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Earnhardt was Waltrip's top challenger before he crashed late in the race. Waltrip had a lap lead but Allison, Baker, and Yarborough had a one-lap dash for second. Allison got second by about two feet over Baker, who was about four feet back. Some of the more notable names to make an appearance
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achieved the pole position for the race with a speed of 167.903 miles per hour (270.214 km/h). Total winnings for this race were $ 161,250 ($ 676,939.48 when considering inflation); Darrell would receive $ 21,750 of the total purse ($ 91,308.12 when considering inflation).
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Finish: Darrell
Waltrip was officially declared the winner of the event.
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Notable crew chiefs in attendance for this race were
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1005:Lap 135: Ricky Rudd fell out with engine failure.
999:Lap 70: Lennie Pond fell out with engine failure.
996:Lap 46: Bill Meazel fell out with engine failure.
990:Lap 5: Jimmy Finger fell out with engine failure.
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1002:Lap 113: Dick May fell out with engine failure.
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256:race that took place on June 3, 1979, at
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1335:"1979 Texas 400 crew chiefs information"
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1734:NASCAR races at Texas World Speedway
1276:"1979 Texas 400 weather information"
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1314:"1979 Texas 400 racing results"
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47:Layout of Texas World Speedway
34:1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
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287:2008 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
103:200 laps, 400 mi (643.738 km)
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1278:. The Old Farmers' Almanac
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1025:Standings after the race
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1632:Champion Spark Plug 400
1567:CRC Chemicals Rebel 500
1398:1979 NAPA Riverside 400
1356:"Notable events at the
280:won the race; beating
262:College Station, Texas
84:College Station, Texas
56:June 9, 1979
1682:Los Angeles Times 500
1557:Northwestern Bank 400
32:Race 14 of 31 in the
1437:Budweiser NASCAR 400
258:Texas World Speedway
80:Texas World Speedway
1617:Busch Nashville 420
1532:Winston Western 500
95:2.000 mi (3.218 km)
23:
1602:NAPA Riverside 400
1337:. Racing Reference
1316:. Racing Reference
982:Section reference:
254:Winston Cup Series
212:DiGard Motorsports
181:DiGard Motorsports
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1662:NAPA National 500
1652:CRC Chemicals 500
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242:Motor car race
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1637:Volunteer 500
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1547:Richmond 400
1542:Carolina 500
1525:Points races
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1364:. Retrieved
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1280:. Retrieved
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960:Jimmy Finger
948:Bill Meazell
930:Mike Kempton
918:Baxter Price
900:Jim Hurlbert
882:Cecil Gordon
870:Frank Warren
852:H. B. Bailey
846:D. K. Ulrich
816:James Hylton
804:Joe Millikan
675:Baxter Price
647:Frank Warren
619:James Hylton
535:Joe Millikan
362:Jim Hurlbert
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60:1979-June-09
27:Race details
1698:Busch Clash
1607:Gabriel 400
1577:Winston 500
1552:Atlanta 500
1537:Daytona 500
1248:D.K. Ulrich
1227:Buddy Baker
944:*† (No. 12)
942:Lennie Pond
938:*† (No. 09)
908:*† (No. 27)
894:Jimmy Means
888:Mike Potter
858:Billy Hagan
774:Buddy Baker
745:H.B. Bailey
734:Oldsmobile
717:Jimmy Means
703:Billy Hagan
664:Oldsmobile
563:D.K. Ulrich
549:Lennie Pond
409:Buddy Baker
374:Bill Meazel
370:Billy Hagan
298:here were:
291:Buddy Baker
268:Race report
228:untelevised
147:Buddy Baker
1718:Categories
1366:2014-05-08
1341:2018-08-23
1320:2011-11-14
1282:2012-09-10
1262:References
962:* (No. 32)
956:* (No. 58)
954:John Haver
950:* (No. 55)
926:* (No. 90)
924:Ricky Rudd
920:* (No. 45)
914:* (No. 25)
884:† (No. 24)
878:† (No. 64)
876:Tommy Gale
866:† (No. 01)
860:† (No. 19)
854:† (No. 36)
842:† (No. 70)
834:Bruce Hill
830:*† (No. 2)
822:John Rezek
818:† (No. 48)
776:† (No. 28)
731:John Rezek
720:Chevrolet
706:Chevrolet
692:Chevrolet
678:Chevrolet
622:Chevrolet
608:Chevrolet
591:Tommy Gale
577:Bruce Hill
552:Chevrolet
538:Chevrolet
524:Chevrolet
510:Chevrolet
493:Ricky Rudd
468:Chevrolet
454:Chevrolet
440:Chevrolet
426:Chevrolet
412:Chevrolet
380:Qualifying
366:John Rezek
355:Jake Elder
351:Tim Brewer
343:Dale Inman
274:oval track
233:Announcers
124:Attendance
1677:Dixie 500
1597:Texas 400
1592:World 600
782:†(No. 11)
347:Bud Moore
71:Texas 400
1469:Winners
977:Timeline
936:Dick May
932:(No. 69)
902:(No. 96)
896:(No. 52)
890:(No. 76)
872:(No. 79)
848:(No. 40)
836:(No. 50)
824:(No. 31)
812:(No. 67)
806:(No. 72)
794:(No. 43)
788:(No. 44)
770:(No. 15)
764:(No. 88)
748:Pontiac
496:Mercury
100:Distance
76:Location
1038:Points
1035:Driver
800:(No. 3)
395:Driver
224:Network
108:Weather
58: (
1445:Races
650:Dodge
636:Dodge
580:Buick
566:Buick
360:While
353:, and
318:, and
251:NASCAR
249:was a
202:No. 88
196:Winner
169:Driver
139:Driver
127:11,500
90:Course
36:season
1392:1979
1255:-551
1252:1700
1234:-547
1231:1704
1213:-515
1210:1736
1192:-414
1189:1837
1171:-379
1168:1872
1150:-363
1147:1888
1129:-214
1126:2037
1108:-194
1105:2057
1084:2183
594:Ford
482:Ford
387:Grid
1459:1981
1454:1980
1449:1979
1087:-68
1062:2251
1032:Pos
364:and
245:The
236:none
188:Laps
53:Date
1239:10
739:25
725:24
711:23
697:22
683:21
669:20
655:19
641:18
627:17
613:16
599:15
585:14
571:13
557:12
543:11
529:10
391:No.
260:in
191:155
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1291:^
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1197:8
1176:7
1155:6
1134:5
1113:4
1092:3
1071:2
1066:0
1046:1
742:36
728:31
714:52
700:19
686:70
672:45
644:79
630:67
616:48
602:25
588:64
574:50
560:40
546:12
532:72
518:43
515:9
504:27
501:8
490:90
487:7
476:15
473:6
462:11
459:5
448:88
445:4
431:3
420:44
417:2
406:28
403:1
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337:,
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