1979 Texas 400

1979 Texas 400
Race details
Race 14 of 31 in the 1979 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Date June 9, 1979 (1979-June-09)
Location Texas World Speedway (College Station, Texas)
Course Permanent racing facility
2.000 mi (3.218 km)
Distance 250 laps, 500 mi (804 km)
Avg Speed 156.216 miles per hour (251.405 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Buddy Baker Harry Ranier
Most laps led
Driver Darrell Waltrip DiGard
Laps 155
Winner
88
 Darrell Waltrip
 DiGard
Television
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1979 Texas 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on June 3, 1979 at Texas World Speedway.[1][2]

Summary

Two hundred laps took place on an oval track spanning 2.0 miles (3.2 km).[1][2] Darrell Waltrip won the race; beating Bobby Allison by 60 seconds.[1]

Waltrip's overall speed for the race was 156.216 miles per hour (251.405 km/h) while Buddy Baker achieved the pole position for the race with a speed of 167.903 miles per hour (270.214 km/h).[1][2] Total winnings for this race were $161,250 ($487,903.63 in today's money); Darrell would receive $21,750 of the total purse ($65,810.26 in today's money).[1][2] Eleven thousand and five hundred fans would attend this live race with lasted more than two hours and thirty-three minutes.[1][2]

Some of the more notable names to make an appearance here were: Dale Earnhardt, Richard Childress, Cale Yarborough, Terry Labonte, Richard Petty, and J. D. McDuffie.[1][2]

Finishing order

  1. Darrell Waltrip
  2. Bobby Allison
  3. Buddy Baker
  4. Cale Yarborough
  5. Terry Labonte
  6. Richard Petty
  7. Richard Childress
  8. Joe Millikan
  9. Buddy Arrington
  10. James Hylton
  11. John Rezek
  12. Dale Earnhardt*
  13. Bruce Hill
  14. J. D. McDuffie
  15. D. K. Ulrich
  16. H. B. Bailey
  17. Billy Hagan
  18. Earle Canavan
  19. Frank Warren
  20. Tommy Gale
  21. Cecil Gordon
  22. Mike Potter
  23. Jimmy Means
  24. Jim Hurlbert
  25. Benny Parsons*
  26. Ronnie Thomas*
  27. Baxter Price*
  28. Ricky Rudd*
  29. Mike Kempton
  30. Dick May*
  31. Lennie Pond*
  32. Bill Meazell*
  33. John Haver*
  34. Jimmy Finger*

* Driver failed to finish race

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "1979 Texas 400 racing results". Stat Sheet. http://statsheet.com/nascar/races/1979-06-03-texas-400. Retrieved 2010-11-12. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f "1979 Texas 400 racing results". Racing Reference. http://racing-reference.info/race/1979_Texas_400/W. Retrieved 2011-11-14. 
Preceded by
1979 World 600		 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Season
1979		 Succeeded by
1979 NAPA Riverside 400