Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway

July 4th, 1979

Race #17 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 160
  • Miles: 400.0
  • Average Speed: 172.890 mph
  • Cautions: 2
  • Caution Laps: 11
  • Lead Changes: 28
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 21 Neil Bonnett Mercury 185 175 10 160 77 Running
2 3 27 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 175 170 5 160 6 Running
3 21 2 Dale Earnhardt Oldsmobile 170 165 5 160 1 Running
4 6 88 Darrell Waltrip Oldsmobile 165 160 5 159 54 Running
5 11 43 Richard Petty Oldsmobile 160 155 5 158 2 Running
6 12 68 Chuck Bown Buick 150 150 0 157 0 Running
7 15 47 Harry Gant Oldsmobile 146 146 0 157 0 Running
8 24 72 Joe Millikan Oldsmobile 142 142 0 156 0 Running
9 37 05 Dick Brooks Oldsmobile 138 138 0 156 0 Running
10 8 51 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile 139 134 5 156 3 Running
11 27 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 130 130 0 156 0 Running
12 23 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 127 127 0 155 0 Running
13 19 90 Ricky Rudd Mercury 124 124 0 155 0 Running
14 9 30 Tighe Scott Buick 121 121 0 154 0 Running
15 7 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 118 118 0 154 0 Running
16 26 87 Gary Balough Oldsmobile 115 115 0 154 0 Running
17 22 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 112 112 0 151 0 Running
18 35 40 DK Ulrich Buick 109 109 0 151 0 Running
19 30 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 111 106 5 151 1 Running
20 5 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 103 103 0 149 0 Running
21 32 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 100 100 0 146 0 Running
22 38 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 97 97 0 146 0 Running
23 40 20 Rick Newsom Oldsmobile 94 94 0 145 0 Running
24 33 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 91 91 0 144 0 Blew tire
25 28 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 88 88 0 138 0 Engine
26 17 17 Roger Hamby Oldsmobile 85 85 0 137 0 Running
27 36 64 Tommy Gale Ford 82 82 0 121 0 Rear end
28 13 12 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile 79 79 0 105 0 Engine
29 10 44 Terry Labonte Buick 76 76 0 89 0 Crash
30 20 15 Bobby Allison Ford 73 73 0 89 0 Crash
31 31 6 Claude Ballot-Lena Oldsmobile 70 70 0 83 0 Engine
32 18 7 Al Holbert Chevrolet 67 67 0 82 0 Spindle
33 4 41 Grant Adcox Oldsmobile 64 64 0 81 0 Engine
34 1 28 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 66 61 5 57 16 Ignition
35 41 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 58 58 0 50 0 Engine
36 39 46 Travis Tiller Dodge 55 55 0 46 0 Engine
37 16 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 52 52 0 28 0 Engine
38 29 38 Sandy Satullo Buick 49 49 0 18 0 Crash
39 34 32 Jimmy Finger Buick 46 46 0 17 0 Crash
40 14 79 Frank Warren Dodge 43 43 0 7 0 Engine
41 25 50 Bruce Hill Buick 40 40 0 1 0 Engine