RESULTS

1979 Official Race Results : Daytona 500

Daytona 500 | February 18, 1979 | Race 2 of 31

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS	WINNINGS

1	13	43	Richard Petty	Oldsmobile	STP	180/5	200	Running	73,900
2	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Oldsmobile	Gatorade	175/5	200	Running	59,350
3	6	51	AJ Foyt	Oldsmobile	Gilmore	PE	200	Running	38,550
4	2	1	Donnie Allison	Oldsmobile	Hawaiian Tropic	170/10	199	Accident	39,600
5	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	Busch	160/5	199	Accident	34,525
6	33	30	Tighe Scott	Buick	Russ Togs	150/0	199	Running	24,540
7	28	68	Chuck Bown	Buick	Kings Inn	146/0	199	Running	18,895
8	10	2	Dale Earnhardt *	Buick	Osterlund	147/5	199	Running	22,845
9	37	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley	138/0	198	Running	15,885
10	24	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	134/0	197	Running	17,475
11	7	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Hodgdon / Moore	135/5	197	Running	17,725
12	15	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Reid Trailer Sales	127/0	197	Running	13,795
13	35	40	D.k. Ulrich	Buick	Midwestern Farm Lines	124/0	197	Running	11,355
14	38	19	Bill Dennis	Chevrolet	Belden Jennite	121/0	196	Running	10,115
15	26	98	Ralph Jones	Ford	Jones	118/0	195	Running	8,110
16	19	44	Terry Labonte	Buick	Stratagraph	115/0	189	Running	8,820
17	31	3	Richard Childress	Oldsmobile	Crc Chemicals	112/0	188	Running	6,865
18	5	27	Benny Parsons	Oldsmobile	Griffin's Marine	114/5	183	Running	10,435
19	17	50	Bruce Hill	Oldsmobile	Newport & Assoc.	106/0	168	Running	5,375
20	36	39	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	Wangerin	103/0	160	Running	4,005
21	30	74	Bobby Wawak	Oldsmobile	Wawak	100/0	152	Overheating	4,840
22	23	82	Paul Fess	Oldsmobile	Lasky Construction	97/0	135	Engine Failure	3,860
23	21	41	Grant Adcox	Chevrolet	Adcox-Kirby	94/0	129	Rear Wheel Cylinder	3,730
24	12	02	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Shoney's	91/0	119	Engine Failure	3,950
25	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	Oldsmobile	Bailey Excavating	88/0	116	Cracked Cylinder Head	4,470
26	25	37	Dave Watson	Chevrolet	Amsoil	90/5	115	Clutch	2,850
27	8	05	Dick Brooks	Oldsmobile	Bearfinder	82/0	105	Transmission	5,275
28	22	00	John A. Utsman	Chevrolet	Whitaker	79/0	101	Engine Failure	2,850
29	16	47	Geoffrey Bodine	Oldsmobile	Race Hill Farm	81/5	99	Engine Failure	3,275
30	40	54	Lennie Pond	Oldsmobile	Burger King	78/5	83	No Brakes	2,085
31	11	90	Ricky Rudd	Mercury	Truxmore	70/0	79	Broken Valve	4,110
32	20	5	Neil Bonnett	Oldsmobile	Jim Stacy	72/5	76	Susp.	4,475
33	14	12	Harry Gant	Oldsmobile	J.W. Hunt Produce	64/0	72	Accident	2,875
34	41	25	Ronnie Thomas	Chevrolet	Sub-Tropic	61/0	64	Burned Piston	4,045
35	27	87	Gary Balough	Oldsmobile	Fast Lane Ltd.	58/0	53	Accident	3,425
36	32	72	Joe Millikan	Oldsmobile	L.G. Dewitt	55/0	53	Accident	5,340
37	9	21	David Pearson	Mercury	Purolator	52/0	53	Accident	3,275
38	18	17	Skip Manning	Oldsmobile	Valvoline	49/0	53	Accident	3,555
39	34	75	Butch Mock	Buick	Rahilly	46/0	38	Accident	2,165
40	1	28	Buddy Baker	Oldsmobile	Spectra	48/5	38	Engine Failure	23,775
41	39	89	Jim Vandiver	Oldsmobile	O.l. Nixon	40/0	27	Engine Failure	1,930