1979 Virginia 500

February 2025 NASWINSTON 422.453 0.525 DiGard Motorsports 1979 4 22 Richard Petty 247 Darrell Waltrip Petty Enterprises Richard Petty Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia Petty Enterprises 35,500 43 500 262.5 The 1979 Virginia 500 program cover, parodying the Star Wars film. 31 9 Virginia 500 1979 0.845 1979_Virginia_500_program_cover.png 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. thumb|The layout of Martinsville Speedway, the venue where the race was held. Background +Entry list#1979 Virginia 500 race results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1979_Virginia_500/W/ live Racing-Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20210428030906/https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1979_Virginia_500/W/ 2021-04-28 DriverTeamMakeSponsor1Donnie AllisonEllington RacingChevroletHawaiian Tropic2Dale EarnhardtRod Osterlund RacingChevroletRod Osterlund Racing02Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevroletShoney's3Richard ChildressRichard Childress RacingChevroletCRC Chemicals05Dick BrooksNelson Malloch RacingOldsmobileBearfinder11Cale YarboroughJunior Johnson & AssociatesOldsmobileBusch12Lennie PondKennie Childers RacingChevroletKencoal Mining15Bobby AllisonBud Moore EngineeringFordHodgdon, Moore19Dick MayGray RacingChevroletBelden Asphalt21Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingMercuryPurolator24Cecil GordonGordon RacingOldsmobileGordon-Barnicle25Ronnie ThomasRobertson RacingChevrolet1st National City Travelers Checks27Benny ParsonsM. C. Anderson RacingChevroletPower Tool Service28Buddy BakerRanier-Lundy RacingChevroletSpectra30Tighe ScottBallard RacingBuickRuss Togs40D.K. UlrichUlrich RacingChevroletMidwestern Farm Lines43Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesChevroletSTP44Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevroletStratagraph45Baxter PricePrice RacingChevroletPrice Racing47Harry GantRace Hill Farm TeamChevroletRace Hill Farm48James HyltonHylton RacingChevroletPalatine Automotive Parts52Jimmy MeansMeans RacingChevroletMr. Transmission64Tommy GaleLangley RacingFordSunny King Ford & Honda67Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingDodgeReid Trailer Sales68Chuck BownTesta RacingBuickKings Mountain Truck Plaza70J.D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingChevroletBailey Excavating72Joe MillikanDeWitt RacingChevroletAppliance Wheels79Frank WarrenWarren RacingDodgeNative Tan88Darrell WaltripDiGard MotorsportsChevroletGatorade90Ricky RuddDonlavey RacingFordTruxmore Qualifying +Pos.#DriverTeamMakeTimeSpeed188Darrell WaltripDiGard MotorsportsChevrolet243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesChevrolet315Bobby AllisonBud Moore EngineeringFord428Buddy BakerRanier-Lundy RacingChevrolet511Cale YarboroughJunior Johnson & AssociatesOldsmobile612Lennie PondKennie Childers RacingChevrolet768Chuck BownTesta RacingBuick872Joe MillikanDeWitt RacingChevrolet921Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingMercury1070J.D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingChevrolet112Dale EarnhardtRod Osterlund RacingChevrolet121Donnie AllisonEllington RacingChevrolet1327Benny ParsonsM. C. Anderson RacingChevrolet1448James HyltonHylton RacingChevrolet1540D.K. UlrichUlrich RacingChevrolet163Richard ChildressRichard Childress RacingChevrolet1790Ricky RuddDonlavey RacingFord1867Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingDodge1944Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet2079Frank WarrenWarren RacingDodge2147Harry GantRace Hill Farm TeamChevrolet2230Tighe ScottBallard RacingBuick2319Dick MayGray RacingChevrolet2402Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet2564Tommy GaleLangley RacingFord2625Ronnie ThomasRobertson RacingChevrolet2705Dick BrooksNelson Malloch RacingOldsmobile2852Jimmy MeansMeans RacingChevrolet2945Baxter PricePrice RacingChevrolet3024Cecil GordonGordon RacingOldsmobile Race results Fin1979 Virginia 500 - The Third Turn https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1979_Virginia_500 2021-09-06 www.thethirdturn.com enVirginia 500 http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=10023 2021-09-06 www.ultimateracinghistory.comSt#DriverTeamMakeLapsLedStatusPtsWinnings1243Richard PettyPetty EnterprisesChevrolet500247running185$23,4002428Buddy BakerRanier-Lundy RacingChevrolet500196running175$14,7003188Darrell WaltripDiGard MotorsportsChevrolet49949running170$10,2004315Bobby AllisonBud Moore EngineeringFord4981running165$7,1005872Joe MillikanDeWitt RacingChevrolet4970running155$6,55062147Harry GantRace Hill Farm TeamChevrolet4970running150$2,50071448James HyltonHylton RacingChevrolet4957engine151$4,2008112Dale EarnhardtRod Osterlund RacingChevrolet4950running142$4,20091944Terry LabonteHagan RacingChevrolet4940running138$3,350101070J.D. McDuffieMcDuffie RacingChevrolet4930running134$3,08011511Cale YarboroughJunior Johnson & AssociatesOldsmobile4920running130$5,050121790Ricky RuddDonlavey RacingFord4890running127$2,470132230Tighe ScottBallard RacingBuick4880running124$2,30014163Richard ChildressRichard Childress RacingChevrolet4850running121$2,140151540D.K. UlrichUlrich RacingChevrolet4760running118$1,980162564Tommy GaleLangley RacingFord4760running115$1,820173024Cecil GordonGordon RacingOldsmobile4740running112$1,685182079Frank WarrenWarren RacingDodge4720running109$1,500191327Benny ParsonsM. C. Anderson RacingChevrolet4580running106$675202625Ronnie ThomasRobertson RacingChevrolet4540running103$2,150212705Dick BrooksNelson Malloch RacingOldsmobile4370running100$640221867Buddy ArringtonArrington RacingDodge3120engine97$1,13023768Chuck BownTesta RacingBuick2630engine$620242945Baxter PricePrice RacingChevrolet2470engine91$86025921Neil BonnettWood Brothers RacingMercury2070engine88$850262402Dave MarcisMarcis Auto RacingChevrolet1670engine85$59027121Donnie AllisonEllington RacingChevrolet1370engine82$3,030282852Jimmy MeansMeans RacingChevrolet1320overheating79$82029612Lennie PondKennie Childers RacingChevrolet100engine76$810302319Dick MayGray RacingChevrolet00engine$800 References NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season 1979 1979 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 1979 Winston 500 Category:1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Category:1979 in sports in Virginia Category:April 1979 sports events in the United States Category:NASCAR races at Martinsville Speedway