1979 Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1979 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	1	35	17	1	5	311	492	500.4

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	492	311	running	185
2	11	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	491	50	running	175
3	17	05	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Oldsmobile	487		running	165
4	13	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Buick	485		running	160
5	19	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	484		running	155
6	27	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Buick	476		running	150
7	20	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	473		running	146
8	15	37	Dave Watson	Phil Howard (Owner)	Chevrolet	471		running	142
9	30	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	471		running	138
10	14	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	462	3	running	139
11	29	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile	462		running	130
12	5	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	460		running	127
13	31	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	459		running	124
14	35	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	450		running	121
15	16	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	432		running	118
16	18	02	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	431		rear end	115
17	8	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	416		running	112
18	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	413	9	running	114
19	26	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	361		engine	106
20	28	19	Dick May	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	353		transmission	103
21	24	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	294		accident	100
22	23	47	Geoff Bodine	Race Hill Farm Team	Oldsmobile	278		rear end	0
23	9	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	249	119	engine	99
24	21	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	131		rear axle	91
25	12	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	123		accident	88
26	25	12	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Chevrolet	111		accident	85
27	32	87	Slick Johnson	Satterfield Racing	Chevrolet	37		engine	82
28	34	09	Nelson Oswald	Oswald Racing	Chevrolet	23		too slow	79
29	22	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	13		steering	76
30	2	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	9		accident	73
31	4	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing	Chevrolet	9		accident	70
32	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	9		accident	67
33	10	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Oldsmobile	9		accident	0
34	6	90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Ford	9		accident	61
35	33	29	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing	Chevrolet	1		ignition	58

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	311	63.2%	P1
2	David Pearson	119	24.2%	P23
3	Joe Millikan	50	10.2%	P2
4	Cale Yarborough	9	1.8%	P18
5	Benny Parsons	3	0.6%	P10

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