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Capital City 400

NASCAR Winston Cup race
Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
September 9, 1979
400 laps on 0.542 mile paved oval; 216.8 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Bobby Allison	15	Bud Moore	Ford	400	15,400	running	369
2	5	Darrell Waltrip	88	DiGard	Chevrolet	400	9,525	running	11
3	10	Ricky Rudd	90	Junie Donlavey	Ford	399	5,650	running	1
4	1	Dale Earnhardt	2	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	399	7,250	running	19
5	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Junior Johnson	Oldsmobile	398	5,975	running	0
6	7	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet Caprice	398	6,300	running	0
7	9	Dave Marcis	71	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	397	1,400	running	0
8	6	Benny Parsons	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	397	2,750	running	0
9	8	Harry Gant	47	Jack Beebe	Chevrolet	397	1,200	running	0
10	4	Joe Millikan	72	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	395	3,925	running	0
11	12	Bill Elliott	17	Roger Hamby	Chevrolet	390	2,320	running	0
12	13	D.K. Ulrich	40	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	386	2,195	running	0
13	20	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	384	2,050	running	0
14	16	J.D. McDuffie	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	381	1,940	running	0
15	18	Richard Childress	3	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	379	1,830	running	0
16	23	Bill Elswick	75	RahMoc Enterprises	Oldsmobile	372	750	running	0
17	14	Terry Labonte	44	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	371	1,845	running	0
18	26	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	365	1,435	running	0
19	22	Baxter Price	45	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	365	1,300	running	0
20	24	Jimmy Means	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	330	1,175	running	0
21	15	James Hylton	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	262	1,075	accident	0
22	21	Earle Canavan	01	Earle Canavan	Dodge	233	575	rear end	0
23	17	Ronnie Thomas	25	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	227	1,800	engine	0
24	19	Tom Gale	64	Elmo Langley	Ford	173	785	engine	0
25	11	Lennie Pond	19	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	141	835	brakes	0
26	25	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	2	750	distributor	0

Time of race: 02:41:23
Average Speed: 80.604 MPH
Pole Speed: 21.07 seconds
2 cautions for 20 laps
Attendance: 20,000