Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 18th, 1979

Race #2 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 143.977 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 57
  • Lead Changes: 36
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 13 43 Richard Petty Oldsmobile 180 175 5 200 12 Running
2 4 88 Darrell Waltrip Oldsmobile 175 170 5 200 4 Running
3 6 51 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile 170 165 5 200 4 Running
4 2 1 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile 170 160 10 199 93 Crash
5 3 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 160 155 5 199 3 Crash
6 33 30 Tighe Scott Buick 150 150 0 199 0 Running
7 28 68 Chuck Bown Buick 146 146 0 199 0 Running
8 10 2 Dale Earnhardt Buick 147 142 5 199 10 Running
9 37 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 138 138 0 198 0 Running
10 24 79 Frank Warren Dodge 134 134 0 197 0 Running
11 7 15 Bobby Allison Ford 135 130 5 197 1 Running
12 15 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 127 127 0 197 0 Running
13 35 40 DK Ulrich Buick 124 124 0 197 0 Running
14 38 19 Bill Dennis Chevrolet 121 121 0 196 0 Running
15 26 98 Ralph Jones Ford 118 118 0 195 0 Running
16 19 44 Terry Labonte Buick 115 115 0 189 0 Running
17 31 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 112 112 0 188 0 Running
18 5 27 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 114 109 5 183 37 Running
19 17 50 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile 106 106 0 168 0 Running
20 36 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 103 103 0 160 0 Running
21 30 74 Bobby Wawak Oldsmobile 100 100 0 152 0 Overheating
22 23 82 Paul Fess Oldsmobile 97 97 0 135 0 Engine
23 21 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 94 94 0 129 0 Wheel
24 12 02 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 91 91 0 119 0 Engine
25 29 70 JD McDuffie Oldsmobile 88 88 0 116 0 Engine
26 25 37 Dave Watson Chevrolet 90 85 5 115 1 Clutch
27 8 05 Dick Brooks Oldsmobile 82 82 0 105 0 Transmission
28 22 00 John Utsman Chevrolet 79 79 0 101 0 Engine
29 16 47 Geoff Bodine Oldsmobile 81 76 5 99 6 Engine
30 40 54 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile 78 73 5 83 2 Brakes
31 11 90 Ricky Rudd Mercury 70 70 0 79 0 Engine
32 20 5 Neil Bonnett Oldsmobile 72 67 5 76 12 Suspension
33 14 12 Harry Gant Oldsmobile 64 64 0 72 0 Crash
34 41 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 61 61 0 64 0 Engine
35 27 87 Gary Balough Oldsmobile 58 58 0 53 0 Crash
36 32 72 Joe Millikan Oldsmobile 55 55 0 53 0 Crash
37 9 21 David Pearson Mercury 52 52 0 53 0 Crash
38 18 17 Skip Manning Oldsmobile 49 49 0 53 0 Crash
39 34 75 Butch Mock Buick 46 46 0 38 0 Crash
40 1 28 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 48 43 5 38 15 Engine
41 39 89 Jim Vandiver Oldsmobile 40 40 0 27 0 Engine