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1979 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1979 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Richard Petty	13	41	18	3	13	12	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	13	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Oldsmobile	200	12	running	180
2	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Oldsmobile	200	4	running	175
3	6	51	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	Oldsmobile	200	4	running	0
4	2	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Oldsmobile	199	93	accident	170
5	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	199	3	accident	160
6	33	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Buick	199		running	150
7	28	68	Chuck Bown	Testa Racing	Buick	199		running	146
8	10	2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports	Buick	199	10	running	147
9	37	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	198		running	138
10	24	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	197		running	134
11	7	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	197	1	running	135
12	15	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	197		running	127
13	35	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Buick	197		running	124
14	38	19	Bill Dennis	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	196		running	121
15	26	98	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)	Ford	195		running	118
16	19	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	189		running	115
17	31	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Oldsmobile	188		running	112
18	5	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	Oldsmobile	183	37	running	114
19	17	50	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing	Oldsmobile	168		running	106
20	36	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	160		running	103
21	30	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Oldsmobile	152		overheating	100
22	23	82	Paul Fess	Stan Lasky (Owner)	Oldsmobile	135		engine	97
23	21	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Chevrolet	129		rear wheel cylinder	94
24	12	02	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	Chevrolet	119		engine	91
25	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Oldsmobile	116		cylinder head	88
26	25	37	Dave Watson	Phil Howard (Owner)	Chevrolet	115	1	clutch	90
27	8	05	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)	Oldsmobile	105		transmission	82
28	22	00	John A. Utsman	Wellrich Motorsports	Chevrolet	101		engine	79
29	16	47	Geoff Bodine	Race Hill Farm Team	Oldsmobile	99	6	engine	81
30	40	54	Lennie Pond	Al Rudd Auto	Oldsmobile	83	2	brakes	78
31	11	90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	79		broken valve	70
32	20	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Oldsmobile	76	12	suspension	72
33	14	12	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Oldsmobile	72		accident	64
34	41	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	64		piston	61
35	27	87	Gary Balough	Billie Harvey (Owner)	Oldsmobile	53		accident	58
36	32	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	Oldsmobile	53		accident	55
37	9	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	53		accident	52
38	18	17	Skip Manning	Hamby Racing	Oldsmobile	53		accident	49
39	34	75	Butch Mock	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	38		accident	46
40	1	28	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing	Oldsmobile	38	15	engine	48
41	39	89	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Oldsmobile	27		engine	40

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Donnie Allison	93	46.5%	P4
2	Benny Parsons	37	18.5%	P18
3	Buddy Baker	15	7.5%	P40
4	Richard Petty	12	6.0%	P1
5	Neil Bonnett	12	6.0%	P32
6	Dale Earnhardt	10	5.0%	P8
7	Geoff Bodine	6	3.0%	P29
8	Darrell Waltrip	4	2.0%	P2
9	A.J. Foyt	4	2.0%	P3
10	Cale Yarborough	3	1.5%	P5
11	Lennie Pond	2	1.0%	P30
12	Bobby Allison	1	0.5%	P11
13	Dave Watson	1	0.5%	P26

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