Results

"Final Points Standing"

1979

Winston Cup Standings
Position Driver Starts Wins Points
01 Richard Petty 31 5 4,830
02 Darrell Waltrip 31 7 4,819
03 Bobby Allison 31 5 4,633
04 Cale Yarborough 31 4 4,604
05 Benny Parsons 31 2 4,256
06 Joe Millikan 31 0 4,014
07 Dale Earnhardt 27 1 3,749
08 Richard Childress 31 0 3,735
09 Ricky Rudd 28 0 3,642
10 Terry Labonte 31 0 3,615
11 Buddy Arrington 31 0 3,589
12 D.K. Ulrich 31 0 3,508
13 J.D. McDuffie 31 0 3,473
14 James Hylton 30 0 3,405
15 Buddy Baker 26 3 3,249
16 Frank Warren 31 0 3,199
17 Ronnie Thomas 30 0 2,912
18 Tommy Gale 27 0 2,795
19 Cecil Gordon 28 0 2,737
20 Dave Marcis 25 0 2,736
21 Harry Gant 25 0 2,664
22 Dick Brooks 27 0 2,622
23 Jimmy Means 27 0 2,575
24 Donnie Allison 20 0 2,508
25 Baxter Price 24 0 2,364
26 Neil Bonnett 21 3 2,223
27 Tighe Scott 17 0 1,879
28 Bill Elliott 14 0 1,548
29 Lennie Pond 15 0 1,415
30 Dick May 19 0 1,390
31 Roger Hamby 12 0 1,231
32 David Pearson 9 1 1,203
33 Coo Coo Marlin 7 0 613
34 Bruce Hill 7 0 594
35 Blackie Wangerin 7 0 571
36 Grant Adcox 6 0 560
37 Kyle Petty 5 0 559
38 Chuck Brown 7 0 523
39 John Anderson 4 0 496
40 Ralph Jones 6 0 477
41 Earl Canavan 7 0 456
42 Slick Johnson 4 0 431
43 Nelson Oswald 6 0 431
44 Dave Watson 4 0 413
45 Al Holbert 6 0 402
46 Bobby Wawak 4 0 376
47 Jody Riley 3 0 374
48 Bill Hollar 5 0 371
49 Rick Newsom 4 0 355
50 Bill Schmitt 3 0 342