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Sun-Drop Music City USA 420
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, Nashville, TN
May 12, 1979
420 laps on 0.596 mile paved oval; 250.32 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 4
| Cale Yarborough
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Oldsmobile
| 420
| 12,275
| running
| 83 |
| 2
| 5
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Chevrolet Monte Carlo
| 420
| 8,150
| running
| 164 |
| 3
| 6
| Bobby Allison
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 419
| 6,450
| running
| 0 |
| 4
| 7
| Dale Earnhardt
| 2
| Rod Osterlund
| Chevrolet
| 419
| 5,350
| running
| 0 |
| 5
| 9
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| Chevrolet
| 418
| 3,080
| running
| 111 |
| 6
| 21
| Richard Childress
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Chevrolet
| 418
| 2,450
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 8
| Benny Parsons
| 27
| M.C. Anderson
| Chevrolet
| 417
| 1,830
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 2
| Buddy Baker
| 28
| Harry Ranier
| Chevrolet
| 412
| 3,910
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 10
| Terry Labonte
| 44
| Billy Hagan
| Chevrolet
| 411
| 1,875
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 12
| Ricky Rudd
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Ford
| 410
| 1,850
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 16
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Jimmy Means
| Chevrolet
| 408
| 1,685
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 15
| Steve Spencer
| 19
| Henley Gray
| Buick
| 405
| 1,595
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 19
| Tom Gale
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 396
| 1,415
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 26
| Bobby Wawak
| 74
| Bobby Wawak
| Chevrolet
| 390
| 525
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 18
| Al Elmore
| 40
| D.K. Ulrich
| Chevrolet
| 389
| 1,265
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 13
| D.K. Ulrich
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| Oldsmobile
| 383
| 1,135
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 25
| Ronnie Thomas
| 25
| Ronnie Thomas
| Chevrolet
| 378
| 2,020
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 28
| Mike Kempton
| 69
| Mike Kempton
| Chevrolet
| 364
| 455
| running
| 0 |
| 19
| 22
| Baxter Price
| 45
| Baxter Price
| Chevrolet
| 356
| 890
| clutch
| 0 |
| 20
| 17
| Frank Warren
| 79
| Frank Warren
| Dodge
| 355
| 675
| engine
| 0 |
| 21
| 3
| Darrell Waltrip
| 88
| DiGard
| Chevrolet
| 335
| 3,115
| running
| 31 |
| 22
| 14
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| Chevrolet
| 324
| 655
| running
| 0 |
| 23
| 1
| Joe Millikan
| 72
| L.G. DeWitt
| Chevrolet
| 124
| 5,345
| engine
| 31 |
| 24
| 24
| Darrell Basham
| 34
| Jim Patrick
| Mercury
| 101
| 385
| rear end
| 0 |
| 25
| 27
| Nelson Oswald
| 09
| Nelson Oswald
| Chevrolet
| 95
| 375
| ignition
| 0 |
| 26
| 23
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Dodge
| 63
| 620
| engine
| 0 |
| 27
| 20
| Dick Brooks
| 05
| Nelson Malloch
| Chevrolet
| 36
| 365
| transmission
| 0 |
| 28
| 11
| Harry Gant
| 47
| Jack Beebe
| Chevrolet
| 18
| 360
| engine
| 0 |
Time of race: 02:49:25
Average Speed: 88.652 MPH
Pole Speed: 20.6 seconds
3 cautions for 27 laps
Attendance: 16,000