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1979 Official Race Results : FireCracker 400

FireCracker 400 | July 04, 1979 | Race 17 of 31
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FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
1221 Neil Bonnett Mercury Purolator 185/10 160Running 21,705
2327 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile Griffin's Marine 175/5 160Running 16,875
3212 Dale Earnhardt * Oldsmobile Osterlund 170/5 160Running 14,980
4688 Darrell Waltrip Oldsmobile Gatorade 165/5 159Running 12,280
51143 Richard Petty Oldsmobile STP 160/5 158Running 9,480
61268 Chuck Bown Buick King Mountain Truck 150/0 157Running 4,990
71547 Harry Gant Oldsmobile Race Hill Farm 146/0 157Running 4,240
82472 Joe Millikan Oldsmobile Appliance Wheels 142/0 156Running 7,540
93705 Dick Brooks Oldsmobile Sub-Tropic 138/0 156Running 5,575
10851 AJ Foyt Oldsmobile Valvoline PE156Running 3,140
11279 Bill Elliott Mercury Yandle / Thermo King 130/0 156Running 2,960
12231 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Hawaiian Tropic 127/0 155Running 2,935
131990 Ricky Rudd Mercury Truxmore 124/0 155Running 5,075
14930 Tighe Scott Buick Russ Togs 121/0 154Running 4,865
15767 Buddy Arrington Dodge Rossmeyer 118/0 154Running 4,555
162687 Gary Balough Oldsmobile Fast Lane Ltd. PE154Running 1,750
172271 Dave Marcis Chevrolet Shoney's 112/0 151Running 3,635
183540 D.k. Ulrich Buick U.S. Army 109/0 151Running 3,775
193048 James Hylton Chevrolet Palatine Automotive 111/5 151Running 3,415
20511 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile Busch 103/0 149Running 6,960
213270 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating 100/0 146Running 2,855
223852 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Mr. Transmission 97/0 146Running 2,645
234020 Rick Newsom Oldsmobile Mars 94/0 145Running 1,410
243339 Blackie Wangerin Mercury Wangerin 91/0 144Blown Tire 1,385
252814 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet Cunningham-Kelley 88/0 138Engine Failure 1,360
261717 Roger Hamby Oldsmobile Kings Inn 85/0 137Running 2,260
273664 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda 82/0 121Rear End 2,225
281312 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile Burger King 79/0 105Engine Failure 1,285
291044 Terry Labonte Buick Stratagraph 76/0 89Accident 2,165
302015 Bobby Allison Ford Hodgdon / Moore 73/0 89Accident 4,925
31316 Claude Ballott-Lena Oldsmobile Lady & Son PE83Engine Failure 1,130
32187 Al Holbert Chevrolet Holbert Porsche-Audi PE82Broken Spindle 895
33441 Grant Adcox Oldsmobile Adcox-Kirby 64/0 81Engine Failure 1,180
34128 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile W.i.n. 66/5 57Ignition 4,255
354124 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile Gordon 58/0 50Broken Valve 1,915
363946 Travis Tiller Dodge Ring Enterprises 55/0 46Broken Valve 1,025
37163 Richard Childress Oldsmobile Crc Chemicals 52/0 28Burned Piston 1,520
382938 Sandy Satullo Buick Copper Kettle Marina 49/0 18Accident 1,015
393432 Jimmy Finger Buick Vita Fresh / Pharis Chevy 46/0 17Accident 1,010
401479 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan 43/0 7Engine Failure 1,505
412550 Bruce Hill Buick Global Heat Exchange 40/0 1Engine Failure 1,030
* Denotes Rookie

RACE FACTS

Average Speed: 172.89 mph
Margin of Victory: 1 second
Time of Race: 02:18:49
Lead Changes: 28
Cautions: 2 for 11 laps.

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