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1979 Volunteer 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 31
Saturday, August 25, 1979 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a .533 mile paved track (266.5 miles)

Time of race: 2:54:46
Average Speed: 91.493 mph
Pole Speed: 110.524 mph

Cautions: 6 for 60 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.8 sec
Attendance: 35,000
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1979 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	5	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	500	13,510	running	33	180
2	1	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	500	10,100	running	77	175
4	7	27	Benny Parsons	Valleydale Meats (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	499	4,900	running	254	170
5	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	497	5,600	running	0	155
6	12	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	497	4,400	running	0	150
7	3	2	David Pearson	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	496	3,800	running	0	146
8	10	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	493	3,550	running	0	142
10	17	17	Bill Elliott	Kings Inn (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	487	2,620	running	0	134
11	14	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	484	2,400	running	0	130
12	15	40	D.K. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	483	2,490	running	0	127
13	23	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	472	1,980	running	0	124
16	6	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	445	590	running	16	120
18	8	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	434	790	crash	14	114
19	19	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	416	1,020	running	0	106
21	27	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	392	965	crash	0	100
23	22	76	Mike Potter	Brockwell Entertainment (Mike Potter)	Chevrolet	311	445	ignition	0	94
24	29	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	274	685	running	0	91
25	9	12	Jack Ingram	Ramey's Chevy City (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	197	425	engine	0	88
26	18	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	104	770	engine	0	85
27	13	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	79	1,665	engine	0	82
28	26	59	Melvin Revis	Danny Queen	Chevrolet	76	410	suspension	0
29	30	69	Henry Jones	Pro Shoppe (Mike Kempton)	Chevrolet	48	405	flagged	0	76
30	28	0	John Kennedy	Avanti CB (John Kennedy)	Chevrolet	2	400	engine	0	73
14	24	67	Buddy Arrington	Hills Racing (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	468	1,745	running	0	121
17	21	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	444	1,370	running	0	112
3	2	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore)	Ford	500	6,950	running	106	170
9	11	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	493	3,030	running	0	138
15	20	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	456	1,610	running	0	118
20	16	05	Dick Brooks	Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch)	Oldsmobile	392	500	rear end	0	103
22	25	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	388	705	running	0	97

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	32	32
Bobby Allison	33	33	1
Richard Petty	34	70	37
Harry Gant	71	86	16
Richard Petty	87	94	8
Dave Marcis	95	95	1
Benny Parsons	96	146	51
Darrell Waltrip	147	166	20
Bobby Allison	167	169	3
Benny Parsons	170	239	70
Bobby Allison	240	327	88
Benny Parsons	328	330	3
Dave Marcis	331	342	12
Bobby Allison	343	349	7
Benny Parsons	350	393	44
Dave Marcis	394	394	1
Benny Parsons	395	480	86
Bobby Allison	481	487	7
Darrell Waltrip	488	500	13

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	3532
2	Richard Petty	3372	-160
3	Cale Yarborough	3218	-314
4	Bobby Allison	3193	-339
5	Benny Parsons	2997	-535
6	Joe Millikan	2869	-663
7	Richard Childress	2654	-878
8	J.D. McDuffie	2595	-937
9	Dale Earnhardt	2588	-944
10	Buddy Arrington	2536	-996
11	James Hylton	2487	-1045
12	Terry Labonte	2487	-1045
13	D.K. Ulrich	2485	-1047
14	Ricky Rudd	2369	-1163
15	Buddy Baker	2351	-1181
16	Frank Warren	2323	-1209
17	Ronnie Thomas	2035	-1497
18	Tommy Gale	1922	-1610
19	Cecil Gordon	1909	-1623
20	Jimmy Means	1820	-1712

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