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1979 - Busch Nashville 420 Race Results


Race Name - Busch Nashville 420
Date - 7/14/1979
Race Track - Nashville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.596 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 105.43 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 19
Average Race Speed - 92.227 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $69,205
Race Number - 18
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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