1979 Texas 400

Race 14 of 31

Texas World
200 laps
Time of race: 2:33:39
Average speed of winner: 156.216 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap + 1 sec.
Lead changes: 22 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 5 laps
Lap leaders: Baker pole, Labonte 1, Waltrip 2-7, Baker 8, Waltrip 9-33, Earnhardt 34-38, Baker 39-40, Earnhardt 41-46, Waltrip 47, Earnhardt 48-50, Waltrip 51-66, Earnhardt 67, Waltrip 68-78, Earnhardt 79-93, Waltrip 94-117, Earnhardt 118-119, Waltrip 120-125, Earnhardt 126, Waltrip 127, Earnhardt 128-134, Waltrip 135-143, Earnhardt 144, Waltrip 145-200

Race notes: Debut for Jim Hurlbert and John Rezek. Finale for Billy Hagan, John Haver, and Mike Kempton. Only start for Bill Meazel.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		200	10	155	running	21750	185
2	6	Bobby Allison	15	Hodgdon/Moore	Ford	Moore	Moore		199	0	0	running	14600	170
3	1	Buddy Baker	28	Spectra	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson	167.903	199	2	3	running	13950	170
4	5	Cale Yarborough	11	Busch	Chevrolet	Johnson	Carter		199	0	0	running	12150	160
5	2	Terry Labonte	44	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			196	1	1	running	9100	160
6	9	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		195	0	0	running	8700	150
7	19	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Oldsmobile	Childress			193	0	0	running	6250	146
8	10	Joe Millikan	72	Appliance Wheels	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			192	0	0	running	7200	142
9	17	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			192	0	0	running	5080	138
10	16	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			190	0	0	running	4670	134
11	24	John Rezek	31	RPM Enterprises	Oldsmobile				190	0	0	running	2400	130
12	3	Dale Earnhardt	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Elder		189	9	41	accident	6400	132
13	13	Bruce Hill	50	Global Heat Exchange	Buick	Ballard			189	0	0	running	2200	124
14	21	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			186	0	0	running	3810	121
15	12	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Buick	Ulrich			186	0	0	running	3590	118
16	25	H.B. Bailey	36	Almeda Auto Parts	Pontiac	H.B. Bailey			185	0	0	running	1900	115
17	22	Billy Hagan	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			185	0	0	running	3280	112
18	29	Earle Canavan	01	Irish Spring Soap	Dodge	Canavan			184	0	0	running	1700	109
19	18	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			181	0	0	running	3020	106
20	14	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			180	0	0	running	2960	103
21	31	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon-Barnicle	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			174	0	0	running	2650	100
22	26	Mike Potter	76	Miller	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			174	0	0	running	1500	0
23	23	Jimmy Means	52	Mr. Transmission	Chevrolet	Means			173	0	0	running	2340	94
24	27	Jim Hurlbert	96	White Crown Engineering	Ford	Cronkite			150	0	0	running	1400	91
25	8	Benny Parsons	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		143	0	0	spindle	2230	88
26	15	Ronnie Thomas	25	Stone's Cafeteria	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			140	0	0	wheel	3170	85
27	20	Baxter Price	45	Iron Peddlers	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			139	0	0	transmission	2100	82
28	7	Ricky Rudd	90	Truxmore	Mercury	Donlavey			135	0	0	valve	1700	79
29	33	Mike Kempton	69	Pro Shoppe Sports	Chevrolet	Jayhawk Sports			135	0	0	running	1150	76
30	30	Dick May	09	CRC Chemicals	Oldsmobile	Oswald			113	0	0	camshaft	1100	73
31	11	Lennie Pond	12	Kencoal	Chevrolet	Childers			70	0	0	engine	1050	70
32	32	Bill Meazel	55	Lowery U-Haul	Chevrolet				46	0	0	engine	1000	67
33	34	John Haver	58	Camera World Canon	Chevrolet	Haver			36	0	0	engine	950	0
34	28	Jimmy Finger	32	Vita Fresh/Pharis	Buick	Bierschwale			5	0	0	engine	1150	61

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Darrell Waltrip	2251	14	3	4	11	11
2	Bobby Allison	2183	14	2	3	10	10
3	Cale Yarborough	2057	14	0	2	8	10
4	Richard Petty	2037	14	0	2	9	10
5	Dale Earnhardt	1888	14	0	1	5	7
6	Joe Millikan	1872	14	1	0	3	11
7	Benny Parsons	1840	14	1	0	6	9
8	Terry Labonte	1736	14	0	0	1	8
9	Buddy Baker	1704	14	4	1	5	8
10	D.K. Ulrich	1700	14	0	0	0	2
11	Richard Childress	1687	14	0	0	1	5
12	J.D. McDuffie	1635	14	0	0	1	4
13	Buddy Arrington	1587	14	0	0	1	3
14	James Hylton	1584	13	0	0	0	4
15	Frank Warren	1538	14	0	0	0	3
16	Ricky Rudd	1499	13	0	0	0	5
17	Donnie Allison	1375	11	1	0	3	6
18	Ronnie Thomas	1325	14	0	0	0	0
19	Tommy Gale	1291	12	0	0	0	1
20	Cecil Gordon	1233	12	0	0	0	0
21	Dave Marcis	1184	11	0	0	0	1
22	Dick Brooks	1163	12	0	0	1	3
23	Baxter Price	1106	11	0	0	0	0
24	Jimmy Means	962	11	0	0	0	0
25	Lennie Pond	805	8	0	0	0	2