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1979 Holly Farms 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway · 1979 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Benny Parsons	5	29	19	2	5	92	400	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	400	92	running	180
2	2	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	175	running	180
3	11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	399		running	165
4	1	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	398	12	running	165
5	8	90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Ford	398		running	155
6	12	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	397		running	150
7	13	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	394		running	146
8	9	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	392		running	142
9	19	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	391		running	138
10	14	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	390		running	134
11	15	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	388		running	130
12	17	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	387		running	127
13	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	376	104	running	129
14	4	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Chevrolet	373		running	121
15	7	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	369		engine	118
16	26	95	Ernie Shaw	Junior Miller Racing	Chevrolet	368		running	115
17	24	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	364		running	112
18	28	19	Cecil Gordon	Gray Racing	Buick	357		running	109
19	23	75	Bill Elswick	RahMoc Enterprises	Oldsmobile	287		rear end	106
20	6	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	269	17	accident	108
21	16	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	258		engine	100
22	22	24	Larry Isley		Chevrolet	256		running	97
23	20	0	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)	Chevrolet	168		running	94
24	21	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	150		steering	91
25	29	05	Dick May	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Oldsmobile	45		brakes	88
26	27	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	44		brakes	85
27	18	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	29		engine	82
28	10	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	14		accident	79
29	25	69	Henry Jones	Mike Kempton (Owner)	Chevrolet	10		engine	76

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	175	43.8%	P2
2	Darrell Waltrip	104	26.0%	P13
3	Benny Parsons	92	23.0%	P1
4	Cale Yarborough	17	4.3%	P20
5	Dale Earnhardt	12	3.0%	P4

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