1979 Talladega 500
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 20 of 31 in the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
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Layout of Talladega Superspeedway | |||
| Date | August 5, 1979 | ||
| Official name | Talladega 500 | ||
| Location | Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, Alabama | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 2.660 miles (4.280 km) | ||
| Distance | 188 laps, 500.1 mi (804.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Hot with temperatures of 90.9 °F (32.7 °C); wind speeds of 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 161.229 miles per hour (259.473 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 80,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Wood Brothers Racing | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | |
| Laps | 102 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 88 | Darrell Waltrip | DiGard Motorsports | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | CBS | ||
| Announcers |
Ken Squier Lee Petty | ||
| Radio in the United States | |||
| Radio | Motor Racing Network | ||
| Booth announcers | Jack Arute and Barney Hall | ||
| Turn announcers |
Turns 1 & 2: Eli Gold Backstreatch & Turn 3: Hal Hamrick Turn 4 & Tri-Oval: Mike Joy Pit Reporter: Darel Dieringer Garage Area: Joe Alloy | ||
The 1979 Talladega 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on August 5, 1979, at Alabama International Motor Speedway in Talladega, Alabama.