Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1979

Neil Bonnett

Winner

160

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Neil Bonnett won the 1979 Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 77 of 160 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Neil Bonnett

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	160	—	Running	77	185
2	3	+1	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		160	—	Running	6	175
3	21	+18	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		160	—	Running	1	170
4	6	+2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		159	—	Running	54	165
5	11	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		158	—	Running	2	160
6	12	+6	Chuck Bown	Testa Racing		157	—	Running	—	150
7	15	+8	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		157	—	Running	—	146
8	24	+16	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		156	—	Running	—	142
9	37	+28	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		156	—	Running	—	138
10	8	-2	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		156	—	Running	3	0
11	27	+16	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	156	—	Running	—	130
12	23	+11	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		155	—	Running	—	127
13	19	+6	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	155	—	Running	—	124
14	9	-5	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		154	—	Running	—	121
15	7	-8	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	154	—	Running	—	118
16	26	+10	Gary Balough	Billie Harvey (Owner)		154	—	Running	—	0
17	22	+5	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		151	—	Running	—	112
18	35	+17	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		151	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		151	—	Running	1	111
20	5	-15	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		149	—	Running	—	103
21	32	+11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		146	—	Running	—	100
22	38	+16	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		146	—	Running	—	97
23	40	+17	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		145	—	Running	—	94
24	33	+9	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	144	—	DNF	—	91
25	28	+3	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		138	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	17	-9	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		137	—	Running	—	85
27	36	+9	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		121	—	DNF	—	82
28	13	-15	Lennie Pond	Kennie Childers (Owner)		105	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	10	-19	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		89	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	20	-10	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		89	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	31	—	Claude Ballot-Lena	GC Spencer Racing		83	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
32	18	-14	Al Holbert	Al Holbert (Owner)		82	—	DNF	—	0
33	4	-29	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		81	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	1	-33	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		57	—	DNF	16	66
35	41	+6	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	39	+3	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	46	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	16	-21	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		28	—	DNF	—	52
38	29	-9	Sandy Satullo	Sandy Satullo (Owner)		18	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	34	-5	Jimmy Finger	B & B Racing		17	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	14	-26	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	7	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	25	-16	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	40