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1979 Qualifying Race #1

   

NASCAR Daytona Qualifier race number 1
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: 0:44:45
Average speed: 167.598 mph
Pole speed: 196.049 mph
Cautions: 1 for 5 laps
Margin of victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 50000
Lead changes: 6

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PosSt#DriverCarLapsMoneyStatusLed
24160   Roger Hamby Hamby AutomotiveOldsmobile176600
26 33   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress)Oldsmobile52000
192104   Jim Hurtubise Global Debt EnhancerBuick47835running0
16256   Claude Ballot-Lena JMS   (G.C. Spencer)Oldsmobile49940running0
18159   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott)Mercury47870running0
2 211   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson)Oldsmobile506700running10
41215   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore)Ford502525running0
5 821   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers)Mercury501500running0
222625   Ronnie Thomas Sub-Tropic   (Don Robertson)Chevrolet45730running0
3 527   Benny Parsons Griffin Marine   (M.C. Anderson)Oldsmobile503575running0
1 128   Buddy Baker Spectra   (Harry Ranier)Oldsmobile5017500running38
252831   John Rezek RPM Enterprises   (Curtis Payne)Buick125500
211734   Nestor Peles Steve PelesChevrolet46765running0
131437   Dave Watson Ams Oil   (Phil Howard)Chevrolet491100running0
281139   Blackie Wangerin Blackie WangerinMercury3235engine0
272440   Bobby Fisher Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich)Buick4255crash0
111941   Grant Adcox Adcox-Kirby   (Herb Adcox)Chevrolet501200running0
7 643   Richard Petty STP / Southern Pride Car Wash Systems   (Petty Enterprises)Oldsmobile501400running2
10 944   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan)Buick501250running0
172248   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton)Chevrolet48905running0
232749   Connie Saylor G.C. SpencerDodge326950
9 750   Bruce Hill Newport & Associates   (Ballard Racing)Oldsmobile501300running0
292064   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley)Ford3220crash0
8 467   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington)Dodge501350running0
152370   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie)Oldsmobile49975running0
201375   Woody Fisher Woody FisherChevrolet46800running0
121882   Paul Fess Lasky Construction   (Stan Lasky)Oldsmobile491150running0
142987   Bruce Jacobi Fast Lane Ltd.   (Billie Harvey)Chevrolet491050running0
61090   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey)Mercury501450running0