[4] Five hundred laps were completed on the paved oval track spanning 1.000 mile (1.609 km).

This pole position also secured a spot in the first running of the Busch Clash (now the Sprint Unlimited);[6] Buddy Baker would ultimately win that race in February 1979.

Bobby Allison would gain his 50th career Winston Cup Series victory from this race.

Although McDuffie would never win a Winston Cup Series race, his best overall finish would come at the 1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 in Nashville, Tennessee.

[7] Notable crew chiefs who participated in the race included Darrell Bryant, Junie Donlavey, Buddy Parrott, Jake Elder, Joey Arrington, Herb Nab, Dale Inman, Walter Ballard, Kirk Shelmerdine, and Bud Moore.