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1979 Daytona 500

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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 (500.0 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: 120,000
Lead changes: 36

Glossary 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1979 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
40	1	28	Buddy Baker	Spectra (Harry Ranier)	Oldsmobile	38	23,775	engine	15	48
4	2	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Oldsmobile	199	39,600	crash	93	170
5	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Busch (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	199	34,525	crash	3	160
2	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Oldsmobile	200	59,350	running	4	175
18	5	27	Benny Parsons	Griffin Marine (M.C. Anderson)	Oldsmobile	183	10,435	running	37	114
3	6	51	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore (A.J. Foyt)	Oldsmobile	200	38,550	running	4
11	7	15	Bobby Allison	Hodgdon / Moore (Bud Moore)	Ford	197	17,725	running	1	135
27	8	05	Dick Brooks	Bearfinder (Nelson Malloch)	Oldsmobile	105	5,275	transmission	0	82
37	9	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	53	3,275	crash	0	52
8	10	2	Dale Earnhardt	Rod Osterlund	Buick	199	22,845	running	10	147
31	11	90	Ricky Rudd	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	79	4,110	engine	0	70
24	12	02	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	119	3,950	engine	0	91
1	13	43	Richard Petty	STP / Southern Pride Car Wash Systems (Petty Enterprises)	Oldsmobile	200	73,900	running	12	180
33	14	12	Harry Gant	J.W. Hunt Produce (Kennie Childers)	Oldsmobile	72	2,875	crash	0	64
12	15	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	197	13,795	running	0	127
29	16	47	Geoffrey Bodine	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Oldsmobile	99	3,275	engine	6	81
19	17	50	Bruce Hill	Newport & Associates (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	168	5,375	running	0	106
38	18	17	Skip Manning	Valvoline (Roger Hamby)	Oldsmobile	53	3,555	crash	0	49
16	19	44	Terry Labonte	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Buick	189	8,820	running	0	115
32	20	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Oldsmobile	76	4,475	suspension	12	72
23	21	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	129	3,730	wheel	0	94
28	22	00	John Utsman	Ed Whitaker	Chevrolet	101	2,850	engine	0	79
22	23	82	Paul Fess	Lasky Construction (Stan Lasky)	Oldsmobile	135	3,860	engine	0	97
10	24	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	197	17,475	running	0	134
26	25	37	Dave Watson	Ams Oil (Phil Howard)	Chevrolet	115	2,850	clutch	1	90
15	26	98	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones	Ford	195	8,110	running	0	118
35	27	87	Gary Balough	Fast Lane Ltd. (Billie Harvey)	Oldsmobile	53	3,425	crash	0	58
7	28	68	Chuck Bown	Kings Inn (Jim Testa)	Buick	199	18,895	running	0	146
25	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Oldsmobile	116	4,470	engine	0	88
21	30	74	Bobby Wawak	Bobby Wawak	Oldsmobile	152	4,840	overheating	0	100
17	31	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	188	6,865	running	0	112
36	32	72	Joe Millikan	L.G. DeWitt	Oldsmobile	53	5,340	crash	0	55
6	33	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Buick	199	24,550	running	0	150
39	34	75	Butch Mock	RahMoc Enterprises	Buick	38	2,165	crash	0	46
13	35	40	D.K. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich)	Buick	197	11,355	running	0	124
20	36	39	Blackie Wangerin	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	160	4,005	running	0	103
9	37	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	198	15,885	running	0	138
14	38	19	Bill Dennis	Belden Jennite (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	196	10,115	running	0	121
41	39	89	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	Oldsmobile	27	1,930	engine	0	40
30	40	54	Lennie Pond	Burger King (Al Rudd)	Oldsmobile	83	2,085	brakes	2	78
34	41	25	Ronnie Thomas	Sub-Tropic (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	64	4,045	engine	0	61

Failed to qualify: Bruce Jacobi (#87), Morgan Shepherd (#84), Bill Green (#49), Ferrel Harris (#45), Jerry Jolly (#96), Cecil Gordon (#24), Bobby Ligarski (#10), Dick May (#57), Tommy Gale (#64), Bobby Fisher (#40), John Rezek (#31), Roger Hamby (#0), Connie Saylor (#49), Nestor Peles (#34), Woody Fisher (#75), Jim Hurtubise (#04), Bill Elliott (#9), Claude Ballot-Lena (#6), Jimmy Means (#52)

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

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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Darrell Waltrip	360
2	Cale Yarborough	330	-30
3	Donnie Allison	325	-35
4	Richard Petty	247	-113
5	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

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