Auto race held at Alabama International Motor Speedway in 1979
1979 Talladega 500
Race details[1]
Race 20 of 31 in the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway
Date
August 5, 1979 (1979-August-05)
Official name
Talladega 500
Location
Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, Alabama
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.660 mi (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[2]
Pole position
Driver
Neil Bonnett
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
Motor car race
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.
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