Los Angeles Times 500

Ontario Motor Speedway — January 1, 1979

Benny Parsons

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1979 Los Angeles Times 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 56 of 200 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Ontario Motor Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		200	—	Running	56	185
2	3	+1	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	17	175
3	1	-2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	55	170
4	4	—	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		200	—	Running	39	165
5	5	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		200	—	Running	6	160
6	7	+1	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	—	150
7	13	+6	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		200	—	Running	16	151
8	10	+2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		199	—	Running	2	147
9	6	-3	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		199	—	Running	8	143
10	8	-2	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	199	—	Running	1	139
11	9	-2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		199	—	Running	—	130
12	11	-1	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		199	—	Running	—	127
13	21	+8	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		196	—	Running	—	124
14	26	+12	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises		196	—	Running	—	121
15	17	+2	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		196	—	Running	—	0
16	23	+7	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		195	—	Running	—	115
17	28	+11	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		195	—	Running	—	112
18	15	-3	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		194	—	Running	—	109
19	25	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	194	—	Running	—	106
20	19	-1	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		193	—	DNF	—	103
21	30	+9	Roy Smith	Price Racing		193	—	Running	—	100
22	33	+11	Tim Williamson	Tim Williamson (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	97
23	29	+6	Hal Callentine	Hal Callentine (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	94
24	31	+7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		190	—	Running	—	91
25	34	+9	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	186	—	Running	—	88
26	27	+1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		153	—	DNF	—	85
27	18	-9	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		147	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	16	-12	Randy Ogden	Ogden Racing		135	—	DNF	—	0
29	12	-17	Buck Simmons	Kennie Childers (Owner)		123	—	DNF	—	76
30	37	+7	Richard White	Mike White (Owner)		121	—	Running	—	73
31	20	-11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		104	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	35	+3	Jim Robinson	A.J. Kurten (Owner)		104	—	DNF	—	67
33	22	-11	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		57	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	36	+2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		49	—	Running	—	61
35	24	-11	John Rezek	RPM Enterprises		38	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
36	14	-22	Jimmy Insolo	Gerald Craker (Owner)		36	—	DNF	—	55
37	32	-5	Vince Giamformaggio	Gray Racing		26	—	DNF - Engine	—	52