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1979 - Texas 400 Race Results


Race Name - Texas 400
Date - 6/3/1979
Race Track - Texas World Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 167.903 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 5
Average Race Speed - 156.21 mph
Lead Changes - 22
Total Race Purse - $161,250
Race Number - 14
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 200 Chevrolet 155 $21,750
2 6 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 199 Ford 0 $14,600
3 1 Buddy Baker 28 Spectra (Harry Ranier) 199 Chevrolet 3 $13,950
4 5 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 199 Chevrolet 0 $12,150
5 2 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 196 Chevrolet 1 $12,150
6 9 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 195 Chevrolet 0 $8,700
7 19 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 193 Oldsmobile 0 $6,250
8 10 Joe Millikan 72 Appliance Wheels (LG DeWitt) 192 Chevrolet 0 $7,200
9 17 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 192 Dodge 0 $5,080
10 16 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 190 Chevrolet 0 $4,670
11 24 John Rezek 31 RPM Enterprises (Curtis Payne) 190 Oldsmobile 0 $2,400
12 3 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 189 Chevrolet 41 $6,400
13 13 Bruce Hill 50 Global Heat Exchanger (Walter Ballard) 189 Buick 0 $2,200
14 21 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 186 Chevrolet 0 $3,810
15 12 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 186 Buick 0 $3,590
16 25 HB Bailey 36 Almeda Auto Parts (HB Bailey) 185 Pontiac 0 $1,900
17 22 Billy Hagan 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 185 Chevrolet 0 $3,280
18 29 Earle Canavan 1 Irish Spring Soap (Earle Canavan) 184 Dodge 0 $1,700
19 18 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 181 Dodge 0 $3,020
20 14 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 180 Ford 0 $2,960
21 31 Cecil Gordon 24 GordonBarnicle (Cecil Gordon) 174 Oldsmobile 0 $2,650
22 26 Mike Potter 76 Miller (Mike Potter) 174 Chevrolet 0 $1,500
23 23 Jimmy Means 52 Mr Transmission (Jimmy Means) 173 Chevrolet 0 $2,340
24 27 Jim Hurlbert 96 White Crown Engineering (Will Cronkrite) 150 Ford 0 $1,400
25 8 Benny Parsons 27 MC Anderson 143 Chevrolet 0 $2,230
26 15 Ronnie Thomas 25 Stones Cafeteria (Don Robertson) 140 Chevrolet 0 $3,170
27 20 Baxter Price 45 Iron Peddlers (Baxter Price) 139 Chevrolet 0 $2,100
28 7 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 135 Mercury 0 $1,700
29 33 Mike Kempton 69 Pro Shoppe (Mike Kempton) 135 Chevrolet 0 $1,150
30 30 Dick May 9 CRC Chemicals (Nelson Oswald) 113 Oldsmobile 0 $1,100
31 11 Lennie Pond 12 Kencoal Mining (Kennie Childers) 70 Chevrolet 0 $1,050
32 32 Bill Meazel 55 Lowrey UHaul (Bill Meazell) 46 Chevrolet 0 $1,000
33 34 John Haver 58 Camera World Canon (John Haver) 36 Chevrolet 0 $950
34 28 Jimmy Finger 32 Vita Fresh Pharis Chevy (Don Bierschwale) 5 Buick 0 $1,150