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1979 Qualifying Race #2     Post NASCAR Daytona Qualifier race number 2 Thursday, February 15, 1979 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 50 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (125.000 miles) Time of race: 0:49:01 Average speed: 153.009 mph Pole speed: 194.889 mph Cautions: 2 for 10 laps Margin of victory: 2 cl Attendance: 50000 Lead changes: 8 Glossary    Daytona Qualifier Page

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard) Oldsmobile 50 11500 running 34 2 4 51   A.J. Foyt Gilmore   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 50 5725 running 1 3 23 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 50 3650 running 0 4 8 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Buick 50 2525 running 0 5 18 02   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 50 1700 running 0 6 13 12   Harry Gant J.W. Hunt Produce   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 50 1450 running 0 7 7 47   Geoffrey Bodine Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Oldsmobile 50 1400 running 0 8 19 17   Skip Manning Valvoline   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 50 1450 running 0 9 14 5   Neil Bonnett Jim Stacy Oldsmobile 50 1300 running 0 10 15 00   John Utsman Ed Whitaker Chevrolet 50 1250 running 0 11 6 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 50 1200 running 0 12 21 98   Ralph Jones Ralph Jones Ford 50 1150 running 0 13 9 68   Chuck Bown Kings Inn   (Jim Testa) Buick 50 1100 running 0 14 25 74   Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak Oldsmobile 50 1050 running 0 15 26 57   Dick May Alfred McClure Ford 50 975 running 0 16 16 10   Bobby Ligarski SIR Enterprises Chevrolet 49 940 running 0 17 28 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon-Barnicle   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 49 905 running 0 18 10 75   Butch Mock RahMoc Enterprises Buick 49 870 running 0 19 29 96   Jerry Jolly Will Cronkrite Ford 49 835 running 0 20 20 45   Ferrel Harris Baxter Price Chevrolet 48 800 running 0 21 30 49   Bill Green Charles Dean Chevrolet 47 765 running 0 22 12 89   Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon Oldsmobile 47 730 running 0 23 5 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Ballard Racing) Buick 41 695 crash 0 24 11 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 40 690 – 3 25 1 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Oldsmobile 37 550 engine 10 26 3 72   Joe Millikan L.G. DeWitt Oldsmobile 33 290 overheating 2 27 27 84   Morgan Shepherd Makar Enterprises   (Jim Makar) Mercury 22 255 – 0 28 17 54   Lennie Pond Burger King   (Al Rudd) Oldsmobile 11 235 crash 0 29 24 19   Bill Dennis Belden Jennite   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 6 220 – 0 30 22 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 4 200 – 0