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Firecracker 400 Race Results

Daytona International Speedway
July 04, 1979

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2.5-Mile Superspeedway
160 Laps/400 Miles

FP	SP	Car	Driver	Team / Make	Laps	Points	Money	Status
1	2	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator Mercury	160	185	21,705	Running
2	3	27	Benny Parsons	Griffin Marine Oldsmobile	160	175	16,875	Running
3	21	2	Dale Earnhardt	Oldsmobile	160	170	14,980	Running
4	6	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade Oldsmobile	159	165	12,280	Running
5	11	43	Richard Petty	STP Oldsmobile	158	160	9,480	Running
6	12	68	Chuck Bown	Kings Mountain Truck Plaza Buick	157	150	4,990	Running
7	15	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Oldsmobile	157	146	4,240	Running
8	24	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels Oldsmobile	156	142	7,540	Running
9	37	05	Dick Brooks	Sub-Tropic Oldsmobile	156	138	5,575	Running
11	27	9	Bill Elliott	Yandle / Thermol King Mercury	156	130	2,960	Running
12	23	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet	155	127	2,935	Running
13	19	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore Mercury	155	124	5,075	Running
14	9	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs Buick	154	121	4,865	Running
15	7	67	Buddy Arrington	Rossmeyer Dodge	154	118	4,555	Running
16	26	87	Gary Balough	Fast Lane Ltd. Oldsmobile	154	0	1,750	Running
17	22	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's Chevrolet	151	112	3,635	Running
19	30	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts Chevrolet	151	111	3,415	Running
20	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch Oldsmobile	149	103	6,960	Running
22	38	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission Chevrolet	146	97	2,645	Running
23	40	20	Rick Newsom	MARS Oldsmobile	145	94	1,410	Running
24	33	39	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	144	91	1,385	Tire
25	28	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet	138	88	1,360	Engine
26	17	17	Roger Hamby	Kings Inn Oldsmobile	137	85	2,260	Running
27	36	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford	121	82	2,225	Rear End
28	13	12	Lennie Pond	Burger King Oldsmobile	105	79	1,285	Engine
29	10	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph Buick	89	76	2,165	Accident
30	20	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore Ford	89	73	4,925	Accident
31	31	6	Claude Ballot-Lena	Lady & Son Auction Oldsmobile	83	0	1,130	Engine
32	18	7	Al Holbert	Holbert Porsche-Audi Chevrolet	82	0	895	Spindle
33	4	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby Oldsmobile	81	64	1,180	Engine
34	1	28	Buddy Baker	W.I.N. Oldsmobile	57	66	4,255	Ignition
35	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	50	58	1,915	Valve
36	39	46	Travis Tiller	Ring Enterprises Dodge	46	55	1,025	Valve
37	16	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals Oldsmobile	28	52	1,520	Piston
38	29	38	Sandy Satullo	Copper Kettle Marina Buick	18	49	1,015	Accident
39	34	32	Jimmy Finger	Vita Fresh / Pharis Chevy Buick	17	46	1,010	Accident
40	14	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan Dodge	7	43	1,505	Engine
41	25	50	Bruce Hill	Global Heat Exchanger Buick	1	40	1,035	Engine

Time of Race .: 2 Hours 18 Minutes 49 Seconds

Average Speed .:172.89

Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds

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