1979 Los Angeles Times 500

Race 31 of 31

Ontario
200 laps
Time of race: 3:45:52
Average speed of winner: 132.822 mph
Margin of victory: 0.42 sec.
Lead changes: 35 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 26 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, Parsons 1, Baker 2-5, R. Petty 6, Baker 7-8, Waltrip 9-10, Brooks 11-24, Baker 25-34, Parsons 35-37, B. Allison 38-42, Parsons 43-52, Rudd 53, B. Allison 54-55, Earnhardt 56-63, R. Petty 64-65, Baker 66-85, B. Allison 86, Baker 87-88, B. Allison 89, Baker 90, Yarborough 91-104, B. Allison 105-106, Yarborough 107-111, Parsons 112-118, B. Allison 119-124, Parsons 125-126, R. Petty 127, Yarborough 128-129, Parsons 130-153, R. Petty 154, Parsons 155-158, Brooks 159-160, Yarborough 161-185, R. Petty 186, Yarborough 187-195, Parsons 196-200

Race notes: Finale for Hal Callentine, John Rezek, Richard White, and Tim Williamson. Richard Petty took the points lead from Darrell Waltrip.

Video links: Highlights (Part 1), Highlights (Part 2), Highlights (Part 3)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Benny Parsons	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		200	8	56	running	27050	185
2	3	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Moore	Ford	Moore	Moore		200	6	17	running	17350	175
3	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter	154.902	200	5	55	running	18000	170
4	4	Buddy Baker	28	W.I.N., Inc.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		200	6	39	running	7000	165
5	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		200	5	6	running	9025	160
6	7	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		200	0	0	running	4600	150
7	13	Dick Brooks	05	Malloch	Chevrolet	Malloch			200	2	16	running	3900	151
8	10	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		199	1	2	running	7550	147
9	6	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		199	1	8	running	7500	143
10	8	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore	Mercury	Donlavey			199	1	1	running	5860	139
11	9	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		199	0	0	running	2600	130
12	11	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			199	0	0	running	6075	127
13	21	Terry Labonte	44	Technicraft	Oldsmobile	Hagan			196	0	0	running	4450	124
14	26	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Chevrolet	Petty			196	0	0	running	2050	121
15	17	Bruce Hill	50	Global Heat Exchange	Oldsmobile	Ballard			196	0	0	running	1975	0
16	23	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Chevrolet	Childress			195	0	0	running	3880	115
17	28	Dave Marcis	71	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Marcis			195	0	0	running	1800	112
18	15	Bill Schmitt	73	Old Milwaukee	Oldsmobile	Schmitt			194	0	0	running	3020	109
19	25	Buddy Arrington	67	Switzer Construction	Dodge	Arrington			194	0	0	running	3410	106
20	19	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			193	0	0	water pump	1750	103
21	30	Roy Smith	45	Iron Peddlers	Oldsmobile	Baxter Price			193	0	0	running	2690	100
22	33	Tim Williamson	10	Thernasol	Chevrolet	Williamson			191	0	0	running	2505	97
23	29	Hal Callentine	74	Cal-Four	Oldsmobile				191	0	0	running	1475	94
24	31	Cecil Gordon	24	Reliable RV	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			190	0	0	running	2795	91
25	34	Frank Warren	79	Golden Bear	Dodge	Frank Warren			186	0	0	running	2635	88
26	27	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			153	0	0	brakes	2425	85
27	18	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			147	0	0	engine	3165	82
28	16	Randy Ogden	18	Econo-Car	Chevrolet	Randy Ogden			135	0	0	gasket	1225	0
29	12	Buck Simmons	12	Kencoal	Chevrolet	Childers			123	0	0	transmission	1175	76
30	37	Richard White	22	Boulevard Automotive	Chevrolet	Mike White			121	0	0	running	1480	73
31	20	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			104	0	0	engine	1920	70
32	35	Jim Robinson	78	San-Val Supply	Chevrolet	Kurten			104	0	0	ignition	1350	67
33	22	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			57	0	0	engine	1450	64
34	36	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			49	0	0	running	1400	61
35	24	John Rezek	31	Rezek	Buick				38	0	0	accident	850	0
36	14	Jimmy Insolo	01	Allstate Building Materials	Oldsmobile	Craker			36	0	0	rocker arm	1825	55
37	32	Vince Giamformaggio	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			26	0	0	engine	825	52

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	4830	31	1	5	23	27
2	Darrell Waltrip	4819	31	5	7	19	22
3	Bobby Allison	4633	31	3	5	18	22
4	Cale Yarborough	4604	31	1	4	19	22
5	Benny Parsons	4256	31	1	2	16	21
6	Joe Millikan	4014	31	1	0	5	20
7	Dale Earnhardt	3749	27	4	1	11	17
8	Richard Childress	3735	31	0	0	1	11
9	Ricky Rudd	3642	28	0	0	4	17
10	Terry Labonte	3615	31	0	0	2	13
11	Buddy Arrington	3589	31	0	0	1	7
12	D.K. Ulrich	3508	31	0	0	0	5
13	J.D. McDuffie	3473	31	0	0	1	7
14	James Hylton	3405	30	0	0	0	5
15	Buddy Baker	3249	26	7	3	12	15
16	Frank Warren	3199	31	0	0	0	3
17	Ronnie Thomas	2912	30	0	0	0	3
18	Tommy Gale	2795	28	0	0	0	1
19	Cecil Gordon	2737	28	0	0	0	0
20	Dave Marcis	2736	25	0	0	1	6
21	Harry Gant	2664	25	1	0	0	5
22	Dick Brooks	2622	26	0	0	1	8
23	Jimmy Means	2575	27	0	0	0	1
24	Donnie Allison	2508	20	1	0	7	10
25	Baxter Price	2364	24	0	0	0	0