| Busch Nashville 420 | Date: | 7/14/1979 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | Cup |
| 1 | 1 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | 420 | Running |
| 2 | 5 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 419 | Running |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Dale Earnhardt | 417 | Running |
| 4 | 9 | 27 | Benny Parsons | 417 | Running |
| 5 | 6 | 43 | Richard Petty | 406 | Running |
| 6 | 19 | 48 | James Hylton | 406 | Running |
| 7 | 17 | 3 | Richard Childress | 405 | Running |
| 8 | 10 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | 404 | Running |
| 9 | 21 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | 396 | Running |
| 10 | 20 | 52 | Jimmy Means | 394 | Running |
| 11 | 16 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 391 | Running |
| 12 | 18 | 55 | Wayne Watercutter | 390 | Running |
| 13 | 26 | 17 | Roger Hamby | 380 | Running |
| 14 | 27 | 79 | Frank Warren | 374 | Running |
| 15 | 14 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | 341 | Lug studs |
| 16 | 2 | 15 | Bobby Allison | 340 | Running |
| 17 | 23 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | 272 | Engine failure |
| 18 | 24 | 45 | Baxter Price | 250 | Accident |
| 19 | 7 | 05 | Dick Brooks | 155 | Oil leak |
| 20 | 11 | 19 | Steve Spencer | 151 | Water pump |
| 21 | 4 | 72 | Joe Millikan | 150 | Accident |
| 22 | 13 | 47 | Harry Gant | 142 | Engine failure |
| 23 | 12 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | 114 | Overheating |
| 24 | 25 | 98 | Ralph Jones | 92 | Oil leak |
| 25 | 8 | 44 | Terry Labonte | 40 | Engine failure |
| 26 | 28 | 69 | Henry Jones | 19 | Engine failure |
| 27 | 15 | 09 | Nelson Oswald | 6 | Engine failure |
| 28 | 22 | 64 | Tommy Gale | 5 | Engine failure |
| 29 | 30 | 58 | Dick May | 3 | Engine failure |
| 30 | 29 | 10 | Jimmy Hindman | 2 | Oil leak |