1979 CRC Chemicals 500

Dover International Speedway · 1979 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	4	36	25	3	7	110	500	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	500	110	running	180
2	7	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	500	73	running	175
3	12	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	500	227	running	175
4	10	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing	Chevrolet	499	1	running	165
5	9	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	499		running	155
6	6	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	496		running	150
7	15	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	496		running	146
8	14	90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Ford	496		running	142
9	1	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	495	46	running	143
10	16	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Buick	487		running	134
11	13	08	John Anderson	Russ Draime (Owner)	Chevrolet	486		running	130
12	24	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	480		running	127
13	18	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	477		running	124
14	21	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Oldsmobile	476		running	121
15	23	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	473		running	118
16	30	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	472		running	115
17	25	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	471		running	112
18	27	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	467		running	109
19	29	34	Nestor Peles	Steve Peles (Owner)	Oldsmobile	466		running	106
20	31	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile	463		running	103
21	5	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	456	37	engine	105
22	8	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	454	6	running	102
23	19	19	Lennie Pond	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	451		running	94
24	22	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	437		running	91
25	11	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	373		accident	88
26	17	05	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Chevrolet	362		overheating	85
27	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	358		engine	82
28	3	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Chevrolet	351		transmission	79
29	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	307		running	76
30	33	99	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing	Chevrolet	173		oil pressure	73
31	32	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	156		running	70
32	26	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	132		faulty coil	67
33	28	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	52		oil leak	64
34	36	58	Dick May	Satterfield Racing	Oldsmobile	11		handling	61
35	35	20	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing	Oldsmobile	1		accident	58
36	34	13	Jeff Halverson	Halverson Racing	Chevrolet	1		accident	55

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	227	45.4%	P3
2	Richard Petty	110	22.0%	P1
3	Donnie Allison	73	14.6%	P2
4	Dale Earnhardt	46	9.2%	P9
5	Neil Bonnett	37	7.4%	P21
6	Benny Parsons	6	1.2%	P22
7	Buddy Baker	1	0.2%	P4

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