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1979 Daytona 500 Results

Fin. Pos.	Str. Car Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Laps	Money	Car
1	13	43	Richard Petty	200	$73,900	Oldsmobile
2	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	200	$59,350	Oldsmobile
3	6	51	A.J. Foyt	200	$38,550	Oldsmobile
4	2	1	Donnie Allison	199	$39,600	Oldsmobile
5	3	11	Cale Yarborough	199	$34,525	Oldsmobile
6	13	30	Tighe Scott	199	$24,540	Buick
7	28	68	Chuck Bown	199	$18,895	Buick
8	10	2	Dale Earnhardt	199	$22,845	Buick
9	37	14	Coo Coo Marlin	198	$15,885	Chevrolet
10	24	79	Frank Warren	197	$17,475	Dodge
11	7	15	Bobby Allison	197	$17,725	Ford
12	15	67	Buddy Arrington	197	$13,795	Dodge
13	35	40	D.K. Ulrich	197	$11,355	Buick
14	38	19	Bill Dennis	196	$10,115	Chevrolet
15	26	98	Ralph Jones	195	$8,110	Ford
16	19	44	Terry Labonte	189	$8,820	Buick
17	31	3	Richard Childress	188	$6,865	Oldsmobile
18	5	27	Benny Parsons	183	$10,435	Oldsmobile
19	17	50	Bruce Hill	168	$5,375	Oldsmobile
20	36	39	Blackie Wangerin	160	$4,005	Mercury
21	30	74	Bobby Wawak	152	$4,840	Oldsmobile
22	23	82	Paul Fess	135	$3,860	Oldsmobile
23	21	41	Grant Adcox	129	$3,730	Chevrolet
24	12	2	Dave Marcis	119	$3,950	Chevrolet
25	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	116	$4,470	Oldsmobile
26	25	37	Dave Watson	115	$2,850	Chevrolet
27	8	5	Dick Brooks	105	$5,275	Oldsmobile
28	22	0	John Utsman	101	$2,850	Chevrolet
29	16	47	Geoff Bodine	99	$3,275	Oldsmobile
30	40	54	Lennie Pond	83	$2,085	Oldsmobile
31	11	90	Ricky Rudd	79	$4,110	Mercury
32	20	5	Neil Bonnett	76	$4,475	Oldsmobile
33	14	12	Harry Gant	72	$2,875	Oldsmobile
34	41	25	Ronnie Thomas	64	$4,045	Chevrolet
35	27	87	Gary Balough	53	$3,425	Oldsmobile
36	32	72	Joe Millikan	53	$5,340	Oldsmobile
37	9	21	David Pearson	53	$3,275	Mercury
38	18	17	Skip Manning	53	$3,555	Oldsmobile
39	34	75	Butch Mock	38	$2,165	Buick
40	1	28	Buddy Baker	38	$23,775	Oldsmobile
41	39	89	Jim Vandiver	27	$1,930	Oldsmobile

Time of Race:	3 hours, 28 minutes, 22 seconds
Average Speed:	143.977 mph
Fastest Qualifier:	Buddy Baker, 196.049 mph
Pole:	Buddy Baker
Margin of Victory:	1 car length
Caution Flags:	7 for 57 laps
Lead Changes:	37 lead changes among 13 drivers. Lap Leaders: Buddy Baker 1-15, Donnie Allison 16-20, Cale Yarborough 21-22, Benny Parsons 23, Bobby Allison 24, D. Allison 25-30, Darrell Waltrip 31-32, Lennie Pond 33, Neil Bonnett 34-41, A.J. Foyt 42, Bonnett 43, Dale Earnhardt 44, Bonnett 45, Earnhardt 46-49, Parsons 50-59, Richard Petty 60-69, Earnhardt 70, Petty 71, Bonnett 72-73, Parsons 74-75, Pond 76, Geoff Bodine 77-81, Parsons 82-84, Bodine 85, Parsons 86-106, Dave 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.
Total Laps Led:	Donnie Allison 93, Benny Parsons 37, Buddy Baker 15, Neil Bonnett 12, Richard Petty 12, Dale Earnhardt 10, Geoff Bodine 6, A.J. Foyt 4, Darrell Waltrip 4, Cale Yarborough 3, Lennie Pond 2, Bobby Allison 1, Dave Watson 1.
Note:	First 16 Laps run under yellow due to rain.