Turn Four Racing 1979 NASCAR Cup Series Season The 1979 NASCAR Cup Series season: 31 points races, 9 different winners, and Darrell Waltrip won the most races, 7. The full schedule with every winner, and the season leaders.
Schedule and winners No. Date Race Track Winner Laps led by winner 1 January 14, 1979 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Darrell Waltrip 87 2 February 18, 1979 Daytona 500 Daytona Richard Petty 12 3 March 4, 1979 Carolina 500 Rockingham Bobby Allison 311 4 March 11, 1979 Richmond 400 Richmond Cale Yarborough 178 5 March 18, 1979 Atlanta 500 Atlanta Buddy Baker 88 6 March 25, 1979 Northwestern Bank 400 North Wilkesboro Bobby Allison 51 7 April 1, 1979 Southeastern 500 Bristol Dale Earnhardt 163 8 April 8, 1979 CRC Chemicals Rebel 500 Darlington Darrell Waltrip 242 9 April 22, 1979 Virginia 500 Martinsville Richard Petty 247 10 May 6, 1979 Winston 500 Talladega Bobby Allison 58 11 May 12, 1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 Nashville Speedway Cale Yarborough 83 12 May 20, 1979 Mason-Dixon 500 Dover Neil Bonnett 59 13 May 27, 1979 World 600 Charlotte Darrell Waltrip 175 14 June 3, 1979 Texas 400 Texas World Speedway Darrell Waltrip 155 15 June 10, 1979 NAPA Riverside 400 Riverside International Raceway Bobby Allison 31 16 June 17, 1979 Gabriel 400 Michigan Buddy Baker 121 17 July 4, 1979 Firecracker 400 Daytona Neil Bonnett 77 18 July 14, 1979 Busch Nashville 420 Nashville Speedway Darrell Waltrip 409 19 July 30, 1979 Coca-Cola 500 Pocono Cale Yarborough 61 20 August 5, 1979 Talladega 500 Talladega Darrell Waltrip 102 21 August 19, 1979 Champion Spark Plug 400 Michigan Richard Petty 9 22 August 25, 1979 Volunteer 500 Bristol Darrell Waltrip 33 23 September 3, 1979 Southern 500 Darlington David Pearson 74 24 September 9, 1979 Capital City 400 Richmond Bobby Allison 369 25 September 16, 1979 CRC Chemicals 500 Dover Richard Petty 110 26 September 23, 1979 Old Dominion 500 Martinsville Buddy Baker 209 27 October 7, 1979 NAPA National 500 Charlotte Cale Yarborough 58 28 October 14, 1979 Holly Farms 400 North Wilkesboro Benny Parsons 92 29 October 21, 1979 American 500 Rockingham Richard Petty 139 30 November 4, 1979 Dixie 500 Atlanta Neil Bonnett 54 31 November 18, 1979 Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway Benny Parsons 56
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