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On February 18, 1979, CBS presented the first flag-to-flag coverage of the Daytona 500. [2] Richard Petty won NASCAR's crown-jewel race for the sixth time, but the big story was the post-race fight on the track's infield between Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison , who crashed together on the final lap while leading. [ 2 ]
The NASCAR championship season consists of a series of races, held usually on oval tracks, and in a few cases, road courses. [4] Each season throughout NASCAR history has consisted of between 8 and 62 races. [5] The results of each race are combined to determine two championships in each of the top series, one for drivers and one for manufacturers.
Richard Petty, the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion. This would be the final of his 7 championships. Darrell Waltrip finished second in the standings Dale Earnhardt, the 1979 rookie of the year. The 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 31st season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 8th modern-era Cup series ...
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In July 2023, broadcast network The CW signed a TV rights deal to broadcast the NASCAR Xfinity Series from 2025 to 2031 for an estimated $115 million annual fee. [32] In November 2023, NASCAR announced a television and streaming deal for the NASCAR Cup Series from 2025 to 2031 for a $1.1 billion annual fee.
The 1979 Daytona 500, the 21st annual running of the event, was the second race of the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. It was held on February 18, 1979 at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida. It has been called the most important race in stock car history. [2]
Since its inaugural season in 1949, there have been 77 NASCAR Cup Series seasons The Cup series is the premier stock car racing series sanctioned by NASCAR. Below is a list of seasons by decade. Below is a list of seasons by decade.
One example is the 1979 Daytona 500 which was the first race of its kind to be broadcast to a national television audience from start to finish. [2] On the final lap of the 1979 Daytona 500, Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough crashed allowing Richard Petty to take the victory. After the race, Donnie Allison along with his brother Bobby got into ...