1979 Busch Nashville 420

          

 

Average Speed:  9292.227 mph Speed: Time of Race      2:42:51 Margin:     1 Lap
Pole Winner:          Darrell Waltrip 105.43 mph Attendance:        17,000 Cautions:  3 for 19 Laps
 

Driver

Fin Str Car Team  /  Owner Car Laps Money Status Led
Darrell Waltrip 1 1 88 Gatorade    -  DiGard Racing Chevrolet 420 14,000 running 409
Cale Yarborough 2 5 11 Busch  - Junior Johnson & Assoc Chevrolet 419 8,700 running 0
Dale Earnhardt 3 3 2 Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 417 7,200 running 0
Benny Parsons 4 9 27 M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 417 3,650 running 0
Richard Petty 5 6 43 STP      -  Petty Enterprises Chevrolet 406 4,280 running 0
James Hylton 6 19 48 Palatine Auto Parts    -  James Hylton Chevrolet 406 2,450 running 0
Richard Childress 7 17 3 CRC Chemicals  -  Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 405 2,180 running 0
J.D. McDuffie 8 10 70 Bailey Excavating   - J D McDuffie Chevrolet 404 1,930 running 0
Ronnie Thomas 9 21 25 Stone's Cafeteria     -   Don Robertson Chevrolet 396 2,805 running 0
Jimmy Means 10 20 52 Mr. Transmission     -  Jimmy Means Chevrolet 394 1,715 running 0
Cecil Gordon 11 16 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 391 1,925 running 0
Wayne Watercutter 12 18 55 Ward Racing Enterprises Chevrolet 390 565 running 0
Roger Hamby 13 26 17 Kings Inn - Daytona       -  Roger Hamby Oldsmobile 380 1,415 running 0
Frank Warren 14 27 79 Native Tan     -  Frank Warren Dodge 374 1,285 running 0
Sterling Marlin 15 14 14 Cunningham-Kelley   - H.B. Cunningham Chevrolet 341 505 lug bolt 11
Bobby Allison 16 2 15 Hodgdon     -  Bud Moore Ford 340 3,935 running 0
Buddy Arrington 17 23 67 Reid Trailer Sales   -  Buddy Arrington Dodge 272 1,120 engine 0
Baxter Price 18 24 45 Iron Peddlers    -  Baxter Price Chevrolet 250 1,005 crash 0
Dick Brooks 19 7 05 Bearfinder   - Nelson Malloch Chevrolet 155 640 oil leak 0
Steve Spencer 20 11 19 Henley Gray Chevrolet 151 675 water pump 0
Joe Millikan 21 4 72 Appliance Wheels   - L G DeWitt Chevrolet 150 3,115 crash 0
Harry Gant 22 13 47 Race Hill Farm    -  Jack Beebe Chevrolet 142 405 engine 0
D.K. Ulrich 23 12 40 Midwestern Farm Lines   -   D.K. Ulrich Chevrolet 114 645 heating 0
  Ralph Jones 24 25 98 Jones Supply    -  Ralph Jones Ford 92 385 oil leak 0
Terry Labonte 25 8 44