1979 - Winston Cup Series - Talladega 500 Race Results

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1979 - Talladega 500 Race Results

Race Name - Talladega 500
Date - 8/5/1979
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 193.6 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 28
Average Race Speed - 161.22 mph
Lead Changes - 34
Total Race Purse - $205,680
Race Number - 20

More Races from 1979

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	8	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	188	Oldsmobile	102	$32,325
2	2	David Pearson	2	Rod Osterlund	188	Oldsmobile	17	$20,925
3	11	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	186	Mercury	0	$13,920
4	13	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	186	Oldsmobile	4	$11,475
5	25	Jody Ridley	77	Sunny King (Junie Donlavey)	186	Mercury	0	$6,025
6	3	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	186	Buick	0	$8,000
7	21	Harry Gant	47	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	184	Oldsmobile	0	$4,815
8	6	Buddy Arrington	67	Rossmeyer (Buddy Arrington)	181	Dodge	0	$5,960
9	18	Kyle Petty	42	STP (Petty Enterprises)	181	Dodge	0	$3,315
10	20	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	179	Oldsmobile	0	$5,520
11	24	Dick Brooks	5	Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch)	177	Oldsmobile	0	$4,560
12	22	Bill Elliott	9	Yandle Thermol King (George Elliott)	176	Mercury	0	$2,865
13	37	Jimmy Means	52	Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means)	175	Chevrolet	0	$4,740
14	38	Bob Burcham	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	172	Chevrolet	0	$4,480
15	34	Rick Newsom	20	MARS (Rick Newsom)	172	Oldsmobile	0	$2,565
16	10	Bruce Hill	50	Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard)	171	Oldsmobile	0	$2,465
17	39	Steve Moore	73	Gilbert Moore (Gilbert Moore)	170	Chevrolet	0	$2,415
18	31	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	163	Chevrolet	0	$3,920
19	7	Grant Adcox	41	AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox)	162	Oldsmobile	5	$2,515
20	30	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	159	Oldsmobile	0	$3,510
21	12	Benny Parsons	27	Griffin Marine (MC Anderson)	146	Oldsmobile	5	$3,400
22	32	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson)	143	Buick	0	$3,965
23	9	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	142	Dodge	0	$2,830
24	5	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch (Junior Johnson)	138	Oldsmobile	14	$8,015
25	26	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt)	120	Oldsmobile	1	$6,615
26	36	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price)	95	Oldsmobile	0	$2,620
27	35	DK Ulrich	40	DK Ulrich	92	Buick	0	$2,600
28	19	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore)	90	Ford	0	$5,365
29	33	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	87	Chevrolet	0	$1,590
30	23	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	83	Chevrolet	0	$1,515
31	14	Dave Marcis	71	Shoneys (Dave Marcis)	83	Chevrolet	0	$1,350
32	40	Marty Robbins	36	Marty Robbins	75	Dodge	0	$1,325
33	15	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	75	Buick	0	$2,300
34	1	Neil Bonnett	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	71	Mercury	40	$6,025
35	16	Jack Ingram	12	Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers)	70	Oldsmobile	0	$1,250
36	27	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	58	Ford	0	$1,725
37	29	Blackie Wangerin	39	Blackie Wangerin	50	Mercury	0	$1,350
38	17	Al Holbert	7	Holbert PorscheAudi (Al Holbert)	47	Oldsmobile	0	$1,175
39	4	Buddy Baker	28	WIN (Harry Ranier)	41	Oldsmobile	0	$1,750
40	41	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	40	Oldsmobile	0	$1,550
41	28	Dick May	87	Fast Lane Ltd (Billie Harvey)	0	Oldsmobile	0	$1,050