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1979 Firecracker 400

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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

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
WD	Kyle Petty	42	STP	Petty Enterprises	Dodge

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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