1979 Coca-Cola 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Coca-Cola 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 19 of 31
Date: July 30, 1979
Track: Pocono International Raceway

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Coca-Cola 500 Race Information

Winner	Cale Yarborough	Car	No. 11 Chevrolet
Team / Owner	Junior Johnson	Sponsor	Busch
Winner Start	2nd	Winner Laps Led	61
Started First	Harry Gant	Most Laps Led	Darrell Waltrip (62)
Race Distance	500 miles (200 laps)	Track Length	2.5 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	39
Total Purse	$137,325	Winner Earnings	$21,465
Different Leaders	8	Lead-Lap Finishers	8
Points Leader After Race	Darrell Waltrip	Season Race	19 of 31

Coca-Cola 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	200	61	running	180	$21,465
2	10	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	200	17	running	175	$15,465
3	9	28	Buddy Baker	W.I.N.	Harry Ranier	Chevrolet	200	7	running	170	$8,490
4	5	27	Benny Parsons	Harrisburg East Mall	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	200	0	running	160	$7,765
5	6	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore	Junie Donlavey	Mercury	200	0	running	155	$6,215
6	15	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	200	0	running	150	$7,215
7	18	22	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	Al Rudd	Chevrolet	200	62	running	156	$2,715
8	7	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	200	8	running	147	$2,815
9	4	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore	Bud Moore	Ford	199	1	running	143	$5,915
10	16	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs	Walter Ballard	Buick	198	0	running	134	$4,295
11	23	40	D.K. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	197	0	running	130	$3,685
12	39	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	196	0	running	127	$3,525
13	13	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	196	0	running	124	$3,305
14	17	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	196	0	running	121	$4,095
15	1	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm	Jack Beebe	Chevrolet	195	1	running	123	$2,915
16	20	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	194	0	running	115	$2,785
17	24	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Elmo Langley	Ford	190	0	running	112	$2,555
18	25	24	Cecil Gordon	—	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	189	0	running	109	$2,370
19	28	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Frank Warren	Dodge	188	0	ignition	106	$2,135
20	19	5	Dick Brooks	Bearfinder	Nelson Malloch	Chevrolet	188	0	running	103	$1,600
21	36	34	Steve Peles	—	Steve Peles	Chevrolet	187	0	running	100	$1,180
22	21	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	187	0	ignition	97	$2,025
23	12	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	184	0	running	94	$1,980
24	29	63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Shaw Motors	Jocko Maggiacomo	Oldsmobile	172	0	running	91	$1,105
25	33	9	Nelson Oswald	J & S Truck Service	Nelson Oswald	Chevrolet	168	0	engine	88	$1,080
26	34	20	Rick Newsom	MARS	Rick Newsom	Oldsmobile	166	0	running	85	$1,055
27	32	1	Earle Canavan	Green's Auto Parts	Earle Canavan	Dodge	140	0	engine	82	$1,030
28	22	57	Dick May	McClure Motors	Alfred McClure	Ford	103	0	engine	79	$1,005
29	3	2	Dale Earnhardt	—	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	98	43	crash	81	$4,680
30	35	61	Wayne Broome	—	Jim Norris	Oldsmobile	92	0	engine	73	$955
31	31	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	88	0	engine	70	$1,430
32	27	55	Wayne Watercutter	—	Ward Racing Enterprises	Chevrolet	48	0	crash	—	$905
33	38	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts	James Hylton	Chevrolet	40	0	engine	64	$1,380
34	11	12	Lennie Pond	Kencoal Mining	Kennie Childers	Oldsmobile	15	0	steering	61	$850
35	14	87	Gary Balough	Fast Lane Ltd.	Billie Harvey	Oldsmobile	9	0	clutch	58	$840
36	37	23	Louis Gatto	—	L & J Automotive	Chevrolet	5	0	ignition	55	$820
37	8	7	Al Holbert	Holbert Porsche-Audi	Al Holbert	Chevrolet	1	0	crash	52	$1,065
38	26	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn	Roger Hamby	Oldsmobile	1	0	crash	49	$1,310
39	30	19	Steve Gray	Belden Asphalt	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	1	0	crash	46	$1,305

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