Auto Parts   (Bill Hollar) Chevrolet 307 535 engine 0 91 25 27 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 259 775 rear end 0 88 26 18 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 238 750 engine 0 85 27 25 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 199 725 rear end 0 82 28 19 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 180 450 rear end 0 79 29 6 28   Buddy Baker Spectra   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 167 3375 rear end 0 76 30 21 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 68 650 overheating 0 73

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 5 3   #2 accident turn 1   6 215 210     216 220 5   #45 spun   221 400 180       Percent of race run under caution: 2.0%             Average green flag run: 130.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 156 156   Cale Yarborough 157 158 2   J.D. McDuffie 159 160 2   Bobby Allison 161 224 64   Cale Yarborough 225 400 176 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 637     2   Cale Yarborough 624   -13   3   Bobby Allison 611   -26   4   Donnie Allison 536   -101   5   Joe Millikan 530   -107   6   D.K. Ulrich 529   -108   7   Benny Parsons 498   -139   7   Dale Earnhardt 498   -139   9   Richard Childress 470   -167   10   Richard Petty 469   -168   11   Buddy Arrington 460   -177   12   Frank Warren 454   -183   13   J.D. McDuffie 434   -203   14   Terry Labonte 433   -204   15   Dave Marcis 412   -225   16   James Hylton 403   -234   17   Dick Brooks 390   -247   18   Ronnie Thomas 376   -261   19   Dave Watson 341   -296   20   Buddy Baker 340   -297   21   David Pearson 326   -311