1979 Old Dominion 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1979 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Buddy Baker	7	30	15	2	5	209	500	262.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing	Chevrolet	500	209	running	185
2	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	500		running	170
3	3	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	499	74	running	170
4	8	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	495	30	rear end	165
5	19	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	494		running	155
6	10	90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Ford	491		running	150
7	12	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	491		running	146
8	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	489	3	running	147
9	13	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	483		rear end	138
10	16	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	479		running	134
11	1	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	471	184	running	135
12	11	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Chevrolet	465		running	127
13	18	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	455		running	124
14	30	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	453		running	121
15	15	05	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Chevrolet	450		running	118
16	26	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	413		running	115
17	21	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	386		rear end	112
18	2	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	384		dropped valve	109
19	27	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	362		rear end	106
20	24	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	352		running	103
21	17	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	347		engine	100
22	22	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	282		dropped valve	97
23	20	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	262		engine	94
24	28	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile	250		engine	91
25	23	19	Dick May	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	158		engine	88
26	25	95	Dave Dion	Junior Miller Racing	Chevrolet	148		rear end	85
27	9	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	89		engine	82
28	14	12	Butch Lindley	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Chevrolet	82		overheating	79
29	5	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	67		accident	76
30	29	99	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing	Chevrolet	39		withdrew	73

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buddy Baker	209	41.8%	P1
2	Darrell Waltrip	184	36.8%	P11
3	Joe Millikan	74	14.8%	P3
4	Bobby Allison	30	6.0%	P4
5	Cale Yarborough	3	0.6%	P8

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