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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 .
At that point, a fight ensued. [5] As the 1979 Daytona 500 was the first live flag-to-flag nationally televised NASCAR race, the finish and the post-race squabble were a ratings dream for CBS. Richard Petty, who was over half a lap behind at the time of the crash, went on to win the race. The fight made headlines all across America. The ...
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]
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won the Daytona 500 in 2023. Here's the history of NASCAR's "Great American Race," including other past winners. ... 1979: Richard Petty (6) 1978: Bobby Allison. 1977: Cale ...
Here is the all-time winners list for the NASCAR Daytona 500, which starts each season and began in 1959. ... 1979: Richard Petty. 1978: Bobby Allison. 1977: Cale Yarborough.
Yarborough began the 1979 season with Busch Beer sponsorship and getting into a fight with Donnie and Bobby Allison after the Daytona 500, when Donnie and Yarborough wrecked while racing for the lead on the final lap. This was the first NASCAR 500-mile race to be broadcast on live television in its entirety (through CBS Sports).
In 1979, Allison was part of the famous ending to the 1979 Daytona 500 that included brother Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough. ... Yarborough confronted Bobby and the most famous fight in NASCAR ...
For Bobby Allison, the Daytona 500 prior to the 1978 race was not kind to him, in fact he came to the race with a 67-race winless streak but with 11 laps remaining, he pushed his Bud Moore Ford around Buddy Baker to take the lead and never look back as he captured his first Daytona 500 win. The 1979 Daytona 500 was the first 500-mile (800 km ...