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1979 Texas 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 31 Sunday, June 3, 1979 at Texas World Speedway, College Station, TX 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:33:39 Average speed: 156.216 mph Pole speed: 167.903 mph Cautions: 1 for 5 laps Margin of victory: 1 lp 1 sec Attendance: 11500 Lead changes: 22 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 200 21750 running 155 185 2 6 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 199 14600 running 0 170 3 1 28   Buddy Baker Spectra   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 199 13950 running 3 170 4 5 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 199 12150 running 0 160 5 2 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 196 12150 running 1 160 6 9 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 195 8700 running 0 150 7 19 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 193 6250 running 0 146 8 10 72   Joe Millikan Appliance Wheels   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 192 7200 running 0 142 9 17 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 192 5080 running 0 138 10 16 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 190 4670 running 0 134 11 24 31   John Rezek RPM Enterprises   (Curtis Payne) Oldsmobile 190 2400 running 0 130 12 3 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 189 6400 crash 41 132 13 13 50   Bruce Hill Global Heat Exchanger   (Walter Ballard) Buick 189 2200 running 0 124 14 21 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 186 3810 running 0 121 15 12 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 186 3590 running 0 118 16 25 36   H.B. Bailey Almeda Auto Parts   (H.B. Bailey) Pontiac 185 1900 running 0 115 17 22 19   Billy Hagan Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 185 3280 running 0 112 18 29 01   Earle Canavan Irish Spring Soap   (Earle Canavan) Dodge 184 1700 running 0 109 19 18 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 181 3020 running 0 106 20 14 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 180 2960 running 0 103 21 31 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 174 2650 running 0 100 22 26 76   Mike Potter Miller   (Mike Potter) Chevrolet 174 1500 running 0   23 23 52   Jimmy Means Mr. Transmission   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 173 2340 running 0 94 24 27 96   Jim Hurlbert White Crown Engineering   (Will Cronkrite) Ford 150 1400 running 0 91 25 8 27   Benny Parsons M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 143 2230 spindle 0 88 26 15 25   Ronnie Thomas Stone's Cafeteria   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 140 3170 wheel 0 85 27 20 45   Baxter Price Iron Peddlers   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 139 2100 transmission 0 82 28 7 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 135 1700 engine 0 79 29 33 69   Mike Kempton Pro Shoppe   (Mike Kempton) Chevrolet 135 1150 running 0 76 30 30 09   Dick May CRC Chemicals   (Nelson Oswald) Oldsmobile 113 1100 engine 0 73 31 11 12   Lennie Pond Kencoal Mining   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 70 1050 engine 0 70 32 32 55   Bill Meazell Lowrey U-Haul   (Bill Meazell) Chevrolet 46 1000 engine 0 67 33 34 58   John Haver Camera World Canon   (John Haver) Chevrolet 36 950 engine 0   34 28 32   Jimmy Finger Vita Fresh / Pharis Chevy   (Don Bierschwale) Buick 5 1150 engine 0 61

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 193 193     194 198 5   #2 accident turn 3   199 200 2       Percent of race run under caution: 2.5%             Average green flag run: 97.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Terry Labonte 1 1 1   Darrell Waltrip 2 7 6   Buddy Baker 8 8 1   Darrell Waltrip 9 33 25   Dale Earnhardt 34 38 5   Buddy Baker 39 40 2   Dale Earnhardt 41 46 6   Darrell Waltrip 47 47 1   Dale Earnhardt 48 50 3   Darrell Waltrip 51 66 16   Dale Earnhardt 67 67 1   Darrell Waltrip 68 78 11   Dale Earnhardt 79 93 15   Darrell Waltrip 94 117 24   Dale Earnhardt 118 119 2   Darrell Waltrip 120 125 6   Dale Earnhardt 126 126 1   Darrell Waltrip 127 127 1   Dale Earnhardt 128 134 7   Darrell Waltrip 135 143 9   Dale Earnhardt 144 144 1   Darrell Waltrip 145 200 56 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 2251     2   Bobby Allison 2183   -68   3   Cale Yarborough 2057   -194   4   Richard Petty 2037   -214   5   Dale Earnhardt 1888   -363   6   Joe Millikan 1872   -379   7   Benny Parsons 1837   -414   8   Terry Labonte 1736   -515   9   Buddy Baker 1704   -547   10   D.K. Ulrich 1700   -551   11   Richard Childress 1687   -564   12   J.D. McDuffie 1630   -621   13   Buddy Arrington 1587   -664   14   James Hylton 1584   -667   15   Frank Warren 1538   -713   16   Ricky Rudd 1499   -752   17   Donnie Allison 1375   -876   18   Ronnie Thomas 1325   -926   19   Tommy Gale 1291   -960   20   Cecil Gordon 1233   -1018   21   Dave Marcis 1184   -1067