1979

DAY

18 February - 18 February, 1979

Daytona International Speedway

Championship

NASCAR Cup Series

round

2

Laps

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Race

R. Petty

Petty Enterprises

D. Waltrip

DiGard Racing

A. Foyt

A. J. Foyt Enterprises

Event info

Classification

Standings

NASCAR Cup

1979

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NASCAR Cup Series 1979 Daytona 500 Classification

Results

Sessions:

Race

Race

Pos	№	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	KP/H	Best	Lap
1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	200	3:28:22.000			231.708
2	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Racing	200
3	51	A.J. Foyt	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	200
4	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	199		1 Lap	1 Lap
5	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	199		1 Lap
6	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	199		1 Lap
7	68	Chuck Bown		199		1 Lap
8	2	Dale Earnhardt Sr.	Osterlund Racing	199		1 Lap
9	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	198		2 Laps	1 Lap
10	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	197		3 Laps	1 Lap
11	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	197		3 Laps
12	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Motorsports	197		3 Laps
13	40	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports	197		3 Laps
14	19	Bill Dennis		196		4 Laps	1 Lap
15	98	Ralph Jones		195		5 Laps	1 Lap
16	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	189		11 Laps	6 Laps
17	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	188		12 Laps	1 Lap
18	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	183		17 Laps	5 Laps
19	50	Bruce Hill		168		32 Laps	15 Laps
20	39	Blackie Wangerin		160		40 Laps	8 Laps
21	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	152		48 Laps	8 Laps
22	82	Paul Fess		135		65 Laps	17 Laps
23	41	Grant Adcox		129		71 Laps	6 Laps
24	02	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	119		81 Laps	10 Laps
25	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	116		84 Laps	3 Laps
26	37	Dave Watson		115		85 Laps	1 Lap
27	05	Dick Brooks		105		95 Laps	10 Laps
28	00	John Utsman		101		99 Laps	4 Laps
29	47	Geoff Bodine	Race Hill Farm Team	99		101 Laps	2 Laps
30	54	Lennie Pond		83		117 Laps	16 Laps
31	90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	79		121 Laps	4 Laps
32	5	Neil Bonnett		76		124 Laps	3 Laps
33	12	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	72		128 Laps	4 Laps
34	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	64		136 Laps	8 Laps
35	87	Gary Balough		53		147 Laps	11 Laps
36	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	53		147 Laps
37	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	53		147 Laps
38	17	Skip Manning	Hamby Racing	53		147 Laps
39	75	Butch Mock	RahMoc Enterprises	38		162 Laps	15 Laps
40	28	Buddy Baker	Harry Ranier Motorsports	38		162 Laps
41	89	Jim Vandiver		27		173 Laps	11 Laps