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1979 - Daytona 500 Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/18/1979
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 196.049 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 57
Average Race Speed - 143.97 mph
Lead Changes - 36
Total Race Purse - $538,330
Race Number - 2
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 13 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 200 Oldsmobile 12 $73,900
2 4 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 200 Oldsmobile 4 $59,350
3 6 AJ Foyt 51 Gilmore (AJ Foyt) 200 Oldsmobile 4 $38,550
4 2 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 199 Oldsmobile 93 $39,600
5 3 Cale Yarborough 11 Busch (Junior Johnson) 199 Oldsmobile 3 $34,525
6 33 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 199 Buick 0 $24,550
7 28 Chuck Bown 68 Kings Inn (Jim Testa) 199 Buick 0 $18,895
8 10 Dale Earnhardt 2 Rod Osterlund 199 Buick 10 $22,845
9 37 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 198 Chevrolet 0 $15,885
10 24 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 197 Dodge 0 $17,475
11 7 Bobby Allison 15 Hodgdon Moore (Bud Moore) 197 Ford 1 $17,725
12 15 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 197 Dodge 0 $13,795
13 35 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 197 Buick 0 $11,355
14 38 Bill Dennis 19 Belden Jennite (Henley Gray) 196 Chevrolet 0 $10,115
15 26 Ralph Jones 98 Ralph Jones 195 Ford 0 $8,110
16 19 Terry Labonte 44 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 189 Buick 0 $8,820
17 31 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 188 Oldsmobile 0 $6,865
18 5 Benny Parsons 27 Griffin Marine (MC Anderson) 183 Oldsmobile 37 $10,435
19 17 Bruce Hill 50 Newport Associates (Walter Ballard) 168 Oldsmobile 0 $5,375
20 36 Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin 160 Mercury 0 $4,005
21 30 Bobby Wawak 74 Bobby Wawak 152 Oldsmobile 0 $4,840
22 23 Paul Fess 82 Lasky Construction (Stan Lasky) 135 Oldsmobile 0 $3,860
23 21 Grant Adcox 41 AdcoxKirby (Herb Adcox) 129 Chevrolet 0 $3,730
24 12 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Dave Marcis) 119 Chevrolet 0 $3,950
25 29 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 116 Oldsmobile 0 $4,470
26 25 Dave Watson 37 Ams Oil (Phil Howard) 115 Chevrolet 1 $2,850
27 8 Dick Brooks 5 Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch) 105 Oldsmobile 0 $5,275
28 22 John Utsman 0 Ed Whitaker 101 Chevrolet 0 $2,850
29 16 Geoffrey Bodine 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 99 Oldsmobile 6 $3,275
30 40 Lennie Pond 54 Burger King (Al Rudd) 83 Oldsmobile 2 $2,085
31 11 Ricky Rudd 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 79 Mercury 0 $4,110
32 20 Neil Bonnett 5 Jim Stacy 76 Oldsmobile 12 $4,475
33 14 Harry Gant 12 JW Hunt Produce (Kennie Childers) 72 Oldsmobile 0 $2,875
34 41 Ronnie Thomas 25 SubTropic (Don Robertson) 64 Chevrolet 0 $4,045
35 27 Gary Balough 87 Fast Lane Ltd (Billie Harvey) 53 Oldsmobile 0 $3,425
36 32 Joe Millikan 72 LG DeWitt 53 Oldsmobile 0 $5,340
37 9 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 53 Mercury 0 $3,275
38 18 Skip Manning 17 Valvoline (Roger Hamby) 53 Oldsmobile 0 $3,555
39 34 Butch Mock 75 RahMoc Enterprises 38 Buick 0 $2,165
40 1 Buddy Baker 28 Spectra (Harry Ranier) 38 Oldsmobile 15 $23,775
41 39 Jim Vandiver 89 OL Nixon 27 Oldsmobile 0 $1,930