1979 CRC Chemicals 500

Race 25 of 31

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:22:19
Average speed of winner: 114.366 mph
Margin of victory: 1/2 car length
Lead changes: 27 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 49 laps
Lap leaders: Earnhardt 1-36, Petty 37-58, Baker 59, Parsons 60-65, Earnhardt 66-75, Yarborough 76-187, Petty 188-209, Yarborough 210-211, D. Allison 212-213, Yarborough 214-218, Petty 219-259, D. Allison 260-265, Petty 266-269, Yarborough 270-272, Bonnett 273-283, Yarborough 284-292, Petty 293-295, Yarborough 296-325, Bonnett 326, Yarborough 327-375, Bonnett 376-377, Petty 378, Bonnett 379-401, D. Allison 402-466, Yarborough 467-482, Petty 483, Yarborough 484, Petty 485-500

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		500	8	110	running	21650	180
2	7	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		500	3	73	running	11350	175
3	12	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		500	9	227	running	11250	175
4	10	Buddy Baker	28	W.I.N., Inc.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		499	1	1	running	4700	165
5	9	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			499	0	0	running	7500	155
6	6	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Moore	Ford	Moore	Moore		496	0	0	running	6000	150
7	15	Dave Marcis	71	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Marcis			496	0	0	running	2000	146
8	14	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			496	0	0	running	4400	142
9	1	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder	135.726	495	2	46	running	7000	143
10	16	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Buick	Ballard	Hyde		487	0	0	running	4050	134
11	13	John Anderson	08	Draime Race Engines	Chevrolet	Draime			486	0	0	running	1600	130
12	24	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			480	0	0	running	3400	127
13	18	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			477	0	0	running	3195	124
14	21	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Oldsmobile	Hylton			476	0	0	running	3060	121
15	23	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			473	0	0	running	2865	118
16	30	Jimmy Means	52	Mr. Transmission	Chevrolet	Means			472	0	0	running	2680	115
17	25	Roger Hamby	17	Kings Inn	Chevrolet	Hamby			471	0	0	running	2495	112
18	27	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			467	0	0	running	2310	109
19	29	Nestor Peles	34	Peles Racing	Chevrolet	Peles			465	0	0	running	1000	106
20	31	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			463	0	0	running	2000	103
21	5	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		456	4	37	engine	1650	105
22	8	Benny Parsons	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		454	1	6	running	1665	102
23	19	Lennie Pond	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			451	0	0	running	1605	94
24	22	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			437	0	0	running	2570	91
25	11	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			373	0	0	accident	1525	88
26	17	Dick Brooks	05	Malloch	Chevrolet	Malloch			362	0	0	overheating	650	85
27	20	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			358	0	0	engine	1125	82
28	3	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe		136.871	351	0	0	transmission	1100	79
29	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		307	0	0	running	4475	76
30	33	Bill Hollar	99	Hollar Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Hollar			173	0	0	oil pressure	550	73
31	32	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			156	0	0	running	1040	70
32	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			132	0	0	coil	1030	67
33	28	Earle Canavan	01	Python	Dodge	Canavan			52	0	0	oil leak	520	64
34	36	Dick May	58	Satterfield Racing	Oldsmobile	Satterfield			11	0	0	handling	510	61
35	35	Rick Newsom	20	Mars	Oldsmobile	Newsom			1	0	0	accident	500	58
36	34	Jeff Halverson	13	Halverson Racing	Chevrolet	Halverson			1	0	0	accident	490	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	3923	25	4	7	17	18
2	Richard Petty	3840	25	1	4	18	21
3	Bobby Allison	3667	25	3	5	13	17
4	Cale Yarborough	3654	25	0	3	15	17
5	Benny Parsons	3399	25	1	0	13	17
6	Joe Millikan	3276	25	1	0	4	18
7	Richard Childress	2972	25	0	0	1	9
8	J.D. McDuffie	2912	25	0	0	1	7
9	Dale Earnhardt	2896	21	3	1	8	12
10	D.K. Ulrich	2863	25	0	0	0	2
11	Terry Labonte	2852	25	0	0	2	10
12	Buddy Arrington	2848	25	0	0	1	5
13	Ricky Rudd	2823	22	0	0	3	13
14	James Hylton	2757	24	0	0	0	5
15	Buddy Baker	2681	21	5	2	10	13
16	Frank Warren	2614	25	0	0	0	3
17	Ronnie Thomas	2311	24	0	0	0	1
18	Tommy Gale	2231	22	0	0	0	1
19	Cecil Gordon	2206	22	0	0	0	0
20	Jimmy Means	2153	22	0	0	0	1
21	Dave Marcis	2085	19	0	0	0	4
22	Dick Brooks	2050	21	0	0	1	6
23	Donnie Allison	2000	16	1	0	5	8
24	Harry Gant	1975	19	1	0	0	5
25	Baxter Price	1943	20	0	0	0	0