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Dixie 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
November 4, 1979
328 laps on 1.522 mile paved oval; 499.216 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 4
| Neil Bonnett
| 21
| Wood Brothers
| Mercury
| 328
| 20,050
| running
| 54 |
| 2
| 7
| Dale Earnhardt
| 2
| Rod Osterlund
| Chevrolet
| 328
| 16,700
| running
| 69 |
| 3
| 2
| Cale Yarborough
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Oldsmobile
| 328
| 23,150
| running
| 136 |
| 4
| 3
| Bobby Allison
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 328
| 10,200
| running
| 3 |
| 5
| 14
| Darrell Waltrip
| 88
| DiGard
| Chevrolet
| 327
| 9,100
| running
| 10 |
| 6
| 13
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Chevrolet
| 327
| 8,450
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 12
| Terry Labonte
| 44
| Billy Hagan
| Chevrolet
| 325
| 6,745
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 6
| Ricky Rudd
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Mercury
| 324
| 6,285
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 10
| Joe Millikan
| 72
| L.G. DeWitt
| Chevrolet
| 321
| 6,600
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 24
| Jody Ridley
| 77
| Junie Donlavey
| Mercury
| 320
| 4,000
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 17
| Harry Gant
| 47
| Jack Beebe
| Oldsmobile
| 320
| 2,600
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 18
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| Chevrolet
| 319
| 3,915
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 33
| Slick Johnson
| 51
| J.D. Johnson
| Chevrolet
| 317
| 2,000
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 26
| Buck Simmons
| 12
| Kennie Childers
| Chevrolet
| 315
| 1,850
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 22
| Richard Childress
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Chevrolet
| 314
| 3,605
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 21
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| Chevrolet
| 314
| 3,395
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 31
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Dodge
| 314
| 3,225
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 34
| Freddie Smith
| 00
| Marvin Petty
| Chevrolet
| 313
| 1,550
| running
| 0 |
| 19
| 27
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Jimmy Means
| Chevrolet
| 312
| 2,965
| running
| 0 |
| 20
| 30
| H.B. Bailey
| 36
| H.B. Bailey
| Pontiac
| 307
| 1,400
| running
| 0 |
| 21
| 36
| Frank Warren
| 79
| Frank Warren
| Dodge
| 297
| 2,480
| running
| 0 |
| 22
| 15
| Tom Gale
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 270
| 2,220
| running
| 0 |
| 23
| 11
| Dave Marcis
| 71
| Dave Marcis
| Chevrolet
| 266
| 2,100
| engine
| 0 |
| 24
| 16
| John Anderson
| 08
| Russ Draime
| Chevrolet
| 256
| 2,025
| engine
| 0 |
| 25
| 19
| D.K. Ulrich
| 40
| D.K. Ulrich
| Buick
| 245
| 1,985
| engine
| 0 |
| 26
| 39
| Wayne Watercutter
| 55
| Wayne Watercutter
| Chevrolet
| 243
| 910
| running
| 0 |
| 27
| 20
| Grant Adcox
| 41
| Herb Adcox
| Buick
| 236
| 850
| oil leak
| 0 |
| 28
| 23
| Ronnie Thomas
| 25
| Don Robertson
| Chevrolet
| 212
| 2,665
| engine
| 0 |
| 29
| 5
| Tighe Scott
| 30
| Walter Ballard
| Buick
| 211
| 1,645
| accident
| 0 |
| 30
| 32
| Ralph Jones
| 98
| Ralph Jones
| Ford
| 202
| 720
| battery
| 0 |
| 31
| 8
| Benny Parsons
| 27
| M.C. Anderson
| Chevrolet
| 193
| 4,400
| engine
| 53 |
| 32
| 37
| Kyle Petty
| 42
| Petty Enterprises
| Dodge
| 176
| 690
| engine
| 0 |
| 33
| 35
| David Sosebee
| 81
| Gober Sosebee
| Chevrolet
| 163
| 680
| engine
| 0 |
| 34
| 28
| Steve Pfeifer
| 17
| Roger Hamby
| Chevrolet
| 162
| 1,575
| accident
| 0 |
| 35
| 9
| Donnie Allison
| 1
| Hoss Ellington
| Chevrolet
| 158
| 660
| oil leak
| 0 |
| 36
| 38
| John Rezek
| 31
| Curtis Payne
| Oldsmobile
| 117
| 640
| engine
| 0 |
| 37
| 40
| Randy Ogden
| 18
| Jack Ogden
| Chevrolet
| 111
| 630
| engine
| 0 |
| 38
| 41
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| Oldsmobile
| 103
| 1,505
| flagged
| 0 |
| 39
| 1
| Buddy Baker
| 28
| Harry Ranier
| Chevrolet
| 88
| 3,360
| engine
| 3 |
| 40
| 25
| Dick Brooks
| 05
| Nelson Malloch
| Chevrolet
| 44
| 600
| ignition
| 0 |
| 41
| 29
| Dick May
| 0
| John Kennedy
| Chevrolet
| 4
| 600
| engine
| 0 |
Time of race: 03:33:46
Average Speed: 140.12 MPH
Pole Speed: 33.245 seconds
5 cautions for 29 laps
Attendance: 47,000