CRC Chemicals 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1979

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1979 CRC Chemicals 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 110 of 500 laps. Donnie Allison finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		500	—	Running	110	180
2	7	+5	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		500	—	Running	73	175
3	12	+9	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		500	—	Running	227	175
4	10	+6	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		499	—	Running	1	165
5	9	+4	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		499	—	Running	—	155
6	6	—	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		496	—	Running	—	150
7	15	+8	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		496	—	Running	—	146
8	14	+6	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing		496	—	Running	—	142
9	1	-8	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		495	—	Running	46	143
10	16	+6	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		487	—	Running	—	134
11	13	+2	John Anderson	Russ Draime (Owner)		486	—	Running	—	130
12	24	+12	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		480	—	Running	—	127
13	18	+5	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		477	—	Running	—	124
14	21	+7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		476	—	Running	—	121
15	23	+8	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		473	—	Running	—	118
16	30	+14	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		472	—	Running	—	115
17	25	+8	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		471	—	Running	—	112
18	27	+9	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	467	—	Running	—	109
19	29	+10	Nestor Peles	Steve Peles (Owner)		466	—	Running	—	106
20	31	+11	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		463	—	Running	—	103
21	5	-16	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	456	—	DNF - Engine	37	105
22	8	-14	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		454	—	Running	6	102
23	19	-4	Lennie Pond	Gray Racing		451	—	Running	—	94
24	22	-2	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		437	—	Running	—	91
25	11	-14	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		373	—	DNF - Crash	—	88
26	17	-9	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		362	—	DNF	—	85
27	20	-7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		358	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	3	-25	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		351	—	DNF	—	79
29	2	-27	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		307	—	Running	—	76
30	33	+3	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing		173	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	32	+1	Baxter Price	Price Racing		156	—	Running	—	70
32	26	-6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	132	—	DNF	—	67
33	28	-5	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	52	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	36	+2	Dick May	Satterfield Racing		11	—	DNF	—	61
35	35	—	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		1	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	34	-2	Jeff Halverson	Halverson Racing		1	—	DNF - Crash	—	55