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CRC Chemicals 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Dover International Speedway, Dover, DE
September 16, 1979
500 laps on 1 mile paved oval; 500 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 4
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Chevrolet
| 500
| 21,650
| running
| 110 |
| 2
| 7
| Donnie Allison
| 1
| Hoss Ellington
| Chevrolet
| 500
| 11,350
| running
| 73 |
| 3
| 12
| Cale Yarborough
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Chevrolet
| 500
| 11,250
| running
| 227 |
| 4
| 10
| Buddy Baker
| 28
| Harry Ranier
| Chevrolet
| 499
| 4,700
| running
| 1 |
| 5
| 9
| Joe Millikan
| 72
| L.G. DeWitt
| Chevrolet
| 499
| 7,500
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 6
| Bobby Allison
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 496
| 6,000
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 15
| Dave Marcis
| 71
| Dave Marcis
| Chevrolet
| 496
| 2,000
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 14
| Ricky Rudd
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Ford
| 496
| 4,400
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 1
| Dale Earnhardt
| 2
| Rod Osterlund
| Chevrolet
| 495
| 7,000
| running
| 46 |
| 10
| 16
| Tighe Scott
| 30
| Walter Ballard
| Buick
| 487
| 4,050
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 13
| John Anderson
| 08
| Russ Draime
| Chevrolet
| 486
| 1,600
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 24
| D.K. Ulrich
| 40
| D.K. Ulrich
| Chevrolet
| 480
| 3,480
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 18
| Richard Childress
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Chevrolet
| 477
| 3,195
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 21
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| Oldsmobile
| 476
| 3,060
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 23
| Tom Gale
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 473
| 2,865
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 30
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Jimmy Means
| Chevrolet
| 472
| 2,680
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 25
| Roger Hamby
| 17
| Roger Hamby
| Chevrolet
| 471
| 2,495
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 27
| Frank Warren
| 79
| Frank Warren
| Dodge
| 467
| 2,310
| running
| 0 |
| 19
| 29
| Nestor Peles
| 34
| Steve Peles
| Chevrolet
| 465
| 1,000
| running
| 0 |
| 20
| 31
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| Oldsmobile
| 463
| 2,000
| running
| 0 |
| 21
| 5
| Neil Bonnett
| 21
| Wood Brothers
| Mercury
| 456
| 1,650
| running
| 37 |
| 22
| 8
| Benny Parsons
| 27
| M.C. Anderson
| Chevrolet
| 454
| 1,665
| running
| 6 |
| 23
| 19
| Lennie Pond
| 19
| Henley Gray
| Chevrolet
| 451
| 1,605
| running
| 0 |
| 24
| 22
| Ronnie Thomas
| 25
| Don Robertson
| Chevrolet
| 437
| 2,570
| running
| 0 |
| 25
| 11
| Terry Labonte
| 44
| Billy Hagan
| Chevrolet
| 373
| 1,525
| accident
| 0 |
| 26
| 17
| Dick Brooks
| 05
| Nelson Malloch
| Chevrolet
| 362
| 650
| overheating
| 0 |
| 27
| 20
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| Chevrolet
| 358
| 1,125
| engine
| 0 |
| 28
| 3
| Harry Gant
| 47
| Jack Beebe
| Chevrolet
| 351
| 1,100
| transmission
| 0 |
| 29
| 2
| Darrell Waltrip
| 88
| DiGard
| Chevrolet
| 307
| 4,475
| running
| 0 |
| 30
| 33
| Bill Hollar
| 99
| Bill Hollar
| Chevrolet
| 173
| 550
| engine
| 0 |
| 31
| 32
| Baxter Price
| 45
| Baxter Price
| Chevrolet
| 156
| 1,040
| running
| 0 |
| 32
| 26
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Dodge
| 132
| 1,030
| coil
| 0 |
| 33
| 28
| Earle Canavan
| 01
| Earle Canavan
| Dodge
| 52
| 520
| oil leak
| 0 |
| 34
| 36
| Dick May
| 58
| Don Satterfield
| Oldsmobile
| 11
| 510
| handling
| 0 |
| 35
| 35
| Rick Newsom
| 20
| Rick Newsom
| Oldsmobile
| 1
| 500
| accident
| 0 |
| 36
| 34
| Jeff Halverson
| 13
| Jeff Halverson
| Chevrolet
| 1
| 490
| accident
| 0 |
Time of race: 04:22:19
Average Speed: 114.366 MPH
Pole Speed: 26.524 seconds
11 cautions for 49 laps
Attendance: 34,000