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Busch Nashville 420
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Music City Motorplex, Nashville, TN
July 14, 1979
420 laps on 0.596 mile paved oval; 250.32 miles
Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
1
| 1
| Darrell Waltrip
| 88
| DiGard
| Chevrolet
| 420
| 14,000
| running
| 409 |
2
| 5
| Cale Yarborough
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Chevrolet
| 419
| 8,700
| running
| 0 |
3
| 3
| Dale Earnhardt
| 2
| Rod Osterlund
| Chevrolet
| 417
| 7,200
| running
| 0 |
4
| 9
| Benny Parsons
| 27
| M.C. Anderson
| Chevrolet
| 417
| 3,650
| running
| 0 |
5
| 6
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Chevrolet Caprice
| 406
| 4,280
| running
| 0 |
6
| 19
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| Chevrolet
| 406
| 2,450
| running
| 0 |
7
| 17
| Richard Childress
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Chevrolet
| 405
| 2,180
| running
| 0 |
8
| 10
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| Chevrolet
| 404
| 1,930
| running
| 0 |
9
| 21
| Ronnie Thomas
| 25
| Don Robertson
| Chevrolet
| 396
| 2,805
| running
| 0 |
10
| 20
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Jimmy Means
| Chevrolet
| 394
| 1,715
| running
| 0 |
11
| 16
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| Oldsmobile
| 391
| 1,925
| running
| 0 |
12
| 18
| Wayne Watercutter
| 55
|
| Chevrolet
| 390
| 565
| running
| 0 |
13
| 26
| Roger Hamby
| 17
| Roger Hamby
| Oldsmobile
| 380
| 1,415
| running
| 0 |
14
| 27
| Frank Warren
| 79
| Frank Warren
| Dodge
| 374
| 1,285
| running
| 0 |
15
| 14
| Sterling Marlin
| 14
| H.B. Cunningham
| Chevrolet
| 341
| 505
| lug bolt
| 11 |
16
| 2
| Bobby Allison
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 340
| 3,935
| running
| 0 |
17
| 23
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Dodge
| 272
| 1,120
| engine
| 0 |
18
| 24
| Baxter Price
| 45
| Baxter Price
| Chevrolet
| 250
| 1,005
| accident
| 0 |
19
| 7
| Dick Brooks
| 05
| Nelson Malloch
| Chevrolet
| 155
| 640
| oil leak
| 0 |
20
| 11
| Steve Spencer
| 19
| Henley Gray
| Chevrolet
| 151
| 675
| water pump
| 0 |
21
| 4
| Joe Millikan
| 72
| L.G. DeWitt
| Chevrolet
| 150
| 3,115
| accident
| 0 |
22
| 13
| Harry Gant
| 47
| Jack Beebe
| Chevrolet
| 142
| 405
| engine
| 0 |
23
| 12
| D.K. Ulrich
| 40
| D.K. Ulrich
| Chevrolet
| 114
| 645
| overheating
| 0 |
24
| 25
| Ralph Jones
| 98
| Ralph Jones
| Ford
| 92
| 385
| oil leak
| 0 |
25
| 8
| Terry Labonte
| 44
| Billy Hagan
| Chevrolet
| 40
| 625
| engine
| 0 |
26
| 28
| Henry Jones
| 69
| Mike Kempton
| Chevrolet
| 19
| 370
| engine
| 0 |
27
| 15
| Nelson Oswald
| 09
| Nelson Oswald
| Chevrolet
| 6
| 365
| engine
| 0 |
28
| 22
| Tom Gale
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 5
| 610
| engine
| 0 |
29
| 30
| Dick May
| 58
| Don Satterfield
| Chevrolet
| 3
| 355
| engine
| 0 |
30
| 29
| Jimmy Hindman
| 10
| Jimmy Hindman
| Ford
| 2
| 350
| oil leak
| 0 |
Time of race: 02:42:51
Average Speed: 92.227 MPH
Pole Speed: 20.351 seconds
3 cautions for 19 laps
Attendance: 17,000