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1979 Running of the Southern 500

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1979 Southern 500
Held on September 3, 1979 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC
367 L, 501.322 M, 806.666 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	2	David Pearson	Osterlund Racing	Chevy	367	74	running	180
2	6	17	Bill Elliott	Kings Inn	Mercury	365	6	running	175
3	16	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph	Chevy	365	0	running	165
4	10	28	Buddy Baker	W.I.N.	Chevy	365	1	running	165
5	13	27	Benny Parsons	Anderson Racing	Chevy	364	0	running	155
6	19	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's	Chevy	362	0	running	150
7	8	05	Dick Brooks	Dubie Corporation	Chevy	361	0	running	146
8	14	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore	Mercury	361	0	running	142
9	4	43	Richard Petty	STP	Chevy	361	0	running	138
10	1	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon, Moore	Ford	356	37	running	139
11	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	Chevy	355	165	running	140
12	7	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm	Chevy	352	0	running	127
13	17	40	D.K. Ulrich	U.S. Army	Buick	350	0	running	124
14	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	347	0	running	121
15	12	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels	Chevy	347	0	running	118
16	24	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission	Chevy	345	0	running	115
17	21	68	Chuck Bown	Kings Mountain Truck Plaza	Buick	342	0	running	112
18	38	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Chevy	341	0	running	109
19	11	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch	Chevy	336	0	running	106
20	33	8	Ed Negre	Dick Brooks Honda	Chrysler	333	0	running	103
21	30	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	332	0	running	100
22	32	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Dodge	331	0	running	97
23	35	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers	Chevy	324	0	running	94
24	28	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevy	310	0	running	91
25	15	19	Lennie Pond	Belden Asphalt	Chevy	281	0	running	88
26	31	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile	246	0	running	85
27	36	36	H.B. Bailey	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	244	0	overheating	82
28	26	9	Jim Vandiver	Kings Inn	Chevy	240	0	running	79
29	25	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals	Chevy	224	0	engine	76
30	20	12	Jack Ingram	Kencoal Mining	Oldsmobile	206	0	engine	73
31	2	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevy	195	82	engine	75
32	9	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator	Mercury	185	2	steering	72
33	39	10	Billy Smith	Tidewater Glass	Ford	179	0	driveshaft	64
34	23	65	Dick May	Spohn's Body Shop	Ford	148	0	accident
35	29	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs	Buick	133	0	accident	58
36	18	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevy	112	0	engine	55
37	40	98	Ralph Jones	Jones Racing	Ford	83	0	engine	52
38	27	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts	Chevy	46	0	engine	49
39	37	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	17	0	oil leak	46
40	34	96	Ferrel Harris	Cronkrite Racing	Ford	2	0	flagged

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered