| 1979 Capital City 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 24 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $82,035 | Race Date: | Sep 9, 1979 | Richmond Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 11.000 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2h 41m 23s | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 6 | Average Speed: | 80.604 MPH | .750 Mile D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 26 | No. of Cautions: | 2 For 20 Laps | richmondraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Bobby Allison B. Allison | Driver: | Dale Earnhardt D. Earnhardt | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #15 Ford | Car No.: | #2 Chevrolet | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Bud Moore Engineering | Team: | Osterlund Racing | Oldsmobile: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Bud Moore | Crew Chief: | Dodge: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 369 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 92.605 MPH | |||||
| Official 1979 Capital City 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Hodgdon / Moore | Running |  | 185 | 400 | 369 |
| 2 | 5 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade | Running |  | 175 | 400 | 11 |
| 3 | 10 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | Truxmore Industries | Running | | 170 | 399 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt (R) | Osterlund Racing | Running | | 165 | 399 | 19 |
| 5 | 3 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | Busch | Running |  | 155 | 398 | 0 |
| 6 | 7 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP | Running | | 150 | 398 | 0 |
| 7 | 9 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's | Running | | 146 | 397 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 27 | Benny Parsons | M.C. Anderson Racing | Running | | 142 | 397 | 0 |
| 9 | 8 | 47 | Harry Gant (R) | Race Hill Farm | Running | | 138 | 397 | 0 |
| 10 | 4 | 72 | Joe Millikan (R) | Appliance Wheels | Running | | 134 | 395 | 0 |
| 11 | 12 | 17 | Bill Elliott | Kings Inn Daytona | Running | | 130 | 390 | 0 |
| 12 | 13 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | Midwestern Farm Lines | Running | | 127 | 386 | 0 |
| 13 | 20 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Reid Trailer Sales | Running |  | 124 | 384 | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | Bailey Excavating | Running | | 121 | 381 | 0 |
| 15 | 18 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals | Running | | 118 | 379 | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | 75 | Bill Elswick | Rahmoc Racing | Running | | 115 | 372 | 0 |
| 17 | 14 | 44 | Terry Labonte (R) | Stratagraph Incorporated | Running | | 112 | 371 | 0 |
| 18 | 26 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Gordon Racing | Running | | 109 | 365 | 0 |
| 19 | 22 | 45 | Baxter Price | Iron Peddlers | Running | | 106 | 365 | 0 |
| 20 | 24 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Mr. Transmission | Running | | 103 | 330 | 0 |
| 21 | 15 | 48 | James Hylton | Palatine Automotive | Accident | | 100 | 262 | 0 |
| 22 | 21 | 1 | Earle Canavan | Canavan Racing | Rear Gear | | 97 | 233 | 0 |
| 23 | 17 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Stone's Cafeteria | Engine | | 94 | 227 | 0 |
| 24 | 19 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda | Track Bar | | 91 | 173 | 0 |
| 25 | 11 | 19 | Lennie Pond | Belden Asphalt | Brakes | | 88 | 141 | 0 |
| 26 | 25 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan | Distributor | | 85 | 2 | 0 |
