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1979 Texas 400

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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

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

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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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