1979

TAL

05 August - 05 August, 1979

Talladega Superspeedway

Championship

NASCAR Cup Series

round

20

Laps

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Latest results

Race

D. Waltrip

D. Pearson

Osterlund Racing

R. Rudd

Donlavey Racing

Event info

Classification

Standings

NASCAR Cup

1979

TAL

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NASCAR Cup Series 1979 Talladega 500 Classification

Results

Sessions:

Race

Race

Pos	№	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	KP/H	Best	Lap
1	88	Darrell Waltrip		188	3:06:06.000			259.473
2	2	David Pearson	Osterlund Racing	188
3	90	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	186		2 Laps	2 Laps
4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	186		2 Laps
5	77	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	186		2 Laps
6	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	186		2 Laps
7	47	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team	184		4 Laps	2 Laps
8	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Motorsports	181		7 Laps	3 Laps
9	42	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	181		7 Laps
10	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	179		9 Laps	2 Laps
11	05	Dick Brooks		177		11 Laps	2 Laps
12	9	Bill Elliott		176		12 Laps	1 Lap
13	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	175		13 Laps	1 Lap
14	19	Bob Burcham		172		16 Laps	3 Laps
15	20	Rick Newsom		172		16 Laps
16	50	Bruce Hill		171		17 Laps	1 Lap
17	73	Steve Moore		170		18 Laps	1 Lap
18	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	163		25 Laps	7 Laps
19	41	Grant Adcox		162		26 Laps	1 Lap
20	48	James Hylton	Hylton Motorsports	159		29 Laps	3 Laps
21	27	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing	146		42 Laps	13 Laps
22	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	143		45 Laps	3 Laps
23	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	142		46 Laps	1 Lap
24	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	138		50 Laps	4 Laps
25	72	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing	120		68 Laps	18 Laps
26	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	95		93 Laps	25 Laps
27	40	D.K. Ulrich	Jasper Motorsports	92		96 Laps	3 Laps
28	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	90		98 Laps	2 Laps
29	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	87		101 Laps	3 Laps
30	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	83		105 Laps	4 Laps
31	71	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing	83		105 Laps
32	36	Marty Robbins		75		113 Laps	8 Laps
33	44	Terry Labonte	Hagan Racing	75		113 Laps
34	21	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	71		117 Laps	4 Laps
35	12	Jack Ingram		70		118 Laps	1 Lap
36	64	Tommy Gale	Langley Racing	58		130 Laps	12 Laps
37	39	Blackie Wangerin		50		138 Laps	8 Laps
38	7	Al Holbert		47		141 Laps	3 Laps
39	28	Buddy Baker	Harry Ranier Motorsports	41		147 Laps	6 Laps
40	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	40		148 Laps	1 Lap
41	87	Dick May				188 Laps	40 Laps