Busch Nashville 420

Nashville Speedway — January 1, 1979

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

420

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1979 Busch Nashville 420 at Nashville Speedway on January 1, 1979, leading 409 of 420 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Dale Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, January 1, 1979

Track

Nashville Speedway

Season

1979

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

2 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		420	—	Running	409	185
2	5	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		419	—	Running	—	170
3	3	—	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		417	—	Running	—	165
4	9	+5	Benny Parsons	M.C. Anderson Racing		417	—	Running	—	160
5	6	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		406	—	Running	—	155
6	19	+13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		406	—	Running	—	150
7	17	+10	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		405	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		404	—	Running	—	142
9	21	+12	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		396	—	Running	—	138
10	20	+10	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		394	—	Running	—	134
11	16	+5	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		391	—	Running	—	130
12	18	+6	Wayne Watercutter			390	—	Running	—	127
13	26	+13	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		380	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	374	—	Running	—	121
15	14	-1	Sterling Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		341	—	DNF	11	123
16	2	-14	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		340	—	Running	—	115
17	23	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	272	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
18	24	+6	Baxter Price	Price Racing		250	—	DNF - Crash	—	109
19	7	-12	Dick Brooks	Nelson Malloch (Owner)		155	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	11	-9	Steve Spencer	Gray Racing		151	—	DNF	—	103
21	4	-17	Joe Millikan	DeWitt Racing		150	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
22	13	-9	Harry Gant	Race Hill Farm Team		142	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	12	-11	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		114	—	DNF	—	94
24	25	+1	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)		92	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	8	-17	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		40	—	DNF	—	88
26	28	+2	Henry Jones	Mike Kempton (Owner)		19	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	15	-12	Nelson Oswald	Oswald Racing		6	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	22	-6	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	30	+1	Dick May	Satterfield Racing		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	29	-1	Jimmy Hindman	Jimmy Hindman (Owner)		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	0