1979 World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway · 1979 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Darrell Waltrip	3	41	19	3	10	175	400	600

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	175	running	185
2	2	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	400	28	running	175
3	15	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	400	122	running	170
4	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	398		running	160
5	4	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	398		running	155
6	10	90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	397		running	150
7	14	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	397		running	146
8	20	7	Al Holbert	Al Holbert (Owner)	Chevrolet	396		running	142
9	30	12	Lennie Pond	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Chevrolet	394	13	running	143
10	23	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Oldsmobile	393		running	134
11	27	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Oldsmobile	391		running	130
12	33	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	391		running	127
13	31	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	389		running	124
14	29	0	Ronnie Thomas	John Kennedy (Owner)	Chevrolet	379		running	121
15	19	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	375		running	118
16	22	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Buick	372		steering	115
17	40	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile	366		running	112
18	37	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	353		running	109
19	35	89	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Oldsmobile	348		rear hub	106
20	34	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	340		clutch	103
21	39	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	336		running	100
22	7	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	331	1	running	102
23	17	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Chevrolet	320		clutch	94
24	38	50	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing	Buick	306		engine	91
25	1	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	252	26	broken valve	93
26	13	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	250		crankshaft	85
27	11	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	212	12	broken valve	87
28	36	19	Bill Dennis	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	191		oil line	79
29	21	49	Glenn Jarrett	Charles Dean (Owner)	Chevrolet	166		rear axle	0
30	12	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	142		engine	73
31	18	4	Bobby Fisher	Smokey Yunick Racing	Buick	136		engine	70
32	25	17	Skip Manning	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	129		rear axle	67
33	26	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	128	1	broken valve	69
34	16	6	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing	Oldsmobile	114		accident	61
35	28	46	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	91		overheating	58
36	8	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing	Chevrolet	88	13	engine	60
37	6	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	88	9	cylinder head	57
38	9	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	36		engine	49
39	24	05	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Oldsmobile	10		accident	46
40	32	68	Chuck Bown	Testa Racing	Buick	0		did not start	0
41	41	57	Ron Hutcherson	McClure Motors	Ford	0		did not start	0

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Darrell Waltrip	175	43.8%	P1
2	Dale Earnhardt	122	30.5%	P3
3	Richard Petty	28	7.0%	P2
4	Neil Bonnett	26	6.5%	P25
5	Lennie Pond	13	3.3%	P9
6	Buddy Baker	13	3.3%	P36
7	Joe Millikan	12	3.0%	P27
8	Donnie Allison	9	2.3%	P37
9	Bobby Allison	1	0.3%	P22
10	James Hylton	1	0.3%	P33

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