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1979 Richmond 400

Richmond Raceway · 1979 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	9	30	23	2	3	178	400	216.8

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	9	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	400	178	running	180
2	1	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	400	220	running	180
3	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	399		running	165
4	2	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	399		running	160
5	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	399		running	155
6	16	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	397		running	150
7	8	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	397	2	running	151
8	5	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	395		running	142
9	11	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	394		running	138
10	14	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Buick	391		running	134
11	15	90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Ford	390		running	130
12	29	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	390		running	127
13	4	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	390		running	124
14	12	54	Lennie Pond	Al Rudd Auto	Oldsmobile	387		running	121
15	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	385		running	118
16	10	02	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	385		running	115
17	22	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Buick	384		running	112
18	17	37	Dave Watson	Phil Howard (Owner)	Chevrolet	383		running	109
19	13	29	Dave Dion	Dion Racing	Ford	380		running	106
20	28	19	Joe Fields	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	379		running	103
21	23	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	371		running	100
22	26	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	360		running	97
23	24	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	311		running	94
24	30	9	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing	Chevrolet	307		engine	91
25	27	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile	259		rear end	88
26	18	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	238		engine	85
27	25	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	199		rear end	82
28	19	05	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Oldsmobile	180		rear end	79
29	6	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing	Chevrolet	167		rear end	76
30	21	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	68		overheating	73

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	220	55.0%	P2
2	Cale Yarborough	178	44.5%	P1
3	J.D. McDuffie	2	0.5%	P7

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