Daytona 500 1979
| Detail perlombaan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lomba ke-2 dari 31 dalam Seri Piala musim 1979 | |||
 Track map of Daytona International Speedway showing mainly the speedway. | |||
| Tanggal | 18 Februari 1979 | ||
| Sirkuit | Fasilitas balap permanen | ||
| Jarak tempuh | 200 putaran, 500 mil (804.672 km) | ||
| Cuaca | Mild with temperatures reaching as high as 70 °F (21 °C); wind speeds approaching 14 mil per jam (23 km/h)[1] | ||
| Kecepatan rata-rata | 143.977 mil per jam (231.709 km/h) | ||
| Posisi pole | |||
| Pembalap | Ranier-Lundy | ||
| Pemenang lomba kualifikasi | |||
| Duel 1 | Buddy Baker | Ranier-Lundy | |
| Duel 2 | Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | |
| Terbanyak memimpin | |||
| Pembalap | Donnie Allison | Ellington Racing | |
| Jumlah putaran | 93 | ||
| Pemenang | |||
| No. 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Televisi di Amerika Serikat | |||
| Jaringan | CBS | ||
| Pewara | Ken Squier and David Hobbs | ||
| Rating Nielsen |
10.5/29 (15.1 million viewers) | ||
Daytona 500 1979, yang merupakan lomba edisi ke-21 Daytona 500, adalah lomba kedua NASCAR Seri Piala Winston musim 1979 yang digelar pada tanggal 18 Februari 1979. Lomba ini dimenangkan oleh Richard Petty.[2]
Hasil lomba
- 43-Richard Petty
- 88-Darrell Waltrip
- 51-A. J. Foyt
- 1-Donnie Allison
- 11-Cale Yarborough
- 30-Tighe Scott
- 68-Chuck Bown
- 2-Dale Earnhardt
- 14-Coo Coo Marlin
- 79-Frank Warren
- 15-Bobby Allison
- 67-Buddy Arrington
- 40-D. K. Ulrich
- 19-Bill Dennis
- 98-Ralph Jones
- 44-Terry Labonte
- 3-Richard Childress
- 72-Benny Parsons
- 50-Bruce Hill
- 39-Blackie Wangerin
- 74-Bobby Wawak
- 82-Paul Fess
- 41-Grant Adcox
- 02-Dave Marcis
- 70-J. D. McDuffie
- 37-Dave Watson
- 05-Dick Brooks
- 00-John Utsman
- 47-Geoffrey Bodine
- 54-Lennie Pond
- 90-Ricky Rudd
- 5-Neil Bonnett
- 12-Harry Gant
- 25-Ronnie Thomas
- 87-Gary Balough
- 72-Joe Millikan
- 21-David Pearson
- 17-Skip Manning
- 75-Butch Mock
- 28-Buddy Baker
- 89-Jim Vandiver
Referensi
- ^ "Weather of the 1979 Daytona 500". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Diakses tanggal 2013-06-25.
- ^ "No. 1: An Ending For The Ages". tribunedigital-dailypress. Diakses tanggal 2016-02-23.