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.
Richard Petty (foto 2021 ) meraih gelar ketujuhnya pada musim 1979.
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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