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1979 - Firecracker 400 Race Results


Race Name - Firecracker 400
Date - 7/4/1979
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 193.196 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps - 11
Average Race Speed - 172.89 mph
Lead Changes - 28
Total Race Purse - $179,730
Race Number - 17
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Neil Bonnett 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 160 Mercury 77 $21,705
2 3 Benny Parsons 27 Griffin Marine (MC Anderson) 160 Oldsmobile 6 $16,875
3 21 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 160 Oldsmobile 1 $14,980
4 6 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 159 Oldsmobile 54 $12,280
5 11 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 158 Oldsmobile 2 $9,480
6 12 Chuck Bown 68 Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Jim Testa) 157 Buick 0 $4,990
7 15 Harry Gant 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 157 Oldsmobile 0 $4,240
8 24 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 156 Oldsmobile 0 $7,540
9 37 Dick Brooks 5 SubTropic (Nelson Malloch) 156 Oldsmobile 0 $5,575
10 8 AJ Foyt 51 Valvoline (AJ Foyt) 156 Oldsmobile 3 $3,140
11 27 Bill Elliott 9 Yandle Thermol King (George Elliott) 156 Mercury 0 $2,960
12 23 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 155 Chevrolet 0 $2,935
13 19 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 155 Mercury 0 $5,075
14 9 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 154 Buick 0 $4,865
15 7 Buddy Arrington 67 Rossmeyer (Buddy Arrington) 154 Dodge 0 $4,555
16 26 Gary Balough 87 Fast Lane Ltd (Billie Harvey) 154 Oldsmobile 0 $1,750
17 22 Dave Marcis 71 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 151 Chevrolet 0 $3,635
18 35 DK Ulrich 40 US Army (DK Ulrich) 151 Buick 0 $3,775
19 30 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 151 Chevrolet 1 $3,415
20 5 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 149 Oldsmobile 0 $6,960
21 32 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 146 Chevrolet 0 $2,855
22 38 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 146 Chevrolet 0 $2,645
23 40 Rick Newsom 20 MARS (Rick Newsom) 145 Oldsmobile 0 $1,410
24 33 Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin 144 Mercury 0 $1,385
25 28 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 138 Chevrolet 0 $1,360
26 17 Roger Hamby 17 Kings Inn (Roger Hamby) 137 Oldsmobile 0 $2,260
27 36 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 121 Ford 0 $2,225
28 13 Lennie Pond 12 Burger King (Kennie Childers) 105 Oldsmobile 0 $1,285
29 10 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 89 Buick 0 $2,165
30 20 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 89 Ford 0 $4,925
31 31 Claude BallotLena 6 Lady Son Auction (GC Spencer) 83 Oldsmobile 0 $1,130
32 18 Al Holbert 7 Holbert PorscheAudi (Al Holbert) 82 Chevrolet 0 $895
33 4 Grant Adcox 41 AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox) 81 Oldsmobile 0 $1,180
34 1 Buddy Baker 28 WIN (Harry Ranier) 57 Oldsmobile 16 $4,255
35 41 Cecil Gordon 24 Cecil Gordon 50 Oldsmobile 0 $1,915
36 39 Travis Tiller 46 Ring Enterprises (Travis Tiller) 46 Dodge 0 $1,025
37 16 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 28 Oldsmobile 0 $1,520
38 29 Sandy Satullo 38 Copper Kettle Marina (Sandy Satullo) 18 Buick 0 $1,015
39 34 Jimmy Finger 32 Vita Fresh Pharis Chevy (Don Bierschwale) 17 Buick 0 $1,010
40 14 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 7 Dodge 0 $1,505
41 25 Bruce Hill 50 Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard) 1 Buick 0 $1,035