NAPA Riverside 400

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1979

Bobby Allison

Winner

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1979 NAPA Riverside 400 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1979, leading 31 of 95 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1979

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		95	—	Running	31	180
2	3	+1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		95	—	Running	5	175
3	5	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		95	—	Running	—	165
4	6	+2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		95	—	Running	57	170
5	8	+3	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		94	—	Running	—	155
6	24	+18	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		92	—	Running	—	150
7	13	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		91	—	Running	—	146
8	16	+8	Norm Palmer	Norm Palmer (Owner)	Dodge	91	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing		91	—	Running	—	138
10	10	—	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		91	—	Running	—	134
11	25	+14	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		89	—	Running	—	130
12	26	+14	Hal Callentine	Hal Callentine (Owner)		88	—	Running	—	0
13	1	-12	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		87	—	Running	2	129
14	22	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		85	—	Running	—	121
15	33	+18	Ed Hale	Richard Peralta (Owner)		85	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Richard White	Mike White (Owner)		81	—	Running	—	115
17	34	+17	Baxter Price	Price Racing		81	—	Running	—	112
18	15	-3	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		81	—	Running	—	109
19	32	+13	Dick Whalen	Dick Whalen (Owner)		81	—	Running	—	106
20	17	-3	John Borneman	Borneman Motorsports		79	—	DNF	—	103
21	11	-10	Jim Robinson	A.J. Kurten (Owner)		72	—	Running	—	100
22	12	-10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	65	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	18	-5	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		60	—	Running	—	94
24	35	+11	Robert Tartaglia	Don Guy (Owner)		47	—	DNF - Crash	—	91
25	2	-23	Jimmy Insolo	Gerald Craker (Owner)		45	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	19	-7	Tim Williamson	Tim Williamson (Owner)		33	—	DNF	—	85
27	21	-6	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports		31	—	DNF	—	82
28	7	-21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	30	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	31	+2	Dick Kranzler	Kranzler Racing		23	—	DNF	—	76
30	9	-21	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		13	—	DNF	—	73
31	29	-2	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		9	—	DNF	—	70
32	23	-9	Steve Pfeifer	Michael McCluney (Owner)		8	—	DNF	—	0
33	20	-13	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		4	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	30	-4	Chris Monoleos	Chris Monoleos (Owner)		2	—	DNF	—	61
35	27	-8	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		1	—	DNF	—	58