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1979 Talladega 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 31 Sunday, August 5, 1979 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 3:06:06 Average speed: 161.229 mph Pole speed: 193.6 mph Cautions: 5 for 28 laps Margin of victory: 62 sec Attendance: 80000 Lead changes: 34 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 8 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Oldsmobile 188 32325 running 102 185 2 2 2   David Pearson Lowe's   (Rod Osterlund) Oldsmobile 188 20925 running 17 175 3 11 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 186 13920 running 0 165 4 13 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Oldsmobile 186 11475 running 4 165 5 25 77   Jody Ridley Sunny King   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 186 6025 running 0 155 6 3 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 186 8000 running 0 150 7 21 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Oldsmobile 184 4815 running 0 146 8 6 67   Buddy Arrington Rossmeyer   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 181 5960 running 0 142 9 18 42   Kyle Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 181 3315 running 0 138 10 20 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 179 5520 running 0 134 11 24 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 177 4560 running 0 130 12 22 9   Bill Elliott Yandle / Thermol King   (George Elliott) Mercury 176 2865 running 0 127 13 37 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 175 4740 running 0 124 14 38 19   Bob Burcham Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 172 4480 running 0 121 15 34 20   Rick Newsom MARS   (Rick Newsom) Oldsmobile 172 2565 running 0 118 16 10 50   Bruce Hill Global Heat Exchanger   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 171 2465 engine 0 115 17 39 73   Steve Moore Gilbert Moore   (Gilbert Moore) Chevrolet 170 2415 running 0 112 18 31 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 163 3920 running 0 109 19 7 41   Grant Adcox Adcox-Kirby   (Herb Adcox) Oldsmobile 162 2515 running 5 111 20 30 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Oldsmobile 159 3510 running 0 103 21 12 27   Benny Parsons Griffin Marine   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 146 3400 engine 5 105 22 32 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Buick 143 3965 engine 0 97 23 9 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 142 2830 running 0 94 24 5 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 138 8015 engine 14 96 25 26 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Oldsmobile 120 6615 engine 1 93 26 36 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Oldsmobile 95 2620 engine 0 85 27 35 40   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich Buick 92 2600 engine 0 82 28 19 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 90 5365 engine 0 79 29 33 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 87 1590 engine 0 76 30 23 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 83 1515 engine 0 73 31 14 71   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 83 1350 timing chain 0 70 32 40 36   Marty Robbins Robbins Racing   (Marty Robbins) Dodge 75 1325 engine 0 67 33 15 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 75 2300 engine 0 64 34 1 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 71 6025 engine 40 66 35 16 12   Jack Ingram Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 70 1250 clutch 0 58 36 27 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 58 1725 engine 0 55 37 29 39   Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin Mercury 50 1350 oil pressure 0 52 38 17 7   Al Holbert Holbert Porsche-Audi   (Al Holbert) Oldsmobile 47 1175 engine 0   39 4 28   Buddy Baker W.I.N.   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 41 1750 engine 0 46 40 41 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 40 1550 engine 0 43 41 28 87   Dick May Fast Lane Ltd.   (Billie Harvey) Oldsmobile 0 1050 oil pressure 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 1 1   Neil Bonnett 2 4 3   Darrell Waltrip 5 5 1   Neil Bonnett 6 8 3   Cale Yarborough 9 9 1   Neil Bonnett 10 15 6   Cale Yarborough 16 16 1   Neil Bonnett 17 21 5   Richard Petty 22 25 4   Cale Yarborough 26 28 3   Neil Bonnett 29 29 1   Cale Yarborough 30 30 1   Neil Bonnett 31 51 21   Cale Yarborough 52 52 1   Darrell Waltrip 53 58 6   David Pearson 59 62 4   Neil Bonnett 63 63 1   Grant Adcox 64 67 4   David Pearson 68 73 6   Darrell Waltrip 74 81 8   David Pearson 82 83 2   Cale Yarborough 84 84 1   David Pearson 85 85 1   Cale Yarborough 86 86 1   Darrell Waltrip 87 90 4   Cale Yarborough 91 94 4   Benny Parsons 95 99 5   Joe Millikan 100 100 1   Darrell Waltrip 101 108 8   Cale Yarborough 109 109 1   Darrell Waltrip 110 129 20   Grant Adcox 130 130 1   David Pearson 131 133 3   Darrell Waltrip 134 188 55 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 3246     2   Richard Petty 3017   -229   3   Cale Yarborough 2946   -300   4   Bobby Allison 2924   -322   5   Benny Parsons 2662   -584   6   Dale Earnhardt 2588   -658   7   Joe Millikan 2564   -682   8   Richard Childress 2390   -856   9   J.D. McDuffie 2372   -874   10   Buddy Arrington 2312   -934   11   D.K. Ulrich 2279   -967   12   Terry Labonte 2255   -991   13   James Hylton 2236   -1010   14   Buddy Baker 2171   -1075   15   Frank Warren 2096   -1150   16   Ricky Rudd 2085   -1161   17   Ronnie Thomas 1862   -1384   18   Donnie Allison 1750   -1496   19   Cecil Gordon 1703   -1543   20   Tommy Gale 1683   -1563   21   Dick Brooks 1640   -1606