Sunday 11th March 1979
Cale Yarborough roared to his 60th NASCAR Grand National victory, cruising to a six-second win at Richmond (Virginia, US) Fairgrounds Raceway’s .542-mile track. Bobby Allison finished second as the only other car on the lead lap with Darrell Waltrip third — completing a top three of drivers now enshrined in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Only two cautions slowed the race, which set a track record for average speed at 83.608 mph.
