NASCAR Seri Piala Winston musim 1979

NASCAR Seri Piala Winston 1979
Sebelum:	1978	Sesudah:	1980

NASCAR Seri Piala Winston musim 1979 adalah musim ke-31 dari ajang balap mobil stok profesional di Amerika Serikat dan menjadi musim Seri Piala era modern ke-8. Musim ini dimulai pada hari Minggu 14 Januari dan berakhir pada hari Minggu 18 November. Richard Petty memenangkan kejuaraan Piala Winston ketujuh dan terakhirnya. Ia berhasil menang dengan keunggulan 11 poin atas Darrell Waltrip. Dale Earnhardt dinobatkan sebagai NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

Klasemen akhir musim

Pos.	Pembalap	Poin	Start	Menang	Top 5	Top 10	Pole
1	Richard Petty	4830	31	5	23	27	1
2	Darrell Waltrip	4819	31	7	19	22	5
3	Bobby Allison	4633	31	5	18	22	3
4	Cale Yarborough	4604	31	4	19	22	1
5	Benny Parsons	4256	31	2	16	21	1
6	Joe Millikan	4014	31	0	5	20	1
7	Dale Earnhardt	3749	27	1	11	17	4
8	Richard Childress	3735	31	0	1	11	0
9	Ricky Rudd	3642	28	0	4	17	0
10	Terry Labonte	3615	31	0	2	13	0
11	Buddy Arrington	3589	31	0	1	7	0
12	D.K. Ulrich	3508	31	0	0	5	0
13	J.D. McDuffie	3473	31	0	1	7	0
14	James Hylton	3405	30	0	0	5	0
15	Buddy Baker	3249	26	3	12	15	7
16	Frank Warren	3199	31	0	0	3	0
17	Ronnie Thomas	2912	30	0	0	3	0
18	Tommy Gale	2795	28	0	0	1	0
19	Cecil Gordon	2737	28	0	0	0	0
20	Dave Marcis	2736	25	0	1	6	0
21	Harry Gant	2664	25	0	0	5	1
22	Dick Brooks	2622	27	0	1	8	0
23	Jimmy Means	2575	27	0	0	1	0
24	Donnie Allison	2508	20	0	7	10	1
25	Baxter Price	2364	24	0	0	0	0
26	Neil Bonnett	2223	21	3	4	6	4
27	Tighe Scott	1879	17	0	1	7	0
28	Bill Elliott	1548	13	0	1	5	0
29	Lennie Pond	1415	15	0	0	2	0
30	Dick May	1390	19	0	0	0	0
31	Roger Hamby	1231	13	0	0	0	0
32	David Pearson	1203	9	1	4	5	2
33	Coo Coo Marlin	613	7	0	0	2	0
34	Bruce Hill	594	7	0	0	0	0
35	Blackie Wangerin	571	7	0	0	0	0
36	Grant Adcox	560	6	0	0	0	0
37	Kyle Petty	559	5	0	0	1	0
38	Chuck Bown	523	7	0	0	2	0
39	John Anderson	496	4	0	1	1	0
40	Ralph Jones	477	6	0	0	0	0
41	Earle Canavan	456	7	0	0	0	0
42	Slick Johnson	431	4	0	0	1	0
42	Nelson Oswald	431	6	0	0	0	0
44	Dave Watson	413	4	0	0	1	0
45	Al Holbert	402	6	0	0	1	0
46	Bobby Wawak	376	4	0	0	0	0
47	Jody Ridley	374	3	0	1	2	0
48	Bill Hollar	371	5	0	0	0	0
49	Rick Newsom	355	4	0	0	0	0
50	Bill Schmitt	342	3	0	1	1	0
51	Ed Negre	336	3	0	0	0	0
52	John Kennedy	322	5	0	0	0	0
53	Tim Williamson	320	3	0	0	1	0
54	Richard White	264	3	0	0	0	0
55	Jimmy Insolo	258	3	0	0	0	0
56	H.B. Bailey	255	4	0	0	0	0
57	Elmo Langley	246	2	0	0	0	0
58	Jim Robinson	240	3	0	0	0	0
59	Henry Jones	237	3	0	0	0	0
60	Steve Spencer	230	2	0	0	0	0
61	Travis Tiller	229	4	0	0	0	0
62	Jim Vandiver	225	4	0	0	0	0
63	Bill Elswick	221	3	0	0	0	0
64	Jack Ingram	219	4	0	0	0	0
65	Jimmy Finger	213	3	0	0	0	0
66	Bob Burcham	212	2	0	0	0	0
66	Wayne Watercutter	212	3	0	0	0	0
68	Mike Potter	209	4	0	0	0	0
68	John Rezek	209	4	0	0	0	0
70	Marty Robbins	207	3	0	0	0	0
71	Steve Peles	203	2	0	0	0	0
72	Bill Dennis	200	2	0	0	0	0
73	Buck Simmons	197	2	0	0	0	0
74	Dave Dion	191	2	0	0	0	0
75	Mike Kempton	185	2	0	0	0	0
76	Vince Giamformaggio	176	2	0	0	0	0
77	Connie Saylor	170	2	0	0	0	0
78	Paul Fess	164	2	0	0	0	0
79	Sandy Satullo	155	2	0	0	0	0
80	David Sosebee	146	3	0	0	0	0
81	Jim Thirkettle	142	1	0	0	1	0
81	Norm Palmer	142	1	0	0	1	0
83	Geoffrey Bodine	139	3	0	0	0	0
84	Louis Gatto	137	2	0	0	0	0
85	Steve Pfeifer	134	3	0	0	0	0
86	Sterling Marlin	123	1	0	0	0	0
87	Butch Hartman	121	1	0	0	0	0
88	Al Elmore	118	1	0	0	0	0
88	Ed Hale	118	1	0	0	0	0
90	Skip Manning	116	2	0	0	0	0
90	Keith Davis	116	2	0	0	0	0
90	Gary Balough	116	3	0	0	0	0
93	Kevin Housby	115	1	0	0	0	0
93	Ernie Shaw	115	1	0	0	0	0
95	Billy Hagan	112	1	0	0	0	0
95	Steve Moore	112	1	0	0	0	0
97	Nestor Peles	106	1	0	0	0	0
97	Dick Whalen	106	1	0	0	0	0
99	Lawrence Fields	103	1	0	0	0	0
99	John Borneman	103	1	0	0	0	0
101	Roy Smith	100	1	0	0	0	0
102	Don Graham	97	1	0	0	0	0
102	Larry Isley	97	1	0	0	0	0
102	Jerry Jolly	97	1	0	0	0	0
105	Hal Callentine	94	2	0	0	0	0
105	Harry Goularte	94	1	0	0	0	0
107	Robert Tartaglia	91	1	0	0	0	0
107	Jocko Maggiacomo	91	1	0	0	0	0
107	Jim Hurlbert	91	1	0	0	0	0
110	Joey Arrington	85	1	0	0	0	0
111	Rick McCray	82	1	0	0	0	0
112	Butch Lindley	79	1	0	0	0	0
112	Don Puskarich	79	1	0	0	0	0
112	John Utsman	79	1	0	0	0	0
115	Dick Kranzler	76	1	0	0	0	0
116	Wayne Broome	73	2	0	0	0	0
117	Don Noel	70	1	0	0	0	0
117	Bobby Fisher	70	1	0	0	0	0
119	Glenn Jarrett	67	2	0	0	0	0
119	Bill Meazell	67	1	0	0	0	0
121	Billy Smith	64	1	0	0	0	0
122	Bobby Brack	63	1	0	0	0	0
123	Chris Monoleos	61	1	0	0	0	0
124	Bub Strickler	55	1	0	0	0	0
124	Bill Seifert	55	1	0	0	0	0
124	Jeff Halverson	55	1	0	0	0	0
127	Richard Brickhouse	46	1	0	0	0	0
127	Steve Gray	46	1	0	0	0	0
127	Butch Mock	46	1	0	0	0	0
130	Ron Hutcherson	40	1	0	0	0	0
	Randy Ogden		3	0	0	0	0
	Claude Ballot-Lena		2	0	0	0	0
	A.J. Foyt		2	0	1	2	0
	Freddy Smith		2	0	0	0	0
	Darrell Basham		1	0	0	0	0
	Earl Brooks		1	0	0	0	0
	Bill Green		1	0	0	0	0
	Ferrel Harris		1	0	0	0	0
	John Haver		1	0	0	0	0
	Jimmy Hindman		1	0	0	0	0
	Melvin Revis		1	0	0	0	0
	Al Rudd Jr.		1	0	0	0	0

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