Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1979

Neil Bonnett

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Neil Bonnett won the 1979 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 54 of 328 laps. Dale Earnhardt finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Neil Bonnett

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	328	—	Running	54	180
2	7	+5	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		328	—	Running	69	175
3	2	-1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		328	—	Running	136	175
4	3	-1	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		328	—	Running	3	165
5	14	+9	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		327	—	Running	10	160
6	13	+7	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		327	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		325	—	Running	—	146
8	6	-2	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	324	—	Running	—	142
9	10	+1	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		321	—	Running	—	138
10	24	+14	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	320	—	Running	—	134
11	17	+6	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		320	—	Running	—	130
12	18	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		319	—	Running	—	127
13	33	+20	Slick Johnson	JD Johnson Racing		317	—	Running	—	124
14	26	+12	Buck Simmons	Kennie Childers (Owner)		315	—	Running	—	121
15	22	+7	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		314	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		314	—	Running	—	115
17	31	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	314	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	Freddy Smith	Marvin Petty (Owner)		313	—	Running	—	0
19	27	+8	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		312	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		307	—	Running	—	0
21	36	+15	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	297	—	Running	—	100
22	15	-7	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		270	—	Running	—	97
23	11	-12	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		266	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	16	-8	John Anderson	Russ Draime (Owner)		256	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	19	-6	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		245	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	39	+13	Wayne Watercutter	Wayne Watercutter (Owner)		243	—	Running	—	85
27	20	-7	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		236	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	23	-5	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		212	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	5	-24	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		211	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	32	+2	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)		202	—	DNF	—	73
31	8	-23	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		193	—	DNF - Engine	53	75
32	37	+5	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	176	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	35	+2	David Sosebee	Sosebee Racing		163	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	28	-6	Steve Pfeifer	Hamby Racing		162	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	9	-26	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		158	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	38	+2	John Rezek	RPM Enterprises		117	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
37	40	+3	Randy Ogden	Ogden Racing		111	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
38	41	+3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		103	—	DNF	—	49
39	1	-38	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		88	—	DNF - Engine	3	51
40	25	-15	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		44	—	DNF	—	43
41	29	-12	Dick May	John Kennedy (Owner)		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	40