The 1979 Holly Farms 400 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at North Wilkesboro Speedway on October 14, 1979. Benny Parsons won his first race of the year, edging out Bobby Allison by half a carlength. Points leader Darrell Waltrip finished 13th and now held just a seventeen-point edge on Richard Petty (3rd).