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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Busch Nashville 420

Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville

July 14th, 1979

Race #18 of the 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 420
  • Miles: 210.0
  • Average Speed: 92.227 mph
  • Cautions: 3
  • Caution Laps: 19
  • Lead Changes: 2
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 185 175 10 420 409 Running
2 5 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 170 170 0 419 0 Running
3 3 2 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 165 165 0 417 0 Running
4 9 27 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 160 160 0 417 0 Running
5 6 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 155 155 0 406 0 Running
6 19 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 150 150 0 406 0 Running
7 17 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 146 146 0 405 0 Running
8 10 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 142 142 0 404 0 Running
9 21 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 138 138 0 396 0 Running
10 20 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 134 134 0 394 0 Running
11 16 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 130 130 0 391 0 Running
12 18 55 Wayne Watercutter Chevrolet 127 127 0 390 0 Running
13 26 17 Roger Hamby Oldsmobile 124 124 0 380 0 Running
14 27 79 Frank Warren Dodge 121 121 0 374 0 Running
15 14 14 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 123 118 5 341 11 Lug bolt
16 2 15 Bobby Allison Ford 115 115 0 340 0 Running
17 23 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 112 112 0 272 0 Engine
18 24 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 109 109 0 250 0 Crash
19 7 05 Dick Brooks Chevrolet 106 106 0 155 0 Oil leak
20 11 19 Steve Spencer Chevrolet 103 103 0 151 0 Water pump
21 4 72 Joe Millikan Chevrolet 100 100 0 150 0 Crash
22 13 47 Harry Gant Chevrolet 97 97 0 142 0 Engine
23 12 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 94 94 0 114 0 Overheating
24 25 98 Ralph Jones Ford 91 91 0 92 0 Oil leak
25 8 44 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 88 88 0 40 0 Engine
26 28 69 Henry Jones Chevrolet 85 85 0 19 0 Engine
27 15 09 Nelson Oswald Chevrolet 82 82 0 6 0 Engine
28 22 64 Tommy Gale Ford 79 79 0 5 0 Engine
29 30 58 Dick May Chevrolet 76 76 0 3 0 Engine
30 29 10 Jimmy Hindman Ford 73 73 0 2 0 Oil leak