Southeastern 500 1979

Bristol Motor Speedway · 1979 · NASCAR Cup Series

Finishing order

Fin	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Pts
1	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	185
2	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	500	175
3	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	170
4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	498	160
5	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Oldsmobile	497	155
6	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	495	155
7	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	490	146
8	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	486	142
9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	486	138
10	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Ford	485	134
11	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	484	130
12	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	481	127
13	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	480	124
14	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Oldsmobile	473	121
15	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile	470	118
16	Mike Potter	Potter Racing	Chevrolet	463	115
17	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	462	112
18	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	460	109
19	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	456	106
20	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	429	103
21	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Oldsmobile	385	100
22	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Oldsmobile	366	97
23	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	335	94
24	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	216	96
25	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing	Chevrolet	211	93
26	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	197	85
27	Dick May	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	141	82
28	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	100	79
29	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	33	76
30	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)	Ford	31	73