| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 11 of 31 in the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
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| Date | May 12, 1979 | ||
| Official name | Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 | ||
| Location | Nashville Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.596 mi (0.959 km) | ||
| Distance | 420 laps, 250.3 mi (402.8 km) | ||
| Weather | Hot with temperatures of 86 °F (30 °C); wind speeds of 13 miles per hour (21 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 88.652 miles per hour (142.672 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | L.G. DeWitt | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | |
| Laps | 164 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1979 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 as a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 12, 1979, at Nashville Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee.
By the following season, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. Only manual transmission vehicles were allowed to participate in this race; a policy that NASCAR has retained to the present day.
- ^ Weather information for the 1969 Sun-Drop Music City USA 420 at the Old Farmers' Almanac