Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1979

Bobby Allison

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1979 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 311 of 492 laps. Joe Millikan finished second; Dick Brooks rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		492	—	Running	311	185
2	11	+9	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		491	—	Running	50	175
3	17	+14	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		487	—	Running	—	165
4	13	+9	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		485	—	Running	—	160
5	19	+14	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		484	—	Running	—	155
6	27	+21	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		476	—	Running	—	150
7	20	+13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		473	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	Dave Watson	Phil Howard (Owner)		471	—	Running	—	142
9	30	+21	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	471	—	Running	—	138
10	14	+4	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		462	—	Running	3	139
11	29	+18	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		462	—	Running	—	130
12	5	-7	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		460	—	Running	—	127
13	31	+18	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		459	—	Running	—	124
14	35	+21	Baxter Price	Price Racing		450	—	Running	—	121
15	16	+1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		432	—	Running	—	118
16	18	+2	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		431	—	DNF	—	115
17	8	-9	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		416	—	Running	—	112
18	3	-15	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		413	—	Running	9	114
19	26	+7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	361	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	28	+8	Dick May	Gray Racing		353	—	DNF	—	103
21	24	+3	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		294	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
22	23	+1	Geoffrey Bodine	Race Hill Farm Team		278	—	DNF	—	0
23	9	-14	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	249	—	DNF - Engine	119	99
24	21	-3	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		131	—	DNF	—	91
25	12	-13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		123	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	25	-1	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)		111	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	32	+5	Slick Johnson	Satterfield Racing		37	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	34	+6	Nelson Oswald	Oswald Racing		23	—	DNF	—	79
29	22	-7	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		13	—	DNF	—	76
30	2	-28	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	4	-27	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	7	-25	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	10	-23	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
34	6	-28	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	33	-2	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing		1	—	DNF	—	58