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1979 Firecracker 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 31 Wednesday, July 4, 1979 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:18:49 Average speed: 172.89 mph Pole speed: 193.196 mph Cautions: 2 for 11 laps Margin of victory: 1 sec Attendance: 45000 Lead changes: 28 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 21   Neil Bonnett Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 160 21705 running 77 185 2 3 27   Benny Parsons Griffin Marine   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 160 16875 running 6 175 3 21 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Oldsmobile 160 14980 running 1 170 4 6 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Oldsmobile 159 12280 running 54 165 5 11 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Oldsmobile 158 9480 running 2 160 6 12 68   Chuck Bown Kings Mountain Truck Plaza   (Jim Testa) Buick 157 4990 running 0 150 7 15 47   Harry Gant Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Oldsmobile 157 4240 running 0 146 8 24 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Oldsmobile 156 7540 running 0 142 9 37 05   Dick Brooks Sub-Tropic   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 156 5575 running 0 138 10 8 51   A.J. Foyt Valvoline   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 156 3140 running 3   11 27 9   Bill Elliott Yandle / Thermol King   (George Elliott) Mercury 156 2960 running 0 130 12 23 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 155 2935 running 0 127 13 19 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 155 5075 running 0 124 14 9 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 154 4865 running 0 121 15 7 67   Buddy Arrington Rossmeyer   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 154 4555 running 0 118 16 26 87   Gary Balough Fast Lane Ltd.   (Billie Harvey) Oldsmobile 154 1750 running 0   17 22 71   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 151 3635 running 0 112 18 35 40   D.K. Ulrich U.S. Army   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 151 3775 running 0 109 19 30 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 151 3415 running 1 111 20 5 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 149 6960 running 0 103 21 32 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 146 2855 running 0 100 22 38 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 146 2645 running 0 97 23 40 20   Rick Newsom MARS   (Rick Newsom) Oldsmobile 145 1410 running 0 94 24 33 39   Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin Mercury 144 1385 blew tire 0 91 25 28 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 138 1360 engine 0 88 26 17 17   Roger Hamby Kings Inn   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 137 2260 running 0 85 27 36 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 121 2225 rear end 0 82 28 13 12   Lennie Pond Burger King   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 105 1285 engine 0 79 29 10 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 89 2165 crash 0 76 30 20 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 89 4925 crash 0 73 31 31 6   Claude Ballot-Lena Lady & Son Auction   (G.C. Spencer) Oldsmobile 83 1130 engine 0   32 18 7   Al Holbert Holbert Porsche-Audi   (Al Holbert) Chevrolet 82 895 spindle 0   33 4 41   Grant Adcox Adcox-Kirby   (Herb Adcox) Oldsmobile 81 1180 engine 0 64 34 1 28   Buddy Baker W.I.N.   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 57 4255 ignition 16 66 35 41 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 50 1915 engine 0 58 36 39 46   Travis Tiller Ring Enterprises   (Travis Tiller) Dodge 46 1025 engine 0 55 37 16 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 28 1520 engine 0 52 38 29 38   Sandy Satullo Copper Kettle Marina   (Sandy Satullo) Buick 18 1015 crash 0 49 39 34 32   Jimmy Finger Vita Fresh / Pharis Chevy   (Don Bierschwale) Buick 17 1010 crash 0 46 40 14 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 7 1505 engine 0 43 41 25 50   Bruce Hill Global Heat Exchanger   (Walter Ballard) Buick 1 1035 engine 0 40

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Kyle Petty 42 STP Petty Enterprises Dodge Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 18 18     19 24 6   #6,21,32,38 accident turn 2   25 92 68     93 97 5   #15,44,68,70 accident backstretch   98 160 63       Percent of race run under caution: 6.9%             Average green flag run: 49.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 3 3   Darrell Waltrip 4 5 2   Buddy Baker 6 7 2   Darrell Waltrip 8 14 7   Buddy Baker 15 17 3   Darrell Waltrip 18 18 1   Buddy Baker 19 19 1   Darrell Waltrip 20 20 1   James Hylton 21 21 1   A.J. Foyt 22 24 3   Darrell Waltrip 25 28 4   Buddy Baker 29 30 2   Darrell Waltrip 31 34 4   Buddy Baker 35 35 1   Darrell Waltrip 36 36 1   Buddy Baker 37 37 1   Darrell Waltrip 38 47 10   Buddy Baker 48 48 1   Darrell Waltrip 49 49 1   Buddy Baker 50 51 2   Darrell Waltrip 52 57 6   Benny Parsons 58 58 1   Richard Petty 59 60 2   Darrell Waltrip 61 77 17   Neil Bonnett 78 91 14   Dale Earnhardt 92 92 1   Neil Bonnett 93 127 35   Benny Parsons 128 132 5   Neil Bonnett 133 160 28 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 2720     2   Bobby Allison 2587   -133   3   Richard Petty 2522   -198   4   Cale Yarborough 2500   -220   5   Dale Earnhardt 2342   -378   6   Benny Parsons 2237   -483   7   Joe Millikan 2221   -499   8   Terry Labonte 2009   -711   9   J.D. McDuffie 1997   -723   10   Richard Childress 1983   -737   11   D.K. Ulrich 1973   -747   12   Buddy Arrington 1961   -759   13   Buddy Baker 1955   -765   14   James Hylton 1919   -801   15   Frank Warren 1775   -945   16   Ricky Rudd 1765   -955   17   Donnie Allison 1677   -1043   18   Ronnie Thomas 1506   -1214   19   Tommy Gale 1437   -1283   20   Cecil Gordon 1421   -1299   21   Dave Marcis 1386   -1334