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1979 Daytona 500 Qualifying Race #1 Qualifying Race #2 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 31 Sunday, February 18, 1979 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:28:22 Average speed: 143.977 mph Pole speed: 196.049 mph Cautions: 7 for 57 laps Margin of victory: 1 cl Attendance: 120000 Lead changes: 36 Glossary    1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1979 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 13 43   Richard Petty STP / Southern Pride Car Wash Systems   (Petty Enterprises) Oldsmobile 200 73900 running 12 180 2 4 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Oldsmobile 200 59350 running 4 175 3 6 51   A.J. Foyt Gilmore   (A.J. Foyt) Oldsmobile 200 38550 running 4   4 2 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Oldsmobile 199 39600 crash 93 170 5 3 11   Cale Yarborough Busch   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 199 34525 crash 3 160 6 33 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Buick 199 24550 running 0 150 7 28 68   Chuck Bown Kings Inn   (Jim Testa) Buick 199 18895 running 0 146 8 10 2   Dale Earnhardt Rod Osterlund Buick 199 22845 running 10 147 9 37 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 198 15885 running 0 138 10 24 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 197 17475 running 0 134 11 7 15   Bobby Allison Hodgdon / Moore   (Bud Moore) Ford 197 17725 running 1 135 12 15 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 197 13795 running 0 127 13 35 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Buick 197 11355 running 0 124 14 38 19   Bill Dennis Belden Jennite   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 196 10115 running 0 121 15 26 98   Ralph Jones Jones Racing   (Ralph Jones) Ford 195 8110 running 0 118 16 19 44   Terry Labonte Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 189 8820 running 0 115 17 31 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 188 6865 running 0 112 18 5 27   Benny Parsons Griffin Marine   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 183 10435 running 37 114 19 17 50   Bruce Hill Newport & Associates   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 168 5375 running 0 106 20 36 39   Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin Mercury 160 4005 running 0 103 21 30 74   Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak Oldsmobile 152 4840 overheating 0 100 22 23 82   Paul Fess Lasky Construction   (Stan Lasky) Oldsmobile 135 3860 engine 0 97 23 21 41   Grant Adcox Adcox-Kirby   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 129 3730 wheel 0 94 24 12 02   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 119 3950 engine 0 91 25 29 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Oldsmobile 116 4470 engine 0 88 26 25 37   Dave Watson Ams Oil   (Phil Howard) Chevrolet 115 2850 clutch 1 90 27 8 05   Dick Brooks Bearfinder   (Nelson Malloch) Oldsmobile 105 5275 transmission 0 82 28 22 00   John Utsman Ed Whitaker Chevrolet 101 2850 engine 0 79 29 16 47   Geoffrey Bodine Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Oldsmobile 99 3275 engine 6 81 30 40 54   Lennie Pond Burger King   (Al Rudd) Oldsmobile 83 2085 brakes 2 78 31 11 90   Ricky Rudd Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 79 4110 engine 0 70 32 20 5   Neil Bonnett Jim Stacy Oldsmobile 76 4475 suspension 12 72 33 14 12   Harry Gant J.W. Hunt Produce   (Kennie Childers) Oldsmobile 72 2875 crash 0 64 34 41 25   Ronnie Thomas Sub-Tropic   (Don Robertson) Buick 64 4045 engine 0 61 35 27 87   Gary Balough Fast Lane Ltd.   (Billie Harvey) Oldsmobile 53 3425 crash 0 58 36 32 72   Joe Millikan L.G. DeWitt Oldsmobile 53 5340 crash 0 55 37 9 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 53 3275 crash 0 52 38 18 17   Skip Manning Valvoline   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 53 3555 crash 0 49 39 34 75   Butch Mock Rahmoc Enterprises Buick 38 2165 crash 0 46 40 1 28   Buddy Baker Spectra   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 38 23775 engine 15 48 41 39 89   Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon Oldsmobile 27 1930 engine 0 40

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Roger Hamby 0 Hamby Automotive Oldsmobile Jim Hurtubise 04 Global Debt Enhancer Buick Claude Ballot-Lena 6 JMS G.C. Spencer Oldsmobile Bill Elliott 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales George Elliott Mercury Bobby Ligarski 10 SIR Enterprises Chevrolet Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon-Barnicle Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile John Rezek 31 RPM Enterprises RPM Enterprises Buick Nestor Peles 34 Steve Peles Chevrolet Ferrel Harris 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton Chevrolet Bill Green 49 Charles Dean Connie Saylor 49 G.C. Spencer Dodge Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing Jimmy Means Chevrolet Dick May 57 Alfred McClure Ford Tommy Gale 64 Elmo Langley Ford Woody Fisher 75 Woody Fisher Chevrolet Morgan Shepherd 84 Makar Enterprises Jimmy Makar Mercury Jerry Jolly 96 Will Cronkrite Ford DC Bobby Fisher 40 Midwestern Farm Lines D.K. Ulrich Buick DC Bruce Jacobi 87 Steak N Shake / Fast Lane Ltd. Billie Harvey Chevrolet WD Freddy Fryar Global Heat Exchanger Buick WD Earle Canavan 01 Canavan Racing Earle Canavan Dodge WD Gary Myers 4 Spencer's Baby Wear Gary Myers Chevrolet WD Ed Negre 8 Negre Racing Norman Negre Chrysler WD Nelson Oswald 09 Oswald Racing Nelson Oswald Oldsmobile WD Joe Frasson 18 Carolina Carpet Carriers Joe Frasson Buick WD Lennie Pond 22 Al Rudd Auto Parts Al Rudd Chevrolet WD Bill Hollar 29 Hollar Auto Parts Bill Hollar Chevrolet WD Sandy Satullo 38 Copper Kettle Marina Sandy Satullo Buick WD Travis Tiller 46 Little B Coal Travis Tiller Dodge WD Joe Mihalic 61 J.M. Norris Race Team J.M. Norris Oldsmobile WD Jocko Maggiacomo 63 Shaw Motors Jocko Maggiacomo Oldsmobile WD John Kennedy 65 Spohn's Auto Body Ron Spohn Ford WD Mike Kempton 69 Pro-Sports Chevrolet WD Don Satterfield 87 Satterfield Racing Don Satterfield Chevrolet WD Richard Ulbricht 95 Sportsmen's Country Farm L.B. Hopkins Oldsmobile WD Ralph Jones 97 Jones Racing Ralph Jones Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 15 15   green-yellow start   16 30 15     31 41 11   #1,11,15 accident backstretch   42 54 13     55 64 10   #17,21,50,72,75,87 accident turn 2   65 73 9     74 81 8   #5,12 accident turn 4   82 102 21     103 110 8   oil on track   111 119 9     120 125 6   oil on track   126 137 12     138 142 5   #82 engine   143 200 58       Percent of race run under caution: 31.5%             Average green flag run: 19.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buddy Baker 1 15 15   Donnie Allison 16 20 5   Cale Yarborough 21 22 2   Benny Parsons 23 23 1   Bobby Allison 24 24 1   Donnie Allison 25 30 6   Darrell Waltrip 31 32 2   Lennie Pond 33 33 1   Neil Bonnett 34 41 8   A.J. Foyt 42 42 1   Neil Bonnett 43 43 1   Dale Earnhardt 44 44 1   Neil Bonnett 45 45 1   Dale Earnhardt 46 49 4   Benny Parsons 50 59 10   Richard Petty 60 69 10   Dale Earnhardt 70 70 1   Richard Petty 71 71 1   Neil Bonnett 72 73 2   Benny Parsons 74 75 2   Lennie Pond 76 76 1   Geoffrey Bodine 77 81 5   Benny Parsons 82 84 3   Geoffrey Bodine 85 85 1   Benny Parsons 86 106 21   Dave Watson 107 107 1   Donnie Allison 108 114 7   Dale Earnhardt 115 115 1   Donnie Allison 116 139 24   Dale Earnhardt 140 142 3   Donnie Allison 143 171 29   A.J. Foyt 172 173 2   Cale Yarborough 174 174 1   A.J. Foyt 175 175 1   Darrell Waltrip 176 177 2   Donnie Allison 178 199 22   Richard Petty 200 200 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Darrell Waltrip 360     2   Cale Yarborough 330   -30   3   Donnie Allison 325   -35   4   Richard Petty 247   -113   4   Dale Earnhardt 247   -113   6   Bobby Allison 246   -114   7   D.K. Ulrich 245   -115   8   Buddy Arrington 236   -124   9   Richard Childress 230   -130   10   David Pearson 227   -133   11   Frank Warren 216   -144   12   Joe Millikan 205   -155   13   J.D. McDuffie 200   -160   14   Benny Parsons 199   -161   15   Harry Gant 198   -162   16   Buddy Baker 194   -166   17   Ronnie Thomas 188   -172   18   Dave Marcis 182   -178   19   Terry Labonte 173   -187   20   Bill Schmitt 160   -200   21   Tighe Scott 150   -210