1979 Los Angeles Times 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Los Angeles Times 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 31 of 31
Date: November 18, 1979
Track: Ontario Motor Speedway

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Los Angeles Times 500 Race Information

Winner	Benny Parsons	Car	No. 27 Chevrolet
Team / Owner	M.C. Anderson	Sponsor	Zoom Clutches
Winner Start	2nd	Winner Laps Led	56
Started First	Cale Yarborough	Most Laps Led	Benny Parsons (56)
Race Distance	500 miles (200 laps)	Track Length	2.5 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	37
Total Purse	$170,035	Winner Earnings	$27,050
Different Leaders	9	Lead-Lap Finishers	7
Points Leader After Race	Richard Petty	Season Race	31 of 31

Los Angeles Times 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	2	27	Benny Parsons	Zoom Clutches	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	200	56	running	185	$27,050
2	3	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore	Bud Moore	Ford	200	17	running	175	$17,350
3	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch	Junior Johnson	Oldsmobile	200	55	running	170	$18,000
4	4	28	Buddy Baker	W.I.N.	Harry Ranier	Chevrolet	200	39	running	165	$7,000
5	5	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	200	6	running	160	$9,025
6	7	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	200	0	running	150	$4,600
7	13	5	Dick Brooks	—	Nelson Malloch	Chevrolet	200	16	running	151	$3,900
8	10	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	DiGard Racing	Chevrolet	199	2	running	147	$7,550
9	6	2	Dale Earnhardt	—	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	199	8	running	143	$7,500
10	8	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore	Junie Donlavey	Mercury	199	1	running	139	$5,860
11	9	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic	Hoss Ellington	Chevrolet	199	0	running	130	$2,600
12	11	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	199	0	running	127	$6,075
13	21	44	Terry Labonte	Technicraft	Billy Hagan	Oldsmobile	196	0	running	124	$4,450
14	26	42	Kyle Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	196	0	running	121	$2,050
15	17	50	Bruce Hill	Global Heat Exchanger	Walter Ballard	Oldsmobile	196	0	running	—	$1,975
16	23	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	195	0	running	115	$3,880
17	28	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	195	0	running	112	$1,800
18	15	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee	Bill Schmitt	Oldsmobile	194	0	running	109	$3,020
19	25	67	Buddy Arrington	Switzer Construction	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	194	0	running	106	$3,410
20	19	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm	Jack Beebe	Chevrolet	193	0	water pump	103	$1,750
21	30	45	Roy Smith	Iron Peddlers	Baxter Price	Oldsmobile	193	0	running	100	$2,690
22	33	10	Tim Williamson	ThermaSol	Tim Williamson	Chevrolet	191	0	running	97	$2,505
23	29	74	Hal Callentine	Cal-Four	Hal Callentine	Oldsmobile	191	0	running	94	$1,475
24	31	24	Cecil Gordon	Reliable RV	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	190	0	running	91	$2,795
25	34	79	Frank Warren	Golden Bear	Frank Warren	Dodge	186	0	running	88	$2,635
26	27	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts	James Hylton	Chevrolet	153	0	brakes	85	$2,425
27	18	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	147	0	engine	82	$3,165
28	16	18	Randy Ogden	Econ-Car	Jack Ogden	Chevrolet	135	0	engine	—	$1,225
29	12	12	Buck Simmons	Kencoal Mining	Kennie Childers	Chevrolet	123	0	transmission	76	$1,175
30	37	22	Richard White	Boulevard Automotive	Mike White	Chevrolet	121	0	running	73	$1,480
31	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	104	0	engine	70	$1,920
32	35	78	Jim Robinson	San-Val Supply	A.J. Kurten	Chevrolet	104	0	ignition	67	$1,350
33	22	40	D.K. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	57	0	engine	64	$1,450
34	36	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Elmo Langley	Ford	49	0	engine	61	$1,400
35	24	31	John Rezek	—	Curtis Payne	Buick	38	0	crash	—	$850
36	14	1	Jimmy Insolo	Allstate Building Materials	Gerald Craker	Oldsmobile	36	0	engine	55	$1,825
37	32	19	Vince Giamformaggio	Belden Asphalt	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	26	0	engine	52	$825

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