1979 NASCAR Cup Series Southern 500
Date
September 3, 1979
Circuit
Darlington Raceway
Distance
2.198 Km x 367 Laps = 806.67 Km
Pole Position
Bobby Allison , ??
Fastest Lap
No Info

Race Result

Race Result

Race uploaded by MichaelStern
Pos Driver Laps Time/Retire
1 David Pearson 367 3h58m14.00
2 Bill Elliott 365
3 Terry Labonte 365
4 Buddy Baker 365
5 Benny Parsons 364
6 Dave Marcis 362
7 Dick Brooks 361
8 Ricky Rudd 361
9 Richard Petty 361
10 Bobby Allison 356
11 Darrell Waltrip 355
12 Harry Gant 352
13 D.K. Ulrich 350
14 Buddy Arrington 347
15 Joe Millikan 347
16 Jimmy Means 345
17 Chuck Bown 342
18 J.D. McDuffie 341
19 Cale Yarborough 336
20 Ed Negre 333
21 Tommy Gale 332
22 Frank Warren 331
23 Baxter Price 324
24 Ronnie Thomas 310
25 Lennie Pond 281
26 Cecil Gordon 246
DNF H.B. Bailey 244 Overheating
DNF Jim Vandiver 240
DNF Richard Childress 224 Engine
DNF Jack Ingram 206 Engine
DNF Donnie Allison 195 Engine
DNF Neil Bonnett 185 Steering
DNF Billy Smith 179 Driveshaft
DNF Dick May 148 Accident
DNF Tighe Scott 133 Accident
DNF Coo Coo Marlin 112 Engine
DNF Ralph Jones 83 Engine
DNF James Hylton 46 Engine
DNF Earle Canavan 17 Oil Leak
DNF Ferrel Harris 2 Flagged

* For this race, except for disqualified and non-starting drivers, all participating drivers are classified. DNFs are only included for ranking purposes.

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying Result

Qualifying uploaded by MichaelStern
Pos Driver Time
1 Bobby Allison ??
2 Donnie Allison ??
3 Darrell Waltrip ??
4 Richard Petty ??
5 David Pearson ??
6 Bill Elliott ??
7 Harry Gant ??
8 Dick Brooks ??
9 Neil Bonnett ??
10 Buddy Baker ??
11 Cale Yarborough ??
12 Joe Millikan ??
13 Benny Parsons ??
14 Ricky Rudd ??
15 Lennie Pond ??
16 Terry Labonte ??
17 D.K. Ulrich ??
18 Coo Coo Marlin ??
19 Dave Marcis ??
20 Jack Ingram ??
21 Chuck Bown ??
22 Buddy Arrington ??
23 Dick May ??
24 Jimmy Means ??
25 Richard Childress ??
26 Jim Vandiver ??
27 James Hylton ??
28 Ronnie Thomas ??
29 Tighe Scott ??
30 Tommy Gale ??
31 Cecil Gordon ??
32 Frank Warren ??
33 Ed Negre ??
34 Ferrel Harris ??
35 Baxter Price ??
36 H.B. Bailey ??
37 Earle Canavan ??
38 J.D. McDuffie ??
39 Billy Smith ??
40 Ralph Jones ??

Entry List

Entry List

Lap Chart

Lap Chart

Time Graph

Time Graph

Leaders

Leaders

Driver Entrant Laps
Driver Total

AVG Lap Time

AVG Lap Time

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