Winston Cup Series Series by Race
The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1979 - Busch Nashville 420 Race Results
Race Name - Busch Nashville 420Date - 7/14/1979Race Track - Nashville SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.596 milesRace Length (Miles) - 250 milesPole Speed - 105.43 mphNumber of Cautions - 3Caution Laps - 19Average Race Speed - 92.227 mphLead Changes - 2Total Race Purse - $69,205Race Number - 18 | More Races from 1979 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 420 | Chevrolet | 409 | $14,000 |
2 | 5 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | Busch (Junior Johnson) | 419 | Chevrolet | 0 | $8,700 |
3 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | 2 | Rod Osterlund | 417 | Chevrolet | 0 | $7,200 |
4 | 9 | Benny Parsons | 27 | MC Anderson | 417 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,650 |
5 | 6 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 406 | Chevrolet | 0 | $4,280 |
6 | 19 | James Hylton | 48 | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | 406 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,450 |
7 | 17 | Richard Childress | 3 | CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) | 405 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,180 |
8 | 10 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) | 404 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,930 |
9 | 21 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) | 396 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,805 |
10 | 20 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) | 394 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,715 |
11 | 16 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 391 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,925 |
12 | 18 | Wayne Watercutter | 55 | Ward Racing Enterprises | 390 | Chevrolet | 0 | $565 |
13 | 26 | Roger Hamby | 17 | Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) | 380 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,415 |
14 | 27 | Frank Warren | 79 | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | 374 | Dodge | 0 | $1,285 |
15 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | 14 | CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) | 341 | Chevrolet | 11 | $505 |
16 | 2 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) | 340 | Ford | 0 | $3,935 |
17 | 23 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | 272 | Dodge | 0 | $1,120 |
18 | 24 | Baxter Price | 45 | Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) | 250 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,005 |
19 | 7 | Dick Brooks | 5 | Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) | 155 | Chevrolet | 0 | $640 |
20 | 11 | Steve Spencer | 19 | Performance Racing (Henley Gray) | 151 | Chevrolet | 0 | $675 |
21 | 4 | Joe Millikan | 72 | Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) | 150 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,115 |
22 | 13 | Harry Gant | 47 | Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) | 142 | Chevrolet | 0 | $405 |
23 | 12 | DK Ulrich | 40 | Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) | 114 | Chevrolet | 0 | $645 |
24 | 25 | Ralph Jones | 98 | Jones Supply (Ralph Jones) | 92 | Ford | 0 | $385 |
25 | 8 | Terry Labonte | 44 | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | 40 | Chevrolet | 0 | $625 |
26 | 28 | Henry Jones | 69 | Pro Shoppe (Mike Kempton) | 19 | Chevrolet | 0 | $370 |
27 | 15 | Nelson Oswald | 9 | J S Truck Sales (Nelson Oswald) | 6 | Chevrolet | 0 | $365 |
28 | 22 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 5 | Ford | 0 | $610 |
29 | 30 | Dick May | 58 | Don Satterfield | 3 | Chevrolet | 0 | $355 |
30 | 29 | Jimmy Hindman | 10 | Jimmy Hindman | 2 | Ford | 0 | $350 |