Atlanta International Raceway
May 27 1979
500MX Results
| Rider | Hometown | Motos | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danny Laporte | Yucca Valley, CA  | 1 - 1 |  |
| 2 | Rex Staten | Fontana, CA | 2 - 2 |  |
| 3 | Mike Bell | Lakewood, CA | 4 - 5 | |
| 4 | Denny Swartz | Reno, OH | 8 - 3 | Maico |
| 5 | Gary Semics | Lisbon, OH | 5 - 7 |  |
| 6 | Mickey Kessler | Farmingdale, NJ | 7 - 9 | |
| 7 | Darrell Shultz | Orangevale, CA | 12 - 6 | |
| 8 | Gaylon Mosier | Garden Grove, CA | 3 - 17 |  |
| 9 | Greg Theiss | Omaha, NE | 9 - 11 | |
| 10 | Tony Summey | Forest City, NC | 11 - 10 | Maico |
| 11 |  Marty Smith | San Diego, CA | 15 - 8 | |
| 12 | Parry Klassen | Reedley, CA | 10 - 13 | Maico |
| 13 | Tommy Croft | San Diego, CA | - 4 | |
| 14 | Goat Breker | Anaheim, CA | 13 - 12 |  |
| 15 | Rick Burgett | Sandy, OR | 6 | |
| 16 | Arlo Englund | Colorado Springs, CO | 14 - 14 | |
| 17 | Billy Grossi | Santa Cruz, CA | - 15 |  |
| 18 | Randy Kirschbaum | Wichita, KS | - 16 | |
| 19 | Ken Adams | West Grove, PA | 18 - 19 | Maico |
| 20 | Monte Anderson | Midlothian, TX | 16 | Maico |
| 21 | David Williams | Riverside, CA | 17 | Maico |
| 22 | Marvin McDaniel | Lawrenceville, GA | - 18 | |
| 23 | Sam Dayton | Erwin, TN | 19 | Maico |
| 24 | Wayne Boyer | Poway, CA | - 20 | |
| 25 | Bob Myers | Antioch, CA | 20 | Maico |