1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series standings

1979 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Laps	DNFs
1	Richard Petty	4830	31	1	5	23	27	416650	7.65	6.39	16	3	76	1150	2	8.98	84.14	9367	3
2	Darrell Waltrip	4819	31	5	7	19	22	450870	4.84	7.00	26	8	119	2128	26	21.83	82.34	9994	1
3	Bobby Allison	4633	31	3	5	18	22	362825	5.13	8.61	24	5	76	1854	3	16.53	77.59	9885	7
4	Cale Yarborough	4604	31	1	4	19	22	379515	5.26	8.58	22	4	89	1323	0	12.81	77.68	9677	6
5	Benny Parsons	4256	31	1	2	16	21	207680	7.00	11.26	12	3	36	736	0	6.26	69.80	9335	7
6	Joe Millikan	4014	31	1	0	5	20	199460	11.23	12.58	8	0	10	188	0	1.38	65.91	9122	8
7	Dale Earnhardt	3749	27	4	1	11	17	237575	7.74	10.67	16	1	55	604	0	6.48	71.32	8340	5
8	Richard Childress	3735	31	0	0	1	11	111415	19.55	14.68	2	0	4	13	0	0.11	59.73	9109	5
9	Ricky Rudd	3642	28	0	0	4	17	135605	11.54	12.07	4	0	4	22	0	0.22	67.57	8836	6
10	Terry Labonte	3615	31	0	0	2	13	119860	12.77	16.26	4	0	4	8	0	0.12	55.08	8766	10
11	Buddy Arrington	3589	31	0	0	1	7	118390	21.71	16.06	1	0	1	2	0	0.03	55.65	8452	9
12	D.K. Ulrich	3508	31	0	0	0	5	99985	20.23	16.74	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.66	8995	5
13	J.D. McDuffie	3473	31	0	0	1	7	89885	20.03	17.48	3	0	7	116	0	0.89	51.47	8014	11
14	James Hylton	3405	30	0	0	0	5	85485	22.30	16.90	4	0	4	11	0	0.11	52.91	8658	6
15	Buddy Baker	3249	26	7	3	12	15	255455	4.77	16.12	20	4	74	1083	0	12.77	56.72	6107	11
16	Frank Warren	3199	31	0	0	0	3	87410	23.90	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.06	8477	10
17	Ronnie Thomas	2912	30	0	0	0	3	92950	24.00	22.13	1	0	1	1	0	0.02	37.41	6928	15
18	Tommy Gale	2795	28	0	0	0	1	65680	24.93	21.11	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	40.42	7514	9
19	Cecil Gordon	2737	28	0	0	0	0	62210	29.07	21.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.91	7427	9
20	Dave Marcis	2736	25	0	0	1	6	48305	15.20	18.48	4	0	7	20	0	0.21	49.30	6842	12
21	Harry Gant	2664	25	1	0	0	5	46435	13.44	18.68	4	0	4	29	0	0.33	48.24	6226	12
22	Dick Brooks	2622	26	0	0	1	8	61235	18.65	19.42	1	0	2	16	0	0.31	46.95	6262	13
23	Jimmy Means	2575	27	0	0	0	1	54730	23.93	22.56	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.55	5431	13
24	Donnie Allison	2508	20	1	0	7	10	142620	9.45	14.70	9	1	29	293	0	5.03	61.73	4921	8
25	Baxter Price	2364	24	0	0	0	0	44415	28.67	21.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.56	6791	8
26	Neil Bonnett	2223	21	4	3	4	6	140735	6.62	20.29	14	2	62	569	0	10.59	46.43	4213	14
27	Tighe Scott	1879	17	0	0	1	7	87260	18.65	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.91	3834	7
28	Bill Elliott	1548	13	0	0	1	5	56580	15.00	14.31	3	0	4	8	0	0.19	63.19	3329	2
29	Lennie Pond	1415	15	0	0	0	2	31220	17.27	23.20	2	0	3	14	0	0.27	36.08	3043	8
30	Dick May	1390	20	0	0	0	0	25595	28.05	26.85	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.75	3425	17
31	Roger Hamby	1231	13	0	0	0	0	21000	23.08	22.77	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.03	3336	7
32	David Pearson	1203	9	2	1	4	5	87680	4.78	12.89	6	0	25	264	0	8.29	67.08	2271	4
33	Coo Coo Marlin	613	7	0	0	0	2	27540	23.71	25.29	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.41	907	5
34	Bruce Hill	594	7	0	0	0	0	17260	19.43	20.43	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.25	1352	3
35	Blackie Wangerin	571	7	0	0	0	0	14300	26.71	27.14	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.72	894	5
36	Grant Adcox	560	6	0	0	0	0	15290	18.83	23.50	1	0	2	5	0	0.44	43.51	1132	5
37	Kyle Petty	559	5	0	0	0	1	10810	30.40	17.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	57.37	1069	1
38	Chuck Bown	523	7	0	0	0	2	31380	17.14	20.29	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.25	1388	3
39	John Anderson	496	4	0	0	1	1	11210	16.25	14.00	1	0	1	1	0	0.08	65.10	1263	1
40	Ralph Jones	477	6	0	0	0	0	12785	30.50	27.83	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.46	729	5
41	Earle Canavan	456	7	0	0	0	0	6675	30.57	29.71	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.25	698	6
42	Slick Johnson	431	4	0	0	0	1	5360	30.50	18.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	49.64	1039	2
43	Nelson Oswald	431	6	0	0	0	0	3610	27.17	25.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.39	842	6
44	Dave Watson	413	4	0	0	0	1	7170	18.75	21.00	2	0	2	7	0	0.00	43.66	1092	2
45	Al Holbert	402	6	0	0	0	1	14170	15.00	26.00	1	0	2	5	0	0.58	33.92	938	4
46	Bobby Wawak	376	4	0	0	0	0	7295	27.25	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.70	32.82	740	3
47	Jody Ridley	374	3	0	0	1	2	11245	29.33	13.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	68.07	787	1
48	Bill Hollar	371	5	0	0	0	0	2545	30.80	29.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8.33	552	5
49	Rick Newsom	355	4	0	0	0	0	5530	35.75	24.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.91	484	1
50	Bill Schmitt	342	3	0	0	1	1	11695	10.67	17.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.88	325	1
51	Ed Negre	336	3	0	0	0	0	11215	34.67	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	57.14	849	0
52	John Kennedy	322	5	0	0	0	0	4515	27.40	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	27.71	600	2
53	Tim Williamson	320	3	0	0	0	1	5580	26.00	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.08	340	1
54	Richard White	264	3	0	0	0	0	4180	30.67	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.77	234	1
55	Jimmy Insolo	258	3	0	0	0	0	6905	7.67	25.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.85	192	3
56	H.B. Bailey	255	4	0	0	0	0	5835	29.00	24.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.05	738	2
57	Jim Robinson	240	3	0	0	0	0	3005	25.67	27.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.08	193	2
58	Henry Jones	237	3	0	0	0	0	1160	27.67	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.81	77	3
59	Steve Spencer	230	2	0	0	0	0	2270	13.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.43	556	1
60	Travis Tiller	229	5	0	0	0	0	5065	30.75	35.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9.27	218	4
61	Jim Vandiver	225	4	0	0	0	0	8015	32.75	30.50	1	0	1	1	0	0.08	25.32	716	3
62	Bill Elswick	221	3	0	0	0	0	3400	27.33	16.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.31	1112	1
63	Jack Ingram	219	4	0	0	0	0	4240	15.00	31.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.01	532	4
64	Jimmy Finger	213	3	0	0	0	0	5020	31.00	30.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	19.82	152	3
65	Wayne Watercutter	212	3	0	0	0	0	2380	28.00	23.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.38	681	1
66	Bob Burcham	212	2	0	0	0	0	6565	31.50	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.00	356	1
67	John Rezek	209	4	0	0	0	0	5035	27.25	27.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.38	584	2
68	Mike Potter	209	4	0	0	0	0	3165	27.75	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	27.56	1021	2
69	Marty Robbins	207	3	0	0	0	0	3120	34.00	31.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.27	235	3
70	Steve Peles	203	2	0	0	0	0	2180	30.00	20.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.65	641	0
71	Bill Dennis	200	2	0	0	0	0	12675	37.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.00	387	1
72	Buck Simmons	197	2	0	0	0	0	3025	19.00	21.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.05	438	1
73	Dave Dion	191	2	0	0	0	0	1265	19.00	22.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.86	528	1
74	Mike Kempton	185	2	0	0	0	0	1605	30.50	23.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.00	499	0
75	Vince Giamformaggio	176	2	0	0	0	0	4295	33.00	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.43	139	1
76	Connie Saylor	170	2	0	0	0	0	4435	13.50	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.90	262	2
77	Paul Fess	164	2	0	0	0	0	4860	25.50	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.67	232	2
78	Sandy Satullo	155	2	0	0	0	0	2360	32.50	28.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.67	210	1
79	David Sosebee	146	3	0	0	0	0	2910	36.67	29.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.44	547	3
80	Jim Thirkettle	142	1	0	0	0	1	2450	14.00	8.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	79.41	117	0
81	Norm Palmer	142	1	0	0	0	1	2500	16.00	8.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	79.41	91	0
82	Geoff Bodine	139	3	0	0	0	0	4820	20.00	28.67	1	0	2	6	0	1.00	26.55	441	3
83	Louis Gatto	137	2	0	0	0	0	1445	33.50	31.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.29	31	2
84	Elmo Langley	137	2	0	0	0	0	1600	26.50	31.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.69	6	2
85	Steve Pfeifer	134	3	0	0	0	0	4220	28.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.70	368	2
86	Sterling Marlin	123	1	0	0	0	0	505	14.00	15.00	1	0	1	11	0	2.62	51.72	341	1
87	Butch Hartman	121	1	0	0	0	0	2225	27.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	62.86	351	0
88	Al Elmore	118	1	0	0	0	0	1155	18.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.15	389	0
89	Ed Hale	118	1	0	0	0	0	2155	33.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.82	85	0
90	Gary Balough	116	3	0	0	0	0	6015	22.33	28.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.66	216	2
91	Keith Davis	116	2	0	0	0	0	2310	38.00	35.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.69	45	2
92	Skip Manning	116	2	0	0	0	0	5880	21.50	35.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.00	182	2
93	Kevin Housby	115	1	0	0	0	0	3190	25.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.53	149	1
94	Ernie Shaw	115	1	0	0	0	0	625	26.00	16.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.43	368	0
95	Billy Hagan	112	1	0	0	0	0	3280	22.00	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.52	185	0
96	Steve Moore	112	1	0	0	0	0	2415	39.00	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	60.00	170	0
97	Dick Whalen	106	1	0	0	0	0	950	32.00	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	47.06	81	0
98	Nestor Peles	106	1	0	0	0	0	1000	29.00	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.57	465	0
99	Joe Fields	103	1	0	0	0	0	1385	28.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.48	379	0
100	John Borneman	103	1	0	0	0	0	1315	17.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.12	79	1
101	Roy Smith	100	1	0	0	0	0	2690	30.00	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.44	193	0
102	Don Graham	97	1	0	0	0	0	1495	35.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.24	100	0
103	Jerry Jolly	97	1	0	0	0	0	2440	32.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.74	99	1
104	Larry Isley	97	1	0	0	0	0	925	22.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.00	256	0
105	Hal Callentine	94	2	0	0	0	0	2975	27.50	17.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.86	279	0
106	Harry Goularte	94	1	0	0	0	0	1460	33.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.29	82	0
107	Jim Hurlbert	91	1	0	0	0	0	1400	27.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.30	150	0
108	Robert Tartaglia	91	1	0	0	0	0	1175	35.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.35	47	1
109	Jocko Maggiacomo	91	1	0	0	0	0	1105	29.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	39.47	172	0
110	Joey Arrington	85	1	0	0	0	0	650	29.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	16.67	42	1
111	Rick McCray	82	1	0	0	0	0	750	21.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.53	31	1
112	Don Puskarich	79	1	0	0	0	0	855	32.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.59	47	0
113	John Utsman	79	1	0	0	0	0	2850	22.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.50	101	1
114	Butch Lindley	79	1	0	0	0	0	570	14.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.90	82	1
115	Dick Kranzler	76	1	0	0	0	0	700	31.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.65	23	1
116	Wayne Broome	73	2	0	0	0	0	2595	35.00	29.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.00	125	2
117	Don Noel	70	1	0	0	0	0	700	29.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.76	15	1
118	Bobby Fisher	70	1	0	0	0	0	1465	18.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.00	136	1
119	Glenn Jarrett	67	2	0	0	0	0	2745	19.50	30.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.37	330	2
120	Bill Meazel	67	1	0	0	0	0	1000	32.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.06	46	1
121	Billy Smith	64	1	0	0	0	0	1575	39.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.95	179	1
122	Bobby Brack	63	1	0	0	0	0	930	24.00	35.00	1	0	1	1	0	0.30	12.82	70	1
123	Chris Monoleos	61	1	0	0	0	0	550	30.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.94	2	1
124	Bill Seifert	55	1	0	0	0	0	960	33.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	32	1
125	Jeff Halverson	55	1	0	0	0	0	490	34.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
126	Bub Strickler	55	1	0	0	0	0	550	26.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.78	67	1
127	Butch Mock	46	1	0	0	0	0	2165	34.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.00	38	1
128	Steve Gray	46	1	0	0	0	0	1305	30.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
129	Richard Brickhouse	46	1	0	0	0	0	870	35.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.56	15	1
130	A.J. Foyt	0	2	0	0	1	2	41690	7.00	6.50	2	0	4	7	0	1.94	86.25	356	0
131	Freddy Smith	0	2	0	0	0	0	2950	34.00	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	57.89	765	0
132	Darrell Busham	0	1	0	0	0	0	385	24.00	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	14.81	101	1
133	Claude Ballot-Léna	0	2	0	0	0	0	2080	33.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.11	251	2
134	Earl Brooks	0	1	0	0	0	0	405	28.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.34	79	1
135	Randy Ogden	0	3	0	0	0	0	2465	27.67	31.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.86	473	3
136	Melvin Revis	0	1	0	0	0	0	410	26.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6.90	76	1
137	Jimmy Hindman	0	1	0	0	0	0	350	29.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	1
138	Al Rudd, Jr.	0	1	0	0	0	0	740	23.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.43	39	1
139	John Haver	0	1	0	0	0	0	950	34.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.03	36	1
140	Bill Green	0	1	0	0	0	0	980	14.00	34.00	1	0	1	2	0	1.00	5.71	76	1
141	Ferrel Harris	0	1	0	0	0	0	1260	34.00	40.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	2	1
142	Ron Hutcherson	0	1	0	0	0	0	1165	41.00	41.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1