1979 Daytona 500

Race 2 of 31

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:28:22
Average speed of winner: 143.977 mph
Margin of victory: 1 car length
Lead changes: 36 among 13 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 57 laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-15, D. Allison 16-20, Yarborough 21-22, Parsons 23, B. Allison 24, D. Allison 25-30, Waltrip 31-32, Pond 33, Bonnett 34-41, Foyt 42, Bonnett 43, Earnhardt 44, Bonnett 45, Earnhardt 46-49, Parsons 50-59, Petty 60-69, Earnhardt 70, Petty 71, Bonnett 72-73, Parsons 74-75, Pond 76, Bodine 77-81, Parsons 82-84, Bodine 85, Parsons 86-106, Watson 107, D. Allison 108-114, Earnhardt 115, D. Allison 116-139, Earnhardt 140-142, D. Allison 143-171, Foyt 172-173, Yarborough 174, Foyt 175, Waltrip 176-177, D. Allison 178-199, Petty 200

Race notes: Debut for Gary Balough and Geoff Bodine. Finale for Butch Mock.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Richard Petty	43	STP	Oldsmobile	Petty	Inman		200	3	12	running	73900	180
2	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Oldsmobile	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		200	2	4	running	59350	175
3	6	A.J. Foyt	51	Gilmore	Oldsmobile	Foyt			200	3	4	running	38550	0
4	2	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Oldsmobile	Ellington	Pittman		199	6	93	accident	39600	170
5	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		199	2	3	accident	34525	160
6	33	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Buick	Ballard	Hyde		199	0	0	running	24540	150
7	28	Chuck Bown	68	Kings Inn	Buick	Testa			199	0	0	running	18895	146
8	10	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Buick	Osterlund	Elder		199	5	10	running	22845	147
9	37	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			198	0	0	running	15885	138
10	24	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			197	0	0	running	17475	134
11	7	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Moore	Ford	Moore	Moore		197	1	1	running	17725	135
12	15	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			197	0	0	running	13795	127
13	35	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Buick	Ulrich			197	0	0	running	11355	124
14	38	Bill Dennis	19	Belden Jennite	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			196	0	0	running	10115	121
15	26	Ralph Jones	98	Jones	Ford	Ralph Jones			195	0	0	running	8110	118
16	19	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Buick	Hagan			189	0	0	running	8820	115
17	31	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Oldsmobile	Childress			188	0	0	running	6865	112
18	5	Benny Parsons	27	Griffin's Marine	Oldsmobile	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		183	5	37	running	10435	114
19	17	Bruce Hill	50	Newport & Associates	Oldsmobile	Ballard			168	0	0	running	5375	106
20	36	Blackie Wangerin	39	Wangerin	Mercury	Wangerin			160	0	0	running	4005	103
21	30	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak	Oldsmobile	Wawak			152	0	0	overheating	4840	100
22	23	Paul Fess	82	Lasky Construction	Oldsmobile	Lasky			135	0	0	engine	3860	97
23	21	Grant Adcox	41	Adcox-Kirby	Chevrolet	Adcox			129	0	0	wheel	3730	94
24	12	Dave Marcis	02	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Marcis			119	0	0	engine	3950	91
25	29	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Oldsmobile	McDuffie			116	0	0	cylinder head	4470	88
26	25	Dave Watson	37	Amsoil	Chevrolet	Phil Howard			115	1	1	clutch	2850	90
27	8	Dick Brooks	05	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	Malloch			105	0	0	transmission	5275	82
28	22	John Utsman	00	Whitaker	Chevrolet	Ed Whitaker			101	0	0	engine	2850	79
29	16	Geoff Bodine	47	Race Hill Farm	Oldsmobile	Jack Beebe			99	2	6	engine	3275	81
30	40	Lennie Pond	54	Burger King	Oldsmobile	Al Rudd			83	2	2	brakes	2085	78
31	11	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore	Mercury	Donlavey			79	0	0	valve	4110	70
32	20	Neil Bonnett	5	Jim Stacy	Oldsmobile	Stacy			76	4	12	suspension	4475	72
33	14	Harry Gant	12	J.W. Hunt Produce	Oldsmobile	Childers			72	0	0	accident	2875	64
34	41	Ronnie Thomas	25	Sub-Tropic	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			64	0	0	piston	4045	61
35	27	Gary Balough	87	Fast Lane Ltd.	Oldsmobile	Harvey			53	0	0	accident	3425	58
36	32	Joe Millikan	72	L.G. DeWitt	Oldsmobile	L.G. DeWitt			53	0	0	accident	5340	55
37	9	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		53	0	0	accident	3275	52
38	18	Skip Manning	17	Valvoline	Oldsmobile	Hamby			53	0	0	accident	3555	49
39	34	Butch Mock	75	Rahilly	Buick	RahMoc	Rahilly		38	0	0	accident	2165	46
40	1	Buddy Baker	28	Spectra	Oldsmobile	Ranier	Wilson	196.049	38	1	15	engine	23775	48
41	39	Jim Vandiver	89	O.L. Nixon	Oldsmobile	O.L. Nixon			27	0	0	engine	1930	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	360	2	0	1	2	2
2	Cale Yarborough	330	2	0	0	2	2
3	Donnie Allison	325	2	0	0	2	2
4	Richard Petty	247	2	0	1	1	1
5	Dale Earnhardt	247	2	0	0	0	1
6	Bobby Allison	246	2	0	0	0	0
7	D.K. Ulrich	245	2	0	0	0	0
8	Buddy Arrington	236	2	0	0	0	0
9	Richard Childress	230	2	0	0	0	0
10	David Pearson	227	2	1	0	1	1
11	Frank Warren	216	2	0	0	0	1
12	Joe Millikan	205	2	0	0	0	1
13	J.D. McDuffie	200	2	0	0	0	0
14	Benny Parsons	199	2	0	0	0	0
15	Harry Gant	198	2	0	0	0	1
16	Buddy Baker	194	2	1	0	0	1
17	Ronnie Thomas	188	2	0	0	0	0
18	Dave Marcis	182	2	0	0	0	0
19	Terry Labonte	173	2	0	0	0	0
20	Bill Schmitt	160	1	0	0	1	1
21	Tighe Scott	150	1	0	0	0	1
22	Chuck Bown	146	1	0	0	0	1
23	Dick Brooks	146	2	0	0	0	0
24	Jim Thirkettle	142	1	0	0	0	1
25	Tim Williamson	138	1	0	0	0	1