Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1979

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1979 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1979, leading 102 of 188 laps. David Pearson finished second; Ricky Rudd rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1979

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		188	—	Running	102	185
2	2	—	David Pearson	Osterlund Motorsports		188	—	Running	17	175
3	11	+8	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	186	—	Running	—	165
4	13	+9	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		186	—	Running	4	165
5	25	+20	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	186	—	Running	—	155
6	3	-3	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		186	—	Running	—	150
7	21	+14	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		184	—	Running	—	146
8	6	-2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	181	—	Running	—	142
9	18	+9	Kyle Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	181	—	Running	—	138
10	20	+10	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		179	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		177	—	Running	—	130
12	22	+10	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	176	—	Running	—	127
13	37	+24	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		175	—	Running	—	124
14	38	+24	Bob Burcham	Gray Racing		172	—	Running	—	121
15	34	+19	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		172	—	Running	—	118
16	10	-6	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		171	—	DNF - Engine	—	115
17	39	+22	Steve Moore	Gilbert Moore (Owner)		170	—	Running	—	112
18	31	+13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		163	—	Running	—	109
19	7	-12	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		162	—	DNF - Engine	5	111
20	30	+10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		159	—	Running	—	103
21	12	-9	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		146	—	DNF - Engine	5	105
22	32	+10	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		143	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	9	-14	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	142	—	Running	—	94
24	5	-19	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		138	—	DNF - Engine	14	96
25	26	+1	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		120	—	DNF - Engine	1	93
26	36	+10	Baxter Price	Price Racing		95	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	35	+8	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		92	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	19	-9	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		90	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	33	+4	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		87	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	23	-7	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		83	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	14	-17	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		75	—	DNF	—	70
32	40	+8	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	75	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	15	-18	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		75	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	1	-33	Neil Bonnett	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	71	—	DNF - Engine	40	66
35	16	-19	Jack Ingram	Kennie Childers (Owner)		70	—	DNF	—	58
36	27	-9	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		58	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	29	-8	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	50	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	17	-21	Al Holbert	Al Holbert (Owner)		47	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
39	4	-35	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	41	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		40	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	28	-13	Dick May	Billie Harvey (Owner)		0	—	DNF - Engine	—	0