Texas 400

Texas World Speedway — January 1, 1979

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1979 Texas 400 at Texas World Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 155 of 200 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Texas World Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		200	—	Running	155	185
2	6	+4	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		199	—	Running	—	170
3	1	-2	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		199	—	Running	3	170
4	5	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		199	—	Running	—	160
5	2	-3	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		196	—	Running	1	160
6	9	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		195	—	Running	—	150
7	19	+12	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		193	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		192	—	Running	—	142
9	17	+8	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	192	—	Running	—	138
10	16	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		190	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	John Rezek	RPM Enterprises		190	—	Running	—	130
12	3	-9	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		189	—	DNF - Crash	41	132
13	13	—	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		189	—	Running	—	124
14	21	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		186	—	Running	—	121
15	12	-3	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		186	—	Running	—	118
16	25	+9	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing		185	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	Billy Hagan	Gray Racing		185	—	Running	—	112
18	29	+11	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	184	—	Running	—	109
19	18	-1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	181	—	Running	—	106
20	14	-6	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		180	—	Running	—	103
21	31	+10	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		174	—	Running	—	100
22	26	+4	Mike Potter	Potter Racing		174	—	Running	—	0
23	23	—	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		173	—	Running	—	94
24	27	+3	James Hurlbert	Cronkrite Racing		150	—	Running	—	91
25	8	-17	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		143	—	DNF	—	88
26	15	-11	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		140	—	DNF	—	85
27	20	-7	Baxter Price	Price Racing		139	—	DNF	—	82
28	7	-21	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	135	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	33	+4	Mike Kempton	Mike Kempton (Owner)		135	—	Running	—	76
30	30	—	Dick May	Oswald Racing		113	—	DNF	—	73
31	11	-20	Lennie Pond	Kennie Childers (Owner)		70	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	32	—	Bill Meazell	Bill Meazell (Owner)		46	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	34	+1	John Haver	John Haver (Owner)		36	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
34	28	-6	Jimmy Finger	B & B Racing		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	61