World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1979

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1979 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 175 of 400 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		400	—	Running	175	185
2	2	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		400	—	Running	28	175
3	15	+12	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		400	—	Running	122	170
4	5	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		398	—	Running	—	160
5	4	-1	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		398	—	Running	—	155
6	10	+4	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	397	—	Running	—	150
7	14	+7	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		397	—	Running	—	146
8	20	+12	Al Holbert	Al Holbert (Owner)		396	—	Running	—	142
9	30	+21	Lennie Pond	Kennie Childers (Owner)		394	—	Running	13	143
10	23	+13	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		393	—	Running	—	134
11	27	+16	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		391	—	Running	—	130
12	33	+21	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	391	—	Running	—	127
13	31	+18	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		389	—	Running	—	124
14	29	+15	Ronnie Thomas	John Kennedy (Owner)		379	—	Running	—	121
15	19	+4	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	375	—	Running	—	118
16	22	+6	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		372	—	DNF	—	115
17	40	+23	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		366	—	Running	—	112
18	37	+19	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		353	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing		348	—	DNF	—	106
20	34	+14	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		340	—	DNF	—	103
21	39	+18	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	336	—	Running	—	100
22	7	-15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		331	—	Running	1	102
23	17	-6	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		320	—	DNF	—	94
24	38	+14	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		306	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	1	-24	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	252	—	DNF - Engine	26	93
26	13	-13	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		250	—	DNF	—	85
27	11	-16	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		212	—	DNF - Engine	12	87
28	36	+8	Bill Dennis	Gray Racing		191	—	DNF	—	79
29	21	-8	Glenn Jarrett	Charles Dean (Owner)		166	—	DNF	—	0
30	12	-18	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		142	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	18	-13	Bobby Fisher	Smokey Yunick Racing		136	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	25	-7	Skip Manning	Hamby Racing		129	—	DNF	—	67
33	26	-7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		128	—	DNF - Engine	1	69
34	16	-18	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing		114	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	28	-7	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	91	—	DNF	—	58
36	8	-28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		88	—	DNF - Engine	13	60
37	6	-31	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		88	—	DNF	9	57
38	9	-29	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	36	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	24	-15	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		10	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	32	-8	Chuck Bown	Testa Racing		0	—	DNF	—	0
41	41	—	Ron Hutcherson	McClure Motors		0	—	DNF	—	0