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The 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series began on Sunday, January 14 and ended on Sunday, November 18. Richard Petty won his seventh and final Winston Cup championship, winning by 11 points over Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
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Busch Clash
The inaugural Busch Clash, a non-points race for all of the pole winners from the previous season, was run on February 11 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
 in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, Florida, United States. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,421....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
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The 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series began on Sunday, January 14 and ended on Sunday, November 18. Richard Petty won his seventh and final Winston Cup championship, winning by 11 points over Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
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Winston Western 500
Winston Western 500

The Winston Western 500 was an annual NASCAR Winston Cup race held at Riverside International Raceway in Riverside, California, USA, in January, and then in later years, November....


The 1979 Winston Western 500 was run on January 14 at Riverside International Raceway
Riverside International Raceway

Riverside International Raceway was a race track or Road racing in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989....
 at Riverside
Riverside, California

Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. David Pearson
David Pearson

David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 21–David Pearson
    David Pearson

    David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
  3. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  4. 73–Bill Schmitt
  5. 1–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  6. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  7. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  8. 51–Jim Thirkettle
  9. 74–Tim Williamson
    Tim Williamson

    Reginald Garnet "Tim" Williamson was an England soccer player who made 602 appearances as a goalkeeper for Middlesbrough F.C., scoring two goals, as well as 7 appearances for England national football team....
  10. 12–Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....


Busch Clash


The inaugural Busch Clash, a non-points race for all of the pole winners from the previous season, was run on February 11 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
 in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, Florida, United States. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,421....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. Benny Parsons
Benny Parsons

Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
 started on the pole via a random draw.

Results

  1. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  2. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  3. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  4. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  5. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  6. 21–David Pearson
    David Pearson

    David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
  7. 54–Lennie Pond
    Lennie Pond

    Lennie Pond is a former NASCAR driver. He won NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors in 1973, and won his only race at Talladega Superspeedway in 1978 for Ronnie Elder and Harry Ranier....
  8. 5–Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  9. 70–J.D. McDuffie
    J.D. McDuffie

    John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.McDuffie made his debut in 1963 at Myrtle Beach Speedway, finishing 12th out of 18 drivers....


125 Mile Qualifying Races
Gatorade Duel

The Gatorade Duel, is NASCAR Sprint Cup Series preliminary event to the Daytona 500 held annually in February at Daytona International Speedway....


The two Daytona 500 125-mile qualifying races were run on February 15 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
 in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, Florida, United States. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,421....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. Buddy Baker
Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
 and Donnie Allison
Donnie Allison

Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
 started on the pole for races one and two, respectively.

Race One Top Ten Results

  1. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  2. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  3. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  4. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  5. 21–David Pearson
    David Pearson

    David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
  6. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  7. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  8. 67–Buddy Arrington
    Buddy Arrington

    Buddy Arrington is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup driver....
  9. 50–Bruce Hill
    Bruce Hill

    Bruce Edward Hill , is a former professional American football player who selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 1987 NFL Draft with a draft pick the Buccaneers had received for trading Steve Young....
  10. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....


Race Two Top Ten Results

  1. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 51–A.J. Foyt
  3. 05–Dick Brooks
    Dick Brooks

    Dick Brooks was an United States NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500....
  4. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  5. 02–Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis

    Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
  6. 12–Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  7. 47–Geoffrey Bodine
  8. 17–Roger Hamby
  9. 5–Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  10. 00–John Utsman


Daytona 500
Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap, -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida....


The 21st annual Daytona 500 was run on February 18 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
 in Daytona Beach, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, Florida, United States. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,421....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. Buddy Baker
Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
 won the pole. The race, the first televised nationally in its entirety, ended in spectacular fashion, as races leaders Donnie Allison
Donnie Allison

Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
 and Cale Yarborough
Cale Yarborough

William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
 crashed on the last lap in turn three, allowing Richard Petty
Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
 to take the lead and win his sixth Daytona 500. During the cool-down lap, Allison and Yarborough got into a heated argument which later escalated into a fist-fight, which was later joined by Bobby Allison
Bobby Allison

Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
, who stepped to try to defend his brother. TV ratings were bolstered that day due to much of the U.S. Northeast being snowed in by a major blizzard. Petty would use the win as a springboard to his record seventh and final, championship but the going was anything but easy.

Top Ten Results

  1. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  2. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  3. 51–A.J. Foyt
  4. 1–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  5. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  6. 30–Tighe Scott
    Tighe Scott

    Tighe Scott is a retired American racecar driver from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He competed in dirt track racing modified racing before moving up into the NASCAR Winston Cup ....
  7. 68–Chuck Brown
    Chuck Brown

    Chuck Brown is an African-American jazz guitarist and singer who is affectionately called "The Godfather of Go-Go". Go-go is a subgenre of funk music developed in and around Washington, D.C....
  8. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  9. 14–Coo Coo Marlin
    Coo Coo Marlin

    Clifton "Coo Coo" Marlin was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver who spent 14 years in the series....
  10. 79–Frank Warren
    Frank Warren

    Frank Warren may refer to:* Frank Warren , played for the New Orleans Saints* Frank Warren , English boxing manager and promoter* Francis E....


Carolina 500


The 1979 Carolina 500 was run on March 4 at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham
Rockingham, North Carolina

Rockingham is a city in Richmond County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States named after the Marquis of Rockingham. The population was 9,672 at the 2000 census....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
. Bobby Allison
Bobby Allison

Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  2. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  3. 05–Dick Brooks
    Dick Brooks

    Dick Brooks was an United States NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500....
  4. 30–Tighe Scott
    Tighe Scott

    Tighe Scott is a retired American racecar driver from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He competed in dirt track racing modified racing before moving up into the NASCAR Winston Cup ....
  5. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....
  6. 40–D.K. Ulrich
  7. 48–James Hylton
    James Hylton

    James Hylton is a part-time race car driver. He is a two-time winner in NASCAR and competed part-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series until 2006, finishing 16th in points....
  8. 37–Dave Watson
    Dave Watson

    David "Dave" Watson is an England former professional Association football who made 12 appearances for the England national football team. He is now the youth team coach at Wigan Athletic F.C.....
  9. 79–Frank Warren
    Frank Warren

    Frank Warren may refer to:* Frank Warren , played for the New Orleans Saints* Frank Warren , English boxing manager and promoter* Francis E....
  10. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....


Richmond 400


The 1979 Richmond 400 was run on March 11 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway in Richmond
Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the Capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county....
, Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
. Bobby Allison
Bobby Allison

Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  2. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  3. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  4. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  5. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  6. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  7. 70–J.D. McDuffie
    J.D. McDuffie

    John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.McDuffie made his debut in 1963 at Myrtle Beach Speedway, finishing 12th out of 18 drivers....
  8. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  9. 1–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  10. 40–D.K. Ulrich


Atlanta 500


The 1979 Atlanta 500 was run on March 18 at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton
Hampton, Georgia

Hampton is a city in western Henry County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 3,857....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
. Buddy Baker
Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  2. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  3. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  4. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  5. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  6. 02–Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis

    Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
  7. 1–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  8. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  9. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  10. 05–Dick Brooks
    Dick Brooks

    Dick Brooks was an United States NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500....


Northwestern Bank 400


The 1979 Northwestern Bank 400 was run on March 25 at North Wilkesboro Speedway
North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short track that held races in NASCAR top three series from NASCAR's inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996....
 in North Wilkesboro
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina

North Wilkesboro is a town in Wilkes County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,116 at the 2000 census. It is the original home of Lowe's, though the chain has since relocated its headquarters to Mooresville, North Carolina....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
. Benny Parsons
Benny Parsons

Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  2. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  3. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  4. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  5. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  6. 70–J.D. McDuffie
    J.D. McDuffie

    John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.McDuffie made his debut in 1963 at Myrtle Beach Speedway, finishing 12th out of 18 drivers....
  7. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....
  8. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  9. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  10. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....


Southeastern 500


The 1979 Southeastern 500 was run on April 1 at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol
Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. The population was 24,821 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the Twin cities of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the border between Tennessee and Virginia....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. Buddy Baker
Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  2. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  3. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  4. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  5. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  6. 1–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  7. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  8. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  9. 48–James Hylton
    James Hylton

    James Hylton is a part-time race car driver. He is a two-time winner in NASCAR and competed part-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series until 2006, finishing 16th in points....
  10. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....


  • This was Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
    's first Winston Cup career victory.


CRC Chemicals Rebel 500


The 1979 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 was run on April 8 at Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"....
 in Darlington
Darlington, South Carolina

Darlington is a city in and the county seat of Darlington County, South Carolina, in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is a center for tobacco farming....
, South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
. Donnie Allison
Donnie Allison

Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  3. 1–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  4. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  5. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  6. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  7. 9–Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  8. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. 05–Dick Brooks
    Dick Brooks

    Dick Brooks was an United States NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500....
  10. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....


  • Waltrip won this race following a fierce duel with Richard Petty; they exchanged the lead five times in the last lap alone.


  • This was also David Pearson
    David Pearson

    David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
    's last race with the Wood Brothers, for whom he had driven the #21 Mercury since 1972. Following a tire-change pit stop, Pearson reached the pit road exit, when two tires came off his car (the lug nuts had not been tightened when he left the pits). Within a week, Pearson was fired from the team and replaced by Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
    .


Virginia 500


The 1979 Virginia 500 was run on April 22 at Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville, Virginia....
 in Martinsville
Martinsville, Virginia

Martinsville is an independent city surrounded by and the county seat of Henry County, Virginia, Virginia, United States. The population was 15,416 at the United States Census, 2000....
, Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
. Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  2. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  3. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  4. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  5. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  6. 47–Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  7. 48–James Hylton
    James Hylton

    James Hylton is a part-time race car driver. He is a two-time winner in NASCAR and competed part-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series until 2006, finishing 16th in points....
  8. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  9. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  10. 70–J.D. McDuffie
    J.D. McDuffie

    John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.McDuffie made his debut in 1963 at Myrtle Beach Speedway, finishing 12th out of 18 drivers....


Winston 500
Winston 500

At one time, two different NASCAR Sprint Cup races were known as the Winston 500:* For the race at Talladega Superspeedway, held in late April or early May, from 1971 to 1993 and in 1997, see Aaron's 499....


The 1979 Winston 500 was run on May 6 at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega
Talladega, Alabama

Talladega is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 15,143. The city is the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama....
, Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
. Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  2. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  3. 67–Buddy Arrington
    Buddy Arrington

    Buddy Arrington is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup driver....
  4. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  5. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  6. 9–Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  7. 64–Tommy Gale
  8. 79–Frank Warren
    Frank Warren

    Frank Warren may refer to:* Frank Warren , played for the New Orleans Saints* Frank Warren , English boxing manager and promoter* Francis E....
  9. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  10. 14–Coo Coo Marlin
    Coo Coo Marlin

    Clifton "Coo Coo" Marlin was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver who spent 14 years in the series....


Sun-Drop Music City USA 420
Nashville Speedway

There are two oval race tracks near Nashville, Tennessee sometimes referred to as Nashville Speedway:*Nashville Speedway USA is a small track formerly visited by NASCAR touring series, currently operated by new management....


The 1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 was run on May 12 at Nashville Speedway
Nashville Speedway

There are two oval race tracks near Nashville, Tennessee sometimes referred to as Nashville Speedway:*Nashville Speedway USA is a small track formerly visited by NASCAR touring series, currently operated by new management....
 in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. Joe Millikan
Joe Millikan

Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  2. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  3. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  4. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  5. 70–J.D. McDuffie
    J.D. McDuffie

    John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.McDuffie made his debut in 1963 at Myrtle Beach Speedway, finishing 12th out of 18 drivers....
  6. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....
  7. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  8. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  9. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  10. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....


Mason-Dixon 500


The 1979 Mason-Dixon 500 was run on May 20 at Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover
Dover, Delaware

The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, Delaware, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Dover metropolitan area which encompasses all of Kent County....
, Delaware
Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....
. Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 21–Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  2. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  3. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  4. 15–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  5. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  6. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  7. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  8. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  9. 12–Lennie Pond
    Lennie Pond

    Lennie Pond is a former NASCAR driver. He won NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors in 1973, and won his only race at Talladega Superspeedway in 1978 for Ronnie Elder and Harry Ranier....
  10. 67–Buddy Arrington
    Buddy Arrington

    Buddy Arrington is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup driver....


World 600


The 1979 World 600 was run on May 27 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord
Concord, North Carolina

Concord is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 55,977. It is the county seat of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and a winner of the All-America City Award in 2004....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
. Neil Bonnett
Neil Bonnett

Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  3. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  4. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  5. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  6. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  7. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  8. 7–Al Holbert
    Al Holbert

    Alvah Robert "Al" Holbert was an United States automobile racing driver who was a five-time champion of the International Motor Sports Association IMSA GT Championship series....
  9. 12–Lennie Pond
    Lennie Pond

    Lennie Pond is a former NASCAR driver. He won NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors in 1973, and won his only race at Talladega Superspeedway in 1978 for Ronnie Elder and Harry Ranier....
  10. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....


Texas 400
Texas World Speedway

Texas World Speedway was built in 1969 and is one of only seven superspeedways of two miles or greater in the United States, the others being Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Talladega Superspeedway, Auto Club Speedway, and Michigan International Speedway....


The 1979 Texas 400 was run on June 3 at Texas World Speedway
Texas World Speedway

Texas World Speedway was built in 1969 and is one of only seven superspeedways of two miles or greater in the United States, the others being Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Pocono Raceway, Talladega Superspeedway, Auto Club Speedway, and Michigan International Speedway....
 in College Station
College Station, Texas

College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, Texas, situated in Central Texas in the heart of the Brazos Valley. The city is located within the most populated region of Texas, near three of the 10 List of United States cities by population#Largest cities in the United States - Houston, Texas, Dallas, Texas, and San Antonio, Texas....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
. Buddy Baker
Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 15–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  3. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  4. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  5. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  6. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  7. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....
  8. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  9. 67–Buddy Arrington
    Buddy Arrington

    Buddy Arrington is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup driver....
  10. 48–James Hylton
    James Hylton

    James Hylton is a part-time race car driver. He is a two-time winner in NASCAR and competed part-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series until 2006, finishing 16th in points....


NAPA Riverside 400
Riverside International Raceway

Riverside International Raceway was a race track or Road racing in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989....


The 1979 NAPA Riverside 400 was run on June 10 at Riverside International Raceway
Riverside International Raceway

Riverside International Raceway was a race track or Road racing in Riverside, California. The track was in operation from September 22, 1957, to July 2, 1989....
 in Riverside
Riverside, California

Riverside is a large city located in the Inland Empire in Southern California. It is also the county seat of Riverside County, California, California, United States....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
 won the pole.

  1. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  2. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  3. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  4. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  5. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  6. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....
  7. 70–J.D. McDuffie
    J.D. McDuffie

    John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.McDuffie made his debut in 1963 at Myrtle Beach Speedway, finishing 12th out of 18 drivers....
  8. 93–Norm Palmer
  9. 67–Buddy Arrington
    Buddy Arrington

    Buddy Arrington is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup driver....
  10. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....


Gabriel 400


The 1979 Gabriel 400 was run on June 17 at Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than near Brooklyn, Michigan, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan....
 in Brooklyn
Brooklyn, Michigan

Brooklyn is a village in Jackson County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the village population was 1,176....
, Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. Neil Bonnett
Neil Bonnett

Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  2. 1–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  3. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  4. 21–Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  5. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  6. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  7. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  8. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. 30–Tighe Scott
    Tighe Scott

    Tighe Scott is a retired American racecar driver from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He competed in dirt track racing modified racing before moving up into the NASCAR Winston Cup ....
  10. 05–Dick Brooks
    Dick Brooks

    Dick Brooks was an United States NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500....


Firecracker 400


The 1979 Firecracker 400 was run on July 4 at Daytona International Speedway
Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida, Florida, United States. Since opening in 1959, it has been the home to the most important race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the Daytona 500....
 in Daytona Beach
Daytona Beach, Florida

Daytona Beach is a city in Volusia County, Florida, Florida, United States. According to 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimates, the city has a population of 64,421....
, Florida
Florida

Florida is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States of the United States, bordering Alabama to the northwest and Georgia to the northeast....
. Buddy Baker
Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 21–Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  2. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  3. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  4. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  5. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  6. 68–Chuck Bown
    Chuck Bown

    Chuck Bown is a former NASCAR champion. His last ride came in 1999. He currently lives with his wife in Asheboro, North Carolina. He is the brother of former fellow NASCAR competitor Jim Bown....
  7. 47–Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  8. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  9. 05–Dick Brooks
    Dick Brooks

    Dick Brooks was an United States NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500....
  10. 51–A.J. Foyt


Busch Nashville 420
Nashville Speedway

There are two oval race tracks near Nashville, Tennessee sometimes referred to as Nashville Speedway:*Nashville Speedway USA is a small track formerly visited by NASCAR touring series, currently operated by new management....


The 1979 Busch Nashville 420 was run on July 14 at Nashville Speedway
Nashville Speedway

There are two oval race tracks near Nashville, Tennessee sometimes referred to as Nashville Speedway:*Nashville Speedway USA is a small track formerly visited by NASCAR touring series, currently operated by new management....
 in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the Capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. It is the second most populous city in the state after Memphis, Tennessee....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  3. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  4. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  5. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  6. 48–James Hylton
    James Hylton

    James Hylton is a part-time race car driver. He is a two-time winner in NASCAR and competed part-time in the ARCA RE/MAX Series until 2006, finishing 16th in points....
  7. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....
  8. 70–J.D. McDuffie
    J.D. McDuffie

    John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.McDuffie made his debut in 1963 at Myrtle Beach Speedway, finishing 12th out of 18 drivers....
  9. 25–Ronnie Thomas
  10. 52–Jimmy Means
    Jimmy Means

    Jimmy Means is a former Winston Cup/Nextel Cup owner/driver. Currently, he is an adviser for Front Row Motorsports and owns his own team, Means Racing....


Coca-Cola 500
Coca-Cola 500

At one time, two different NASCAR races were known as the Coca-Cola 500:* For the race at Pocono Raceway from 1977 to 1980, see Pennsylvania 500...


The 1979 Coca-Cola 500 was run on July 30 at Pocono International Raceway in Long Pond
Long Pond, Pennsylvania

Long Pond, Pennsylvania is a unincorporated location in the The Poconos region of Pennsylvania, a part of the Appalachian Mountains. The zip code is 18334....
, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , often colloquially referred to as PA by natives and Northeasterners, is a U.S. state located in the Northeastern United States and Mid-Atlantic States regions of the United States....
. Harry Gant
Harry Gant

Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  2. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  3. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  4. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  5. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  6. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  7. 22–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  8. 21–Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  9. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  10. 30–Tighe Scott
    Tighe Scott

    Tighe Scott is a retired American racecar driver from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He competed in dirt track racing modified racing before moving up into the NASCAR Winston Cup ....


Talladega 500
Talladega 500

Talladega 500 can mean either of two different NASCAR races that have been held at Talladega Superspeedway:* AMP Energy 500, held from 1969 to 1987...


The 1979 Talladega 500 was run on August 5 at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega
Talladega, Alabama

Talladega is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 15,143. The city is the county seat of Talladega County, Alabama....
, Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
. Neil Bonnett
Neil Bonnett

Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 2–David Pearson
    David Pearson

    David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
  3. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  4. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  5. 77–Jody Ridley
    Jody Ridley

    Jody Ridley is a former NASCAR driver. He won the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award and one race at Dover International Speedway the next year, the only Cup victory for Donlavey Racing....
  6. 30–Tighe Scott
    Tighe Scott

    Tighe Scott is a retired American racecar driver from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He competed in dirt track racing modified racing before moving up into the NASCAR Winston Cup ....
  7. 47–Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  8. 67–Buddy Arrington
    Buddy Arrington

    Buddy Arrington is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup driver....
  9. 42–Kyle Petty
    Kyle Petty

    Kyle Richard Petty is an American NASCAR driver, the son and grandson of racers Richard Petty and Lee Petty, respectively and father of the late Adam Petty....
  10. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....


Champion Spark Plug 400


The 1979 Champion Spark Plug 400 was run on August 19 at Michigan International Speedway
Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than near Brooklyn, Michigan, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan....
 in Brooklyn
Brooklyn, Michigan

Brooklyn is a village in Jackson County, Michigan of the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the United States Census, 2000, the village population was 1,176....
, Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
. David Pearson
David Pearson

David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  2. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  3. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  4. 2–David Pearson
    David Pearson

    David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
  5. 08–John Anderson
    John Anderson

    John Anderson may refer to:Science:* John H. D. Anderson , Scottish natural philosopher* John Anderson , Scottish zoologist* John August Anderson , American physicist and astronomer...
  6. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  7. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  8. 30–Tighe Scott
    Tighe Scott

    Tighe Scott is a retired American racecar driver from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He competed in dirt track racing modified racing before moving up into the NASCAR Winston Cup ....
  9. 70–J.D. McDuffie
    J.D. McDuffie

    John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver.McDuffie made his debut in 1963 at Myrtle Beach Speedway, finishing 12th out of 18 drivers....
  10. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....


Volunteer 500


The 1979 Volunteer 500 was run on August 25 at Bristol International Speedway in Bristol
Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol is a city in Sullivan County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. The population was 24,821 at the United States Census, 2000. It is the Twin cities of Bristol, Virginia, which lies directly across the border between Tennessee and Virginia....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States United States. In 1796, it became the sixteenth state to join the United States....
. Richard Petty
Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  2. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  3. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  4. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  5. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  6. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  7. 2–David Pearson
    David Pearson

    David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
  8. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  9. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  10. 17–Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....


Southern 500


The 1979 Southern 500 was run on September 3 at Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway

Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition"....
 in Darlington
Darlington, South Carolina

Darlington is a city in and the county seat of Darlington County, South Carolina, in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It is a center for tobacco farming....
, South Carolina
South Carolina

South Carolina is a U.S. state in the Southern United States of the United States. It borders Georgia to the south and North Carolina to the north....
. Bobby Allison
Bobby Allison

Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
 won the pole. David Pearson won the race for Rod Osterlund
Rod Osterlund

Rod Osterlund was a NASCAR Nextel Cup car owner spanning from 1977 - 1981, and then again from 1989 - 1991....
 in place of Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
 who was sidelined due to rib injuries.

Top Ten Results

  1. 2–David Pearson
    David Pearson

    David Gene Pearson is a former United States NASCAR racecar champion.Known as the "Silver Fox", he debuted on the NASCAR racing circuit in 1960 and earned NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors that same season....
  2. 17–Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  3. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  4. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  5. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  6. 71–Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis

    Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
  7. 05–Dick Brooks
    Dick Brooks

    Dick Brooks was an United States NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500....
  8. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  10. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....


Capital City 400


The 1979 Capital City 400 was run on September 9 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway in Richmond
Richmond, Virginia

Richmond is the Capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, in the United States. Like all Virginia municipalities incorporated as cities, it is an independent city and not part of any county....
, Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
. Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  2. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  3. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  4. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  5. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  6. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  7. 71–Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis

    Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
  8. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  9. 47–Harry Gant
    Harry Gant

    Harry Phil Gant is a retired American racecar driver best known for driving the number 33 Skoal Bandits car on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit....
  10. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....


CRC Chemicals 500


The 1979 CRC Chemicals 500 was run on September 16 at Dover Downs International Speedway in Dover
Dover, Delaware

The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, Delaware, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Dover metropolitan area which encompasses all of Kent County....
, Delaware
Delaware

Delaware is a U.S. state located on the East Coast of the United States in the Mid-Atlantic States region of the United States. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, a British nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor, after whom Cape Henlopen was originally named....
. Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  2. 1–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  3. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  4. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  5. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  6. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  7. 71–Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis

    Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
  8. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  10. 30–Tighe Scott
    Tighe Scott

    Tighe Scott is a retired American racecar driver from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. He competed in dirt track racing modified racing before moving up into the NASCAR Winston Cup ....


Old Dominion 500


The 1979 Old Dominion 500 was run on September 23 at Martinsville Speedway
Martinsville Speedway

Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation-owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville, Virginia....
 in Martinsville
Martinsville, Virginia

Martinsville is an independent city surrounded by and the county seat of Henry County, Virginia, Virginia, United States. The population was 15,416 at the United States Census, 2000....
, Virginia
Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia is an United States U.S. state on the East Coast of the United States of the Southern United States. The state is known as the "Old Dominion" and sometimes as "Mother of Presidents", because it is the birthplace of Lists of United States Presidents by place of birth#By state....
. Darrell Waltrip
Darrell Waltrip

Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  2. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  3. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  4. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  5. 71–Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis

    Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
  6. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  7. 67–Buddy Arrington
    Buddy Arrington

    Buddy Arrington is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup driver....
  8. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  9. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  10. 40–D.K. Ulrich


NAPA National 500
Bank of America 500

The Bank of America 500 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that is hosted annually at Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, United States....


The 1979 NAPA National 500 was run on October 7 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord
Concord, North Carolina

Concord is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 55,977. It is the county seat of Cabarrus County, North Carolina and a winner of the All-America City Award in 2004....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
. Neil Bonnett
Neil Bonnett

Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  2. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  3. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  4. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  5. 1–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  6. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  7. 9–Bill Elliott
    Bill Elliott

    William Clyde Elliott is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Elliott was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America on August 15, 2007....
  8. 05–Dick Brooks
    Dick Brooks

    Dick Brooks was an United States NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500....
  9. 40–D.K. Ulrich
  10. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....


Holly Farms 400


The 1979 Holly Farms 400 was run on October 14 at North Wilkesboro Speedway
North Wilkesboro Speedway

North Wilkesboro Speedway is a short track that held races in NASCAR top three series from NASCAR's inception in 1949 until its closure in 1996....
 in North Wilkesboro
North Wilkesboro, North Carolina

North Wilkesboro is a town in Wilkes County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,116 at the 2000 census. It is the original home of Lowe's, though the chain has since relocated its headquarters to Mooresville, North Carolina....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
. Dale Earnhardt
Dale Earnhardt

Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  2. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  3. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  4. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  5. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  6. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  7. 25–Ronnie Thomas
  8. 40–D.K. Ulrich
  9. 67–Buddy Arrington
    Buddy Arrington

    Buddy Arrington is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup driver....
  10. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....


American 500


The 1979 American 500 was run on October 21 at North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham
Rockingham, North Carolina

Rockingham is a city in Richmond County, North Carolina, North Carolina, United States named after the Marquis of Rockingham. The population was 9,672 at the 2000 census....
, North Carolina
North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north....
. Buddy Baker
Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  2. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  3. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  4. 1–Donnie Allison
    Donnie Allison

    Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s....
  5. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  6. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  7. 3–Richard Childress
    Richard Childress

    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and successful team owner of Richard Childress Racing in NASCAR Sprint Cup competition. As a business entrepreneur, Childress has become one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina....
  8. 25–Ronnie Thomas
  9. 71–Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis

    Dave Marcis was a driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit from 1968 until 2002. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond International Raceway, including his final win in 1982....
  10. 51–Slick Johnson
    Slick Johnson

    Slick Johnson was a NASCAR race car driver from Florence, South Carolina. He was killed due to a skull fracture suffered during a crash at the ARCA race at Daytona in 1990....


Dixie 500


The 1979 Dixie 500 was run on November 4 at Atlanta International Raceway in Hampton
Hampton, Georgia

Hampton is a city in western Henry County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 3,857....
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a U.S. state in the United States and was one of the original Thirteen Colonies that revolted against United Kingdom rule in the American Revolution....
. Buddy Baker
Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 21–Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  2. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  3. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  4. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  5. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  6. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  7. 44–Terry Labonte
    Terry Labonte

    Terrance Lee Labonte is a semi-retired NASCAR driver who now races part-time in the Sprint Cup Series. Labonte was introduced to the sport through his father, who had worked on racecars as a hobby for his friends....
  8. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....
  9. 72–Joe Millikan
    Joe Millikan

    Joe Milikan was a NASCAR Winston Cup race car driver who competed during the from the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season to the 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season along with Terry Labonte and Dale Earnhardt....
  10. 77–Jody Ridley
    Jody Ridley

    Jody Ridley is a former NASCAR driver. He won the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award and one race at Dover International Speedway the next year, the only Cup victory for Donlavey Racing....


Los Angeles Times 500
Los Angeles Times 500

The Los Angeles Times 500 was an annual NASCAR Winston Cup race held at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, USA, in November from 1974 to 1980....


The 1979 Los Angeles Times 500 was run on November 18 at Ontario Motor Speedway
Ontario Motor Speedway

The Ontario Motor Speedway was a 2.5-mile race track built similar to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Designed by California born architect Walter Ted Tyler, the track opened in 1970, and was considered state of the art at the time....
 in Ontario
Ontario, California

Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, California, United States. As of the United States Census, 2000, the city had a total population of 170,373....
, California
California

California is a U.S. state on the West Coast of the United States of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. It is bordered by Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, and to the south the Mexico state of Baja California....
. Cale Yarborough
Cale Yarborough

William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
 won the pole.

Top Ten Results

  1. 27–Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons

    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an United States NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS , ESPN, NBC Sports and Turner Network Television....
  2. 15–Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison

    Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
  3. 11–Cale Yarborough
    Cale Yarborough

    William Caleb Yarborough , is a businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is the one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, before Jimmie Johnson in 2006-2008....
  4. 28–Buddy Baker
    Buddy Baker

    Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. is a former United States NASCAR racecar driver....
  5. 43–Richard Petty
    Richard Petty

    Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times , winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 rac...
  6. 21–Neil Bonnett
    Neil Bonnett

    Lawrence Neil Bonnett was a NASCAR driver who compiled 18 victories and 20 Pole Position over his 18-year career. The Hueytown, Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins....
  7. 05–Dick Brooks
    Dick Brooks

    Dick Brooks was an United States NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500....
  8. 88–Darrell Waltrip
    Darrell Waltrip

    Darrell Lee Waltrip is a three-time former NASCAR Championship champion, the 1989 Daytona 500 winner, current television race commentator with Fox Broadcasting Company and columnist at Foxsports.com....
  9. 2–Dale Earnhardt
    Dale Earnhardt

    Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. was an American race car driver, best known for his career driving stock cars in NASCAR's Winston Cup. Earnhardt had four children, Kerry Earnhardt, Kelley Earnhardt Elledge, Dale Earnhardt, Jr., and Taylor Earnhardt....
  10. 90–Ricky Rudd
    Ricky Rudd

    Ricky Rudd is a retired American NASCAR driver. He is the uncle of actor Skeet Ulrich and Nationwide Series driver Jason Rudd. Rudd is tied with Rusty Wallace for the longest streak of consecutive seasons with a victory, his lasting from 1983 to 1998....


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