Coca-Cola 500

Pocono Raceway — January 1, 1979

Cale Yarborough

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1979 Coca-Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway on January 1, 1979, leading 61 of 200 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Pocono Raceway

Season

1979

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	61	180
2	10	+8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		200	—	Running	17	175
3	9	+6	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		200	—	Running	7	170
4	5	+1	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		200	—	Running	—	160
5	6	+1	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	—	155
6	15	+9	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		200	—	Running	—	150
7	18	+11	Darrell Waltrip	Al Rudd Auto		200	—	Running	62	156
8	7	-1	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	8	147
9	4	-5	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		199	—	Running	1	143
10	16	+6	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		198	—	Running	—	134
11	23	+12	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		197	—	Running	—	130
12	39	+27	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		196	—	Running	—	127
13	13	—	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		196	—	Running	—	124
14	17	+3	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		196	—	Running	—	121
15	1	-14	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		195	—	Running	1	123
16	20	+4	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		194	—	Running	—	115
17	24	+7	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		190	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		189	—	Running	—	109
19	28	+9	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	188	—	DNF	—	106
20	19	-1	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Steve Peles	Steve Peles (Owner)		187	—	Running	—	100
22	21	-1	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	187	—	DNF	—	97
23	12	-11	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		184	—	Running	—	94
24	29	+5	Jocko Maggiacomo	Jockos Racing		172	—	Running	—	91
25	33	+8	Nelson Oswald	Oswald Racing		168	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	34	+8	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		166	—	Running	—	85
27	32	+5	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	140	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	22	-6	Dick May	McClure Motors		103	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	3	-26	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		98	—	DNF - Crash	43	81
30	35	+5	Wayne Broome	Jim Norris (Owner)		92	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	31	—	Baxter Price	Price Racing		88	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	27	-5	Wayne Watercutter			48	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
33	38	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		40	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	11	-23	Lennie Pond	Kennie Childers (Owner)		15	—	DNF	—	61
35	14	-21	Gary Balough	Billie Harvey (Owner)		9	—	DNF	—	58
36	37	+1	Louis Gatto			5	—	DNF	—	55
37	8	-29	Al Holbert	Al Holbert (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	26	-12	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		1	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	30	-9	Steve Gray	Gray Racing		1	—	DNF - Crash	—	46