Richmond 400

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1979

Cale Yarborough

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1979 Richmond 400 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1979, leading 178 of 400 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1979

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

3 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		400	—	Running	178	180
2	1	-1	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		400	—	Running	220	180
3	3	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		399	—	Running	—	165
4	2	-2	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		399	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		399	—	Running	—	155
6	16	+10	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		397	—	Running	—	150
7	8	+1	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		397	—	Running	2	151
8	5	-3	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		395	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		394	—	Running	—	138
10	14	+4	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		391	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing		390	—	Running	—	130
12	29	+17	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		390	—	Running	—	127
13	4	-9	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		390	—	Running	—	124
14	12	-2	Lennie Pond	Al Rudd Auto		387	—	Running	—	121
15	20	+5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	385	—	Running	—	118
16	10	-6	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		385	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		384	—	Running	—	112
18	17	-1	Dave Watson	Phil Howard (Owner)		383	—	Running	—	109
19	13	-6	Dave Dion	Dion Racing		380	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Joe Fields	Gray Racing		379	—	Running	—	103
21	23	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	371	—	Running	—	100
22	26	+4	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		360	—	Running	—	97
23	24	+1	Baxter Price	Price Racing		311	—	Running	—	94
24	30	+6	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing		307	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	27	+2	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		259	—	DNF	—	88
26	18	-8	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		238	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	25	-2	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		199	—	DNF	—	82
28	19	-9	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		180	—	DNF	—	79
29	6	-23	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		167	—	DNF	—	76
30	21	-9	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		68	—	DNF	—	73