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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 ]
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 ...
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. [25] In November 2023, NASCAR announced a television and streaming deal for the NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Truck Series from 2025 to 2031 for a $1.1 billion annual fee.
The 1979–80 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1979 to August 1980.
Prior to the original 1999 contract between NASCAR and NBC, the network aired races such as the National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway from 1979 [3] [4] [5] to 1981, [6] the 1981 Mountain Dew 500 [7] at Pocono International Raceway, the Winston 500 at Alabama International Motor Speedway from 1983 [8] [9] to 1985, and the Miami 300 [10] and ...
The following is the 1979–80 network television schedule for the three major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1979 through August 1980. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1978–79 ...
Prior to the original 1999 contract between NASCAR and NBC, the network aired races such as the National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway from 1979 [24] [25] [26] to 1981, [27] the 1981 Mountain Dew 500 [28] at Pocono International Raceway, the Winston 500 at Alabama International Motor Speedway from 1983 [29] [30] to 1985, and the Miami 300 [31 ...
The race was released on DVD in 2007. It aired again on Fox Sports 1 in February 2015 in a compressed 30-minute format hosted by Dale Earnhardt Jr. [11] It was the subject of the documentary A Perfect Storm: The 1979 Daytona 500, featuring interviews of CBS Sports commentators, director Bob Fishman, and 1979 Daytona 500 drivers.
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