1979 - Winston Cup Series - Daytona 500 Race Results

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1979 - Daytona 500 Race Results

Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/18/1979
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 196.049 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 57
Average Race Speed - 143.97 mph
Lead Changes - 36
Total Race Purse - $538,330
Race Number - 2

More Races from 1979

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	13	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	200	Oldsmobile	12	$73,900
2	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	200	Oldsmobile	4	$59,350
3	6	AJ Foyt	51	Gilmore (AJ Foyt)	200	Oldsmobile	4	$38,550
4	2	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	199	Oldsmobile	93	$39,600
5	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch (Junior Johnson)	199	Oldsmobile	3	$34,525
6	33	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	199	Buick	0	$24,550
7	28	Chuck Bown	68	Kings Inn (Jim Testa)	199	Buick	0	$18,895
8	10	Dale Earnhardt	2	Rod Osterlund	199	Buick	10	$22,845
9	37	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	198	Chevrolet	0	$15,885
10	24	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	197	Dodge	0	$17,475
11	7	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore)	197	Ford	1	$17,725
12	15	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	197	Dodge	0	$13,795
13	35	DK Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich)	197	Buick	0	$11,355
14	38	Bill Dennis	19	Belden Jennite (Henley Gray)	196	Chevrolet	0	$10,115
15	26	Ralph Jones	98	Ralph Jones	195	Ford	0	$8,110
16	19	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	189	Buick	0	$8,820
17	31	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	188	Oldsmobile	0	$6,865
18	5	Benny Parsons	27	Griffin Marine (MC Anderson)	183	Oldsmobile	37	$10,435
19	17	Bruce Hill	50	Newport Associates (Walter Ballard)	168	Oldsmobile	0	$5,375
20	36	Blackie Wangerin	39	Blackie Wangerin	160	Mercury	0	$4,005
21	30	Bobby Wawak	74	Bobby Wawak	152	Oldsmobile	0	$4,840
22	23	Paul Fess	82	Lasky Construction (Stan Lasky)	135	Oldsmobile	0	$3,860
23	21	Grant Adcox	41	AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox)	129	Chevrolet	0	$3,730
24	12	Dave Marcis	2	Shoneys (Dave Marcis)	119	Chevrolet	0	$3,950
25	29	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	116	Oldsmobile	0	$4,470
26	25	Dave Watson	37	Ams Oil (Phil Howard)	115	Chevrolet	1	$2,850
27	8	Dick Brooks	5	Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch)	105	Oldsmobile	0	$5,275
28	22	John Utsman	0	Ed Whitaker	101	Chevrolet	0	$2,850
29	16	Geoffrey Bodine	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	99	Oldsmobile	6	$3,275
30	40	Lennie Pond	54	Burger King (Al Rudd)	83	Oldsmobile	2	$2,085
31	11	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	79	Mercury	0	$4,110
32	20	Neil Bonnett	5	Jim Stacy	76	Oldsmobile	12	$4,475
33	14	Harry Gant	12	JW Hunt Produce (Kennie Childers)	72	Oldsmobile	0	$2,875
34	41	Ronnie Thomas	25	SubTropic (Don Robertson)	64	Chevrolet	0	$4,045
35	27	Gary Balough	87	Fast Lane Ltd (Billie Harvey)	53	Oldsmobile	0	$3,425
36	32	Joe Millikan	72	LG DeWitt	53	Oldsmobile	0	$5,340
37	9	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	53	Mercury	0	$3,275
38	18	Skip Manning	17	Valvoline (Roger Hamby)	53	Oldsmobile	0	$3,555
39	34	Butch Mock	75	RahMoc Enterprises	38	Buick	0	$2,165
40	1	Buddy Baker	28	Spectra (Harry Ranier)	38	Oldsmobile	15	$23,775
41	39	Jim Vandiver	89	OL Nixon	27	Oldsmobile	0	$1,930