Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1979

Buddy Baker

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1979 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 88 of 328 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		328	—	Running	88	180
2	2	—	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		328	—	Running	167	180
3	6	+3	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		328	—	Running	3	170
4	4	—	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		327	—	Running	22	165
5	3	-2	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		327	—	Running	—	155
6	15	+9	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		327	—	Running	—	150
7	14	+7	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		326	—	Running	—	146
8	13	+5	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		326	—	Running	—	142
9	8	-1	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	325	—	Running	—	138
10	12	+2	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		325	—	Running	—	134
11	11	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		324	—	Running	—	130
12	17	+5	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		321	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		321	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		321	—	Running	—	121
15	16	+1	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		321	—	Running	—	118
16	9	-7	Chuck Bown	Testa Racing		315	—	Running	—	115
17	32	+15	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		314	—	Running	—	112
18	5	-13	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	299	—	DNF - Engine	42	114
19	37	+18	Baxter Price	Price Racing		295	—	Running	—	106
20	26	+6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		295	—	Running	—	103
21	23	+2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		282	—	Running	—	100
22	30	+8	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	273	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	29	+6	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		249	—	Running	—	94
24	27	+3	Dick May	Gray Racing		221	—	DNF	—	91
25	7	-18	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		211	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	36	+10	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		172	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	35	+8	Claude Ballot-Lena	GC Spencer Racing		168	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
28	34	+6	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		133	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	38	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	129	—	DNF	—	76
30	20	-10	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	126	—	DNF	—	73
31	31	—	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)		125	—	DNF	—	70
32	18	-14	Dave Watson	Phil Howard (Owner)		123	—	DNF	6	72
33	25	-8	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		82	—	DNF	—	64
34	39	+5	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		71	—	DNF	—	61
35	21	-14	Geoffrey Bodine	Race Hill Farm Team		66	—	DNF	—	58
36	10	-26	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	61	—	DNF	—	0
37	28	-9	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		54	—	DNF	—	52
38	19	-19	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		53	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	33	-6	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		50	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	40	—	Keith Davis	Keith Davis (Owner)		15	—	DNF	—	43