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1979 Virginia 500

Race details
Race 9 of 31 in the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1979 Virginia 500 program cover, parodying the Star Wars film.
April 22, 1979 (1979-04-22)
Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia
Permanent racing facility
0.525 miles (0.845 km)
500 laps, 262.5 mi (422.453 km)
35,500
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Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises
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Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises

The 1979 Virginia 500 was the 9th stock car race of the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. The race took place at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia on April 22, 1979 before a crowd of 35,500. Richard Petty, driving for his team Petty Enterprises would win the race by 4 seconds, leading 247 laps. Buddy Baker of Ranier-Lundy Racing and Darrell Waltrip of DiGard Motorsports would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

The layout of Martinsville Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

#	Driver	Team	Make	Sponsor
1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	Hawaiian Tropic
2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund Racing	Chevrolet	Rod Osterlund Racing
02	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	Shoney's
3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	CRC Chemicals
05	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch Racing	Oldsmobile	Bearfinder
11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	Busch
12	Lennie Pond	Kennie Childers Racing	Chevrolet	Kencoal Mining
15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	Hodgdon, Moore
19	Dick May	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	Belden Asphalt
21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	Purolator
24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile	Gordon-Barnicle
25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	1st National City Travelers Checks
27	Benny Parsons	M. C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	Power Tool Service
28	Buddy Baker	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Chevrolet	Spectra
30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Buick	Russ Togs
40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	Midwestern Farm Lines
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	STP
44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Chevrolet	Stratagraph
45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Price Racing
47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Chevrolet	Race Hill Farm
48	James Hylton	Hylton Racing	Chevrolet	Palatine Automotive Parts
52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Mr. Transmission
64	Tommy Gale	Langley Racing	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda
67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	Reid Trailer Sales
68	Chuck Bown	Testa Racing	Buick	Kings Mountain Truck Plaza
70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating
72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	Appliance Wheels
79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	Native Tan
88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	Gatorade
90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Ford	Truxmore

Pos.	#	Driver	Team
88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet
43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet
15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford
28	Buddy Baker	Ranier-Lundy Racing	Chevrolet
11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile
12	Lennie Pond	Kennie Childers Racing	Chevrolet
68	Chuck Bown	Testa Racing	Buick
72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet
21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury
70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet
2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund Racing	Chevrolet
1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet
27	Benny Parsons	M. C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet
48	James Hylton	Hylton Racing	Chevrolet
40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet
3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet
90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Ford
67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge
44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	Chevrolet
79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge
47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	Chevrolet
30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Buick
19	Dick May	Gray Racing	Chevrolet
02	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet
64	Tommy Gale	Langley Racing	Ford
25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet
05	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch Racing	Oldsmobile
52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	Chevrolet
45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet
24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Oldsmobile

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