| Southern 200 | Date: | 9/29/1979 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | LMS |
| 1 | 98 | Jody Ridley | 200 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | Darrell Waltrip | 200 | Running | |
| 3 | Dean Bentley | 196 | Running | ||
| 4 | 1 | 71 | Gene Glover | 195 | Running |
| 5 | Bosco Lowe | 192 | |||
| 6 | Richard Waters | 191 | |||
| 7 | Dennis Wiser | 190 | |||
| 8 | Butch Applegate | 187 | |||
| 9 | Sidney Minton | 184 | |||
| 10 | Gary Potter | 180 | |||
| 11 | Alan Rogers | ||||
| 12 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | 164 | Accident | |
| 13 | Jeff Barry | ||||
| 14 | Duke Smallen | ||||
| 15 | Ken Vetetoe | ||||
| 16 | Scott Lovelady | ||||
| 17 | Dewayne Chaffin | ||||
| 18 | 23 | Tony Cunningham | |||
| 19 | Billy Clanton | ||||
| 20 | Jimmy Williams | ||||
| 21 | Al Henderson |