| 1979 Dixie 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 30 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $170,725 | Race Date: | Nov 4, 1979 | EchoPark Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 328 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 3Hr 33Min 46Sec. | Hampton, Georgia | |
| Lead Changes: | 25 | Average Speed: | 140.120 MPH | 1.54 Mile Paved Quad Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 41 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 29 Laps | echoparkspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Neil Bonnett N. Bonnett | Driver: | Buddy Baker B. Baker | Mercury: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #21 Mercury | Car No.: | #28 Chevrolet | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Wood Brothers Racing | Team: | Ranier Racing with MDM | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Leonard Wood | Crew Chief: | Waddell Wilson | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Laps Led: | 54 of 328 | Pole Speed: | 164.813 MPH | |||||
| Official 1979 Dixie 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 21 | Neil Bonnett | Purolator | Running |  | 180 | 328 | 54 |
| 2 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt (R) | Osterlund Racing | Running |  | 175 | 328 | 69 |
| 3 | 2 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch | Running |  | 175 | 328 | 136 |
| 4 | 3 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore | Running |  | 165 | 328 | 3 |
| 5 | 14 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade | Running | | 160 | 327 | 10 |
| 6 | 13 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 150 | 327 | 0 |
| 7 | 12 | 44 | Terry Labonte (R) | Stratagraph Incorporated | Running | | 146 | 325 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore Industries | Running | | 142 | 324 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | 72 | Joe Millikan (R) | Appliance Wheels | Running | | 138 | 321 | 0 |
| 10 | 24 | 77 | Jody Ridley | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 134 | 320 | 0 |
| 11 | 17 | 47 | Harry Gant (R) | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 130 | 320 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Running | | 127 | 319 | 0 |
| 13 | 33 | 51 | Slick Johnson | Johnson Racing | Running | | 124 | 317 | 0 |
| 14 | 26 | 12 | Buck Simmons | Kencoal | Running | | 121 | 315 | 0 |
| 15 | 22 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals | Running | | 118 | 314 | 0 |
| 16 | 21 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive | Running | | 115 | 314 | 0 |
| 17 | 31 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales | Running |  | 112 | 314 | 0 |
| 18 | 34 | 0 | Freddy Smith | Petty's Of Spartanburg | Running | | 0 | 313 | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission | Running | | 106 | 312 | 0 |
| 20 | 30 | 36 | H.B. Bailey | Almeda Auto Parts | Running |  | 0 | 307 | 0 |
| 21 | 36 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan | Running | | 100 | 297 | 0 |
| 22 | 15 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Running | | 97 | 270 | 0 |
| 23 | 11 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's | Engine | | 94 | 266 | 0 |
| 24 | 16 | 8 | John Anderson | Draime Race Engines | Engine | | 91 | 256 | 0 |
| 25 | 19 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Howard Johnson's | Engine |  | 88 | 245 | 0 |
| 26 | 39 | 55 | Wayne Watercutter | Wayne Watercutter (Car Owner) | Running | | 85 | 243 | 0 |
| 27 | 20 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Adcox-Kirby | | 82 | 236 | 0 | |
| 28 | 23 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria | Engine | | 79 | 212 | 0 |
| 29 | 5 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs | Accident | | 76 | 211 | 0 |
| 30 | 32 | 98 | Ralph Jones | Ralph Jones (Car Owner) | Battery | | 73 | 202 | 0 |
| 31 | 8 | 27 | Benny Parsons | Griffin's Marine | Engine | | 75 | 193 | 53 |
| 32 | 37 | 42 | Kyle Petty | STP | Engine | | 67 | 176 | 0 |
| 33 | 35 | 81 | David Sosebee | Sosebee Racing | Engine | | 64 | 163 | 0 |
| 34 | 28 | 17 | Steve Pfeifer | Kings Inn Daytona | Accident | | 61 | 162 | 0 |
| 35 | 9 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic | | 58 | 158 | 0 | |
| 36 | 38 | 31 | John Rezek | RPM Enterprises | Engine | | 0 | 117 | 0 |
| 37 | 40 | 18 | Randy Ogden | Ogden Racing | Engine | | 0 | 111 | 0 |
| 38 | 41 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Too Slow | | 49 | 103 | 0 |
| 39 | 1 | 28 | Buddy Baker | W.I.N. Incorporated | Engine | | 51 | 88 | 3 |
| 40 | 25 | 05 | Dick Brooks | Nelson Malloch Racing | Ignition | | 43 | 44 | 0 |
| 41 | 29 | 0 | Dick May | John Kennedy (Car Owner) | Valves | | 40 | 4 | 0 |
