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Talladega 500 Race Results

Talladega Superspeedway
August 05, 1979

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
0-Mile
188 Laps/0 Miles

FP	SP	Car	Driver	Team / Make	Laps	Points	Money	Status
1	8	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade Oldsmobile	188	185	32,325	Running
2	2	2	David Pearson	Oldsmobile	188	175	20,925	Running
3	11	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore Mercury	186	165	13,920	Running
4	13	43	Richard Petty	STP Oldsmobile	186	165	11,475	Running
5	25	77	Jody Ridley	Sunny King Mercury	186	155	6,025	Running
6	3	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs Buick	186	150	8,000	Running
7	21	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Oldsmobile	184	146	4,815	Running
8	6	67	Buddy Arrington	Rossmeyer Dodge	181	142	5,980	Running
9	18	42	Kyle Petty	STP Dodge	181	138	3,315	Running
10	20	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals Oldsmobile	179	134	5,520	Running
11	24	05	Dick Brooks	Bearfinder Oldsmobile	177	130	4,560	Running
12	22	9	Bill Elliott	Yandle / Thermol King Mercury	176	127	2,865	Running
13	37	52	Jimmy Means	Mr. Transmission Chevrolet	175	124	4,740	Running
14	38	19	Bob Burcham	Belden Asphalt Chevrolet	172	121	4,480	Running
15	34	20	Rick Newsom	MARS Oldsmobile	172	118	2,565	Running
16	10	50	Bruce Hill	Global Heat Exchanger Oldsmobile	171	115	2,465	Engine
17	39	73	Steve Moore	Gilbert Moore Chevrolet	170	112	2,415	Running
19	7	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby Oldsmobile	162	111	2,515	Valve
20	30	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts Oldsmobile	159	103	3,510	Running
21	12	27	Benny Parsons	Griffin Marine Oldsmobile	146	105	3,400	Engine
22	32	25	Ronnie Thomas	Stone's Cafeteria Buick	143	97	3,965	Engine
23	9	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan Dodge	142	94	2,830	Running
24	5	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch Oldsmobile	138	96	8,015	Engine
25	26	72	Joe Millikan	Appliance Wheels Oldsmobile	120	93	6,615	Engine
26	36	45	Baxter Price	Iron Peddlers Oldsmobile	95	85	2,670	Engine
28	19	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore Ford	90	79	5,365	Engine
29	33	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet	87	76	1,590	Engine
30	23	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet	83	73	1,515	Valve
31	14	71	Dave Marcis	Shoney's Chevrolet	83	70	1,350	Timing Chain
32	40	36	Marty Robbins	Dodge	75	67	1,325	Engine
33	15	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph Buick	75	64	2,300	Engine
34	1	21	Neil Bonnett	Purolator Mercury	71	66	6,025	Engine
35	16	12	Jack Ingram	Kencoal Mining Oldsmobile	70	58	1,250	Clutch
36	27	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford	58	55	1,725	Engine
37	29	39	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	50	52	1,350	Oil Pressure
38	17	7	Al Holbert	Holbert Porsche-Audi Oldsmobile	47	0	1,175	Engine
39	4	28	Buddy Baker	W.I.N. Oldsmobile	41	46	1,750	Valve
40	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Oldsmobile	40	43	1,550	Engine
41	28	87	Dick May	Fast Lane Ltd. Oldsmobile	0	0	1,050	Oil Pressure

Time of Race .: 3 Hours 6 Minutes 6 Seconds

Average Speed .:161.229

Margin of Victory .: 62.000 Seconds

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