Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1979

Richard Petty

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1979 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 12 of 200 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; A.J. Foyt rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

13 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	13	+12	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		200	—	Running	12	180
2	4	+2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		200	—	Running	4	175
3	6	+3	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		200	—	Running	4	0
4	2	-2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		199	—	DNF - Crash	93	170
5	3	-2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		199	—	DNF - Crash	3	160
6	33	+27	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		199	—	Running	—	150
7	28	+21	Chuck Bown	Testa Racing		199	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		199	—	Running	10	147
9	37	+28	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		198	—	Running	—	138
10	24	+14	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	197	—	Running	—	134
11	7	-4	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		197	—	Running	1	135
12	15	+3	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	197	—	Running	—	127
13	35	+22	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		197	—	Running	—	124
14	38	+24	Bill Dennis	Gray Racing		196	—	Running	—	121
15	26	+11	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)		195	—	Running	—	118
16	19	+3	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		189	—	Running	—	115
17	31	+14	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		188	—	Running	—	112
18	5	-13	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		183	—	Running	37	114
19	17	-2	Bruce Hill	Ballard Racing		168	—	Running	—	106
20	36	+16	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	160	—	Running	—	103
21	30	+9	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		152	—	DNF	—	100
22	23	+1	Paul Fess	Stan Lasky (Owner)		135	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	21	-2	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		129	—	DNF	—	94
24	12	-12	Dave Marcis	Marcis Auto Racing		119	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	29	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		116	—	DNF	—	88
26	25	-1	Dave Watson	Phil Howard (Owner)		115	—	DNF	1	90
27	8	-19	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		105	—	DNF	—	82
28	22	-6	John A. Utsman	Wellrich Motorsports		101	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	16	-13	Geoffrey Bodine	Race Hill Farm Team		99	—	DNF - Engine	6	81
30	40	+10	Lennie Pond	Al Rudd Auto		83	—	DNF	2	78
31	11	-20	Ricky Rudd	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	79	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	20	-12	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing		76	—	DNF	12	72
33	14	-19	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)		72	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	41	+7	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		64	—	DNF	—	61
35	27	-8	Gary Balough	Billie Harvey (Owner)		53	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	32	-4	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		53	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	9	-28	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	53	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	18	-20	Skip Manning	Hamby Racing		53	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	34	-5	Butch Mock	RahMoc Enterprises		38	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	1	-39	Buddy Baker	Ranier Racing		38	—	DNF - Engine	15	48
41	39	-2	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing		27	—	DNF - Engine	—	40