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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
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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