NAPA National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1979

Cale Yarborough

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1979 NAPA National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 58 of 334 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 14 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

14 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		334	—	Running	58	180
2	6	+4	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		333	—	Running	61	175
3	3	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		332	—	Running	26	170
4	9	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		332	—	Running	11	165
5	7	+2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		331	—	Running	—	155
6	5	-1	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		331	—	Running	22	155
7	13	+6	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	330	—	Running	1	151
8	20	+12	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		328	—	Running	—	142
9	17	+8	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		327	—	Running	—	138
10	8	-2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		327	—	Running	55	139
11	21	+10	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	327	—	Running	—	130
12	32	+20	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	324	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		324	—	Running	—	124
14	18	+4	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		324	—	Running	2	126
15	14	-1	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		323	—	Running	—	118
16	16	—	John Anderson	Russ Draime (Owner)		322	—	Running	1	120
17	27	+10	Dick May	McClure Motors		322	—	Running	—	112
18	37	+19	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	321	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing		320	—	Running	—	106
20	10	-10	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		319	—	DNF - Engine	7	108
21	34	+13	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		311	—	Running	—	100
22	38	+16	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		309	—	Running	—	97
23	36	+13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		308	—	Running	—	94
24	29	+5	Baxter Price	Price Racing		302	—	Running	—	91
25	2	-23	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		282	—	DNF - Crash	79	98
26	39	+13	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	281	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	40	+13	David Sosebee	Sosebee Racing		249	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	23	-5	John Rezek	RPM Enterprises		239	—	Running	—	79
29	12	-17	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		223	—	DNF	—	76
30	33	+3	Steve Pfeifer	Hamby Racing		198	—	Running	—	73
31	1	-30	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	184	—	DNF - Engine	9	75
32	22	-10	Cecil Gordon	Gray Racing		155	—	DNF	—	67
33	11	-22	Chuck Bown	Testa Racing		112	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
34	31	-3	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing		101	—	DNF - Crash	1	0
35	24	-11	Bobby Brack	RahMoc Enterprises		70	—	DNF - Crash	1	63
36	15	-21	Jack Ingram	Kennie Childers (Owner)		59	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
37	25	-12	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		26	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	26	-12	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		16	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	35	-4	Richard Brickhouse	Jimmy Edwards (Owner)		15	—	DNF	—	46
40	19	-21	Jimmy Means	Cunningham-Kelley		1	—	DNF	—	43