1979 Dixie 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Dixie 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 30 of 31
Date: November 4, 1979
Track: Atlanta International Raceway

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Dixie 500 Race Information

Winner	Neil Bonnett	Car	No. 21 Mercury
Team / Owner	Wood Brothers	Sponsor	Purolator
Winner Start	4th	Winner Laps Led	54
Started First	Buddy Baker	Most Laps Led	Cale Yarborough (136)
Race Distance	499.216 miles (328 laps)	Track Length	1.522 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	41
Total Purse	$170,725	Winner Earnings	$20,050
Different Leaders	7	Lead-Lap Finishers	4
Points Leader After Race	Darrell Waltrip	Season Race	30 of 31

Dixie 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	4	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	328	54	running	180	$20,050
2	7	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Enterprises	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	328	69	running	175	$16,700
3	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch	Junior Johnson	Oldsmobile	328	136	running	175	$23,150
4	3	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore	Bud Moore	Ford	328	3	running	165	$10,200
5	14	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	DiGard Racing	Chevrolet	327	10	running	160	$9,100
6	13	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	327	0	running	150	$8,450
7	12	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	325	0	running	146	$6,745
8	6	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore	Junie Donlavey	Mercury	324	0	running	142	$6,285
9	10	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	321	0	running	138	$6,600
10	24	77	Jody Ridley	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Junie Donlavey	Mercury	320	0	running	134	$4,000
11	17	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm	Jack Beebe	Oldsmobile	320	0	running	130	$2,600
12	18	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	319	0	running	127	$3,915
13	33	51	Slick Johnson	—	J.D. Johnson	Chevrolet	317	0	running	124	$2,000
14	26	12	Buck Simmons	Ramey's Chevy City	Kennie Childers	Chevrolet	315	0	running	121	$1,850
15	22	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	314	0	running	118	$3,605
16	21	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts	James Hylton	Chevrolet	314	0	running	115	$3,395
17	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	314	0	running	112	$3,225
18	34	0	Freddy Smith	Petty's of Spartanburg	Marvin Petty	Chevrolet	313	0	running	—	$1,550
19	27	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	312	0	running	106	$2,965
20	30	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts	H.B. Bailey	Pontiac	307	0	running	—	$1,400
21	36	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Frank Warren	Dodge	297	0	running	100	$2,480
22	15	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Elmo Langley	Ford	270	0	running	97	$2,220
23	11	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	266	0	engine	94	$2,100
24	16	8	John Anderson	Draime Racing	Russ Draime	Chevrolet	256	0	engine	91	$2,025
25	19	40	D.K. Ulrich	Howard Johnson's	D.K. Ulrich	Buick	245	0	engine	88	$1,985
26	39	55	Wayne Watercutter	Ward Racing Enterprises	Wayne Watercutter	Chevrolet	243	0	running	85	$910
27	20	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Herb Adcox	Buick	236	0	oil leak	82	$850
28	23	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	212	0	engine	79	$2,665
29	5	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs	Walter Ballard	Buick	211	0	crash	76	$1,645
30	32	98	Ralph Jones	Jones Racing	Ralph Jones	Ford	202	0	battery	73	$720
31	8	27	Benny Parsons	Griffin Marine	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	193	53	engine	75	$4,400
32	37	42	Kyle Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	176	0	engine	67	$690
33	35	81	David Sosebee	Sosebee Racing	Gober Sosebee	Chevrolet	163	0	engine	64	$680
34	28	17	Steve Pfeifer	Kings Inn	Roger Hamby	Chevrolet	162	0	crash	61	$1,575
35	9	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic	Hoss Ellington	Chevrolet	158	0	oil leak	58	$660
36	38	31	John Rezek	RPM Enterprises	Curtis Payne	Oldsmobile	117	0	engine	—	$640
37	40	18	Randy Ogden	Ogden Racing	Jack Ogden	Chevrolet	111	0	engine	—	$630
38	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	103	0	flagged	49	$1,505
39	1	28	Buddy Baker	W.I.N.	Harry Ranier	Chevrolet	88	3	engine	51	$3,360
40	25	5	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Nelson Malloch	Chevrolet	44	0	ignition	43	$600
41	29	0	Dick May	Kennedy Racing	John Kennedy	Chevrolet	4	0	engine	40	$600

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