1979 Capital City 400

Race 24 of 31

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 2:41:23
Average speed of winner: 80.604 mph
Margin of victory: 11 sec.
Lead changes: 6 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 20 laps
Lap leaders: Earnhardt 1-18, Allison 19-146, Earnhardt 147, Allison 148-270, Rudd 271, Waltrip 272-282, Allison 283-400

Race notes: Debut for Bill Elswick.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Moore	Ford	Moore	Moore		400	3	369	running	15400	185
2	5	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		400	1	11	running	9525	175
3	10	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			399	1	1	running	5650	170
4	1	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder	92.605	399	2	19	running	7250	165
5	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		398	0	0	running	5975	155
6	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		398	0	0	running	6300	150
7	9	Dave Marcis	71	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Marcis			397	0	0	running	1400	146
8	6	Benny Parsons	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		397	0	0	running	2750	142
9	8	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			397	0	0	running	1200	138
10	4	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			395	0	0	running	3925	134
11	12	Bill Elliott	17	Kings Inn	Chevrolet	Hamby			390	0	0	running	2320	130
12	13	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			386	0	0	running	2195	127
13	20	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			384	0	0	running	2050	124
14	16	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			381	0	0	running	1940	121
15	18	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			379	0	0	running	1830	118
16	23	Bill Elswick	75	RahMoc Racing	Oldsmobile	RahMoc	Rahilly		372	0	0	running	750	115
17	14	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			371	0	0	running	1845	112
18	26	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			365	0	0	running	1435	109
19	22	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			365	0	0	running	1300	106
20	24	Jimmy Means	52	Mr. Transmission	Chevrolet	Means			330	0	0	running	1175	103
21	15	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			262	0	0	accident	1075	100
22	21	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			233	0	0	rear end	575	97
23	17	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			227	0	0	engine	1800	94
24	19	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			173	0	0	piston	785	91
25	11	Lennie Pond	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			141	0	0	brakes	835	88
26	25	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			2	0	0	distributor	750	85

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	3847	24	4	7	17	18
2	Richard Petty	3660	24	1	3	17	20
3	Bobby Allison	3517	24	3	5	13	16
4	Cale Yarborough	3479	24	0	3	14	16
5	Benny Parsons	3297	24	1	0	13	17
6	Joe Millikan	3121	24	1	0	3	17
7	Richard Childress	2848	24	0	0	1	9
8	J.D. McDuffie	2830	24	0	0	1	7
9	Buddy Arrington	2781	24	0	0	1	5
10	Terry Labonte	2764	24	0	0	2	10
11	Dale Earnhardt	2753	20	2	1	8	11
12	D.K. Ulrich	2736	24	0	0	0	2
13	Ricky Rudd	2681	21	0	0	3	12
14	James Hylton	2636	23	0	0	0	5
15	Buddy Baker	2516	20	5	2	9	12
16	Frank Warren	2505	24	0	0	0	3
17	Ronnie Thomas	2220	23	0	0	0	1
18	Tommy Gale	2113	21	0	0	0	1
19	Cecil Gordon	2103	21	0	0	0	0
20	Jimmy Means	2038	21	0	0	0	1
21	Dick Brooks	1965	20	0	0	1	6
22	Dave Marcis	1939	18	0	0	0	3
23	Harry Gant	1896	18	1	0	0	5
24	Baxter Price	1873	19	0	0	0	0
25	Donnie Allison	1825	15	1	0	4	7