Old Dominion 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1979

Buddy Baker

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1979 Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 209 of 500 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Joe Millikan rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		500	—	Running	209	185
2	6	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		500	—	Running	—	170
3	3	—	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		499	—	Running	74	170
4	8	+4	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		495	—	DNF	30	165
5	19	+14	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		494	—	Running	—	155
6	10	+4	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing		491	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	491	—	Running	—	146
8	4	-4	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		489	—	Running	3	147
9	13	+4	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		483	—	DNF	—	138
10	16	+6	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		479	—	Running	—	134
11	1	-10	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		471	—	Running	184	135
12	11	-1	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		465	—	Running	—	127
13	18	+5	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		455	—	Running	—	124
14	30	+16	Baxter Price	Price Racing		453	—	Running	—	121
15	15	—	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		450	—	Running	—	118
16	26	+10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	413	—	Running	—	115
17	21	+4	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		386	—	DNF	—	112
18	2	-16	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	384	—	DNF - Engine	—	109
19	27	+8	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		362	—	DNF	—	106
20	24	+4	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		352	—	Running	—	103
21	17	-4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		347	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	22	—	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		282	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	20	-3	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		262	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	28	+4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		250	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	23	-2	Dick May	Gray Racing		158	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	25	-1	Dave Dion	Junior Miller Racing		148	—	DNF	—	85
27	9	-18	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		89	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	14	-14	Butch Lindley	Kennie Childers (Owner)		82	—	DNF	—	79
29	5	-24	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		67	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	29	-1	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing		39	—	DNF	—	73