Daytona 500 Race Results

Daytona International Speedway
February 18, 1979

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
2.5-Mile Superspeedway
200 Laps/500 Miles

FP	SP	Car	Driver	Team / Make	Laps	Points	Money	Status
1	13	43	Richard Petty	STP Oldsmobile	200	180	73,900	Running
2	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade Oldsmobile	200	175	59,350	Running
4	2	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic Oldsmobile	199	170	39,600	Accident
5	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch Oldsmobile	199	160	34,525	Accident
6	33	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs Buick	199	150	24,540	Running
7	28	68	Chuck Bown	Kings Inn Buick	199	146	18,895	Running
8	10	2	Dale Earnhardt	Buick	199	147	22,845	Running
9	37	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet	198	138	15,885	Running
10	24	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan Dodge	197	134	17,475	Running
11	7	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore Ford	197	135	17,725	Running
12	15	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales Dodge	197	127	13,795	Running
14	38	19	Bill Dennis	Belden Jennite Chevrolet	196	121	10,115	Running
15	26	98	Ralph Jones	Ford	195	118	8,110	Running
16	19	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph Buick	189	115	8,820	Running
17	31	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals Oldsmobile	188	112	6,865	Running
18	5	27	Benny Parsons	Griffin Marine Oldsmobile	183	114	10,435	Running
19	17	50	Bruce Hill	Newport & Associates Oldsmobile	168	106	5,375	Running
20	36	39	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	160	103	4,005	Running
21	30	74	Bobby Wawak	Oldsmobile	152	100	4,840	Overheating
22	23	82	Paul Fess	Lasky Construction Oldsmobile	135	97	3,860	Engine
23	21	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby Chevrolet	129	94	3,730	Cylinder
24	12	02	Dave Marcis	Shoney's Chevrolet	119	91	3,950	Engine
26	25	37	Dave Watson	Ams Oil Chevrolet	115	90	2,850	Clutch
27	8	05	Dick Brooks	Bearfinder Oldsmobile	105	82	5,275	Transmission
28	22	00	John Utsman	Chevrolet	101	79	2,850	Engine
29	16	47	Geoff Bodine	Race Hill Farm Oldsmobile	99	81	3,275	Engine
30	40	54	Lennie Pond	Burger King Oldsmobile	83	78	2,085	Brakes
31	11	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore Mercury	79	70	4,110	Valve
32	20	5	Neil Bonnett	Oldsmobile	76	72	4,475	Suspension
33	14	12	Harry Gant	J.W. Hunt Produce Oldsmobile	72	64	2,875	Accident
34	41	25	Ronnie Thomas	Sub-Tropic Chevrolet	64	61	4,045	Piston
35	27	87	Gary Balough	Fast Lane Ltd. Oldsmobile	53	58	3,425	Accident
36	32	72	Joe Millikan	Oldsmobile	53	55	5,340	Accident
37	9	21	David Pearson	Purolator Mercury	53	52	3,275	Accident
38	18	17	Skip Manning	Valvoline Oldsmobile	53	49	3,555	Accident
39	34	75	Butch Mock	Buick	38	46	2,165	Accident
40	1	28	Buddy Baker	Spectra Oldsmobile	38	48	23,775	Engine
41	39	89	Jim Vandiver	Oldsmobile	27	40	1,930	Engine

Time of Race .: 3 Hours 28 Minutes 22 Seconds

Average Speed .:143.977

Margin of Victory .: 1.000 Seconds

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