| Music City USA 420 | Date: | 5/12/1979 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | Cup |
| 1 | 4 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 420 | Running |
| 2 | 5 | 43 | Richard Petty | 420 | Running |
| 3 | 6 | 15 | Bobby Allison | 419 | Running |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | 419 | Running |
| 5 | 9 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | 418 | Running |
| 6 | 21 | 3 | Richard Childress | 418 | Running |
| 7 | 8 | 27 | Benny Parsons | 417 | Running |
| 8 | 2 | 28 | Buddy Baker | 412 | Running |
| 9 | 10 | 44 | Terry Labonte | 411 | Running |
| 10 | 12 | 90 | Ricky Rudd | 410 | Running |
| 11 | 16 | 52 | Jimmy Means | 408 | Running |
| 12 | 15 | 19 | Steve Spencer | 405 | Running |
| 13 | 19 | 64 | Tommy Gale | 396 | Running |
| 14 | 26 | 74 | Bobby Wawak | 690 | Running |
| 15 | 18 | 40 | Al Elmore | 389 | Running |
| 16 | 13 | 24 | D.K. Ulrich | 383 | Running |
| 17 | 25 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | 378 | Running |
| 18 | 28 | 69 | Mike Kempton | 364 | Running |
| 19 | 22 | 45 | Baxter Price | 356 | Clutch |
| 20 | 17 | 79 | Frank Warren | 355 | Engine failure |
| 21 | 3 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | 335 | Running |
| 22 | 14 | 48 | James Hylton | 324 | Running |
| 23 | 1 | 72 | Joe Millikan | 124 | Engine failure |
| 24 | 24 | 34 | Darrell Bushman | 101 | Rear end |
| 25 | 27 | 09 | Nelson Oswald | 95 | Ignition |
| 26 | 23 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | 63 | Engine failure |
| 27 | 20 | 05 | Dick Brooks | 36 | Transmission |
| 28 | 11 | 47 | Harry Gant | 18 | Engine failure |