1979 Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway · 1979 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	12	40	16	1	8	58	188	500.1

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	12	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	188	58	running	180
2	1	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Oldsmobile	187	1	running	175
3	4	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	186	2	running	170
4	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	185		running	160
5	9	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Oldsmobile	185		running	155
6	24	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	182		running	150
7	30	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	179		running	146
8	13	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	179		running	142
9	16	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	178	1	running	143
10	19	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	177		running	134
11	34	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile	177		running	130
12	29	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	176		running	127
13	37	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Chrysler	176		running	124
14	10	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	154		running	121
15	27	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Oldsmobile	151	2	running	123
16	25	22	Kevin Housby	Housby Racing	Chevrolet	149		accident	115
17	3	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	148	122	engine	122
18	11	6	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing	Oldsmobile	148		accident	109
19	31	32	Jimmy Finger	B & B Racing	Buick	130		engine	106
20	38	19	Dick May	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	117		engine	103
21	28	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Buick	113		running	100
22	32	96	Jerry Jolly	Cronkrite Racing	Ford	99		engine	97
23	21	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Oldsmobile	81		engine	94
24	17	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Oldsmobile	77		engine	91
25	40	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Buick	73		camshaft	88
26	33	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	65		engine	85
27	18	90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	38		steering	82
28	23	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	37		engine	79
29	35	61	Wayne Broome	Jim Norris (Owner)	Oldsmobile	33		head gasket	0
30	36	53	Keith Davis	Keith Davis (Owner)	Oldsmobile	30		engine	73
31	26	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	30		piston	70
32	2	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing	Oldsmobile	4	1	accident	72
33	8	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	4	1	accident	69
34	6	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Oldsmobile	4		accident	61
35	5	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Buick	4		accident	58
36	14	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Buick	4		accident	55
37	22	05	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Oldsmobile	4		accident	52
38	15	12	Lennie Pond	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Oldsmobile	4		accident	49
39	20	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Oldsmobile	4		engine	0
40	39	46	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	0		did not start	0

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Neil Bonnett	122	64.9%	P17
2	Bobby Allison	58	30.9%	P1
3	Buddy Arrington	2	1.1%	P3
4	James Hylton	2	1.1%	P15
5	Darrell Waltrip	1	0.5%	P2
6	Terry Labonte	1	0.5%	P9
7	Buddy Baker	1	0.5%	P32
8	Cale Yarborough	1	0.5%	P33

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