24 uur van Daytona 1979

17e 24 uur van Daytona
Datum	3-4 februari 1979
Locatie	Daytona International Speedway, Verenigde Staten
Winnaars
Edities

De 24 uur van Daytona 1979 was de 17e editie van deze endurancerace. De race werd verreden op 3 en 4 februari 1979 op de Daytona International Speedway nabij Daytona Beach, Florida.

De race werd gewonnen door de Interscope Racing #0 gereden door Ted Field, Danny Ongais en Hurley Haywood. Voor Haywood was het zijn vierde Daytona-zege, waarmee hij op gelijke hoogte kwam met recordhouders Peter Gregg en Pedro Rodríguez de la Vega. Field en Ongais behaalden allebei hun eerste overwinning. De GTO-klasse werd gewonnen door de Modena Sports Cars #65 van John Morton en Tony Adamowicz. De GTU-klasse werd gewonnen door de Mazda Technical Center #7 van Yoshimi Katayama, Yojiro Terada en Takashi Yorino.

Race

Winnaars in hun klasse zijn vetgedrukt.

Pos.	Klasse	No.	Team	Coureurs	Chassis	Ronden
1	GTX	0	Interscope Racing	Ted Field Danny Ongais Hurley Haywood	Porsche 935/79	684
2	GTO	65	Modena Sports Cars	John Morton Tony Adamowicz	Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Competizione	635
3	GTX	11	Bruce Canepa	Bruce Canepa Rick Mears Monte Shelton	Porsche 935	627
4	GTX	94	Whittington Bros. Racing	Don Whittington Bill Whittington Jürgen Barth	Porsche 935/79	622
5	GTU	7	Mazda Technical Center	Yoshimi Katayama Yojiro Terada Takashi Yorino	Mazda RX-7	617
6	GTU	77	Mazda Technical Center	Walt Bohren Amos Johnson Roger Mandeville	Mazda RX-7	615
7	GTU	60	E. J. Pruitt & Sons	Rusty Bond Ren Tilton	Porsche 911 S	612
8	GTO	54	Montura Ranch Estates	Tony Garcia Juan Montalvo Alberto Vadia	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	587
9	GTO	98	Van Every Racing	Lance van Every Ash Tisdelle Robert Overby	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	579
10	GTO	03	Lubrifilm Racing	Angelo Pallavicini Enzo Calderari Marco Vanoli	Porsche 934	577
11	GTU	75	Mike Ramirez	Mike Ramirez Manuel Villa Luis Gordillo	Porsche 911	560
12	GTO	37	Botero Racing	Honorato Espinosa Francisco López Jorge Cortes	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	551
13	GTU	33	Peter Welter	Peter Welter Richard Aten Jack Refenning	Porsche 911	550
14	GTO	58	Diego Febles Racing	Diego Febles Phil Currin	Porsche 911 Carrera RS	543
DNF	GTX	5	Budweiser Racing	Charles Mendez Johnny Rutherford Paul Miller	Porsche 935	529
DNF	GTU	27	Miami Auto Racing	Ray Mummery Tom Sheehy Luis Sereix	Porsche 911 S	522
DNF	GTU	62	Koll Motorsports	Bill Koll Jim Cook	Porsche 914/6	511
18	GTO	95	Stephen E. Bond	Stephen Bond Philip Dann	Chevrolet Monza	509
19	GTO	21	Oftedahl Racing	John Wood Tom Bagley Carl Shafer	Chevrolet Camaro	493
20	GTU	42	Bullwinkele Racing, Inc.	Tom Ashby Bill Bean Bob Beasley	Porsche 911	493
21	GTU	08	Southern Racing Ent.	Terry Wolters Nort Northam Richard Weiss	Porsche 911 S	488
22	GTU	34	Drolsom Racing	George Drolsom Mark Greb John Maffucci	Porsche 911	482
23	GTO	64	Lenton B. McGill	C. C. Canada Russ Boykin Tom Ciccone	Chevrolet Camaro	458
24	GTU	61	Faza Squadra	Al Cosentino Dick Starita Taku Akaike	Mazda RX-3	444
DNF	GTU	8	Automobiles International Inc.	Anatoly Arutunoff José Marina Danny Sullivan	Lancia Stratos HF	439
DNF	GTX	6	Dick Barbour Racing	Dick Barbour Brian Redman Paul Newman	Porsche 935/77A	410
DNF	GTO	80	Herb Adams	Herb Adams Peter Frey Louis Spoerl	Pontiac Firebird	408
DNF	GTU	17	Racing Beat	Jim Mederer Don Sherman Jeff Kline	Mazda RX-7	393
DNF	GTO	93	Whittington Bros. Racing	Dale Whittington Don Whittington Preston Henn	Porsche 934	389
DNF	GTU	71	Bill Scott Racing	Bill Scott Mark Hutchins Pierre Honegger	Porsche 911	388
DNF	GTU	40	Performance Specialists	Steve Southard William Koch Earl Roe	Porsche 914/6	385
DNF	GTX	1	Gelo Racing Team	Bob Wollek Jacky Ickx Peter Gregg	Porsche 935/77A	342
DNF	GTO	69	Bytzek Automotive	Klaus Bytzek Rudy Bartling Ludwig Heimrath	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	335
DNF	GTO	29	Stratagraph Inc.	Billy Hagan Hoyt Overbagh Ron Reed	Chevrolet Monza	331
DNF	GTU	89	Hamilton House Racing	Joseph Hamilton Rob Hoskins Herb Forrest	Porsche 911 S	329
DNF	GTO	51	Casablanca Fan Co.	Robert Kirby John Hotchkis Howard Meister	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	328
DNF	GTO	15	Bavarian Motors International	Alf Gebhardt Sepp Grinbold	BMW 3.5 CSL	299
DNF	GTO	81	Performance Export	Ernesto Soto Francisco Romero Oscar Notz	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	241
DNF	GTU	01	D. R. Racing	Dave White J. Kurt Roehrig John Hamilton	Porsche 911	223
DNF	GTX	13	Hal Shaw Racing	Hal Shaw Tom Spalding Norm Ridgely	Porsche 935	222
DNF	GTU	36	Case Racing	Ron Case Dave Panaccione	Porsche 911	210
42	GTX	53	Guy Thomas	Guy Thomas Milton Moise Tom Nehl	Chevrolet Camaro	201
DNF	GTO	06	Al Levenson	Al Levenson Gary Baker Lanny Hester	Chevrolet Corvette	197
DNF	GTX	23	Charlie Kemp	Charlie Kemp Carson Baird Kees Nierop	Ford Mustang II Cobra	168
DNF	GTX	3	Jolly Club – Sportwagen Racing Team	Martino Finotto Carlo Facetti Gianpiero Moretti	Porsche 935	164
DNF	GTX	4	LM Joest Porsche	Reinhold Joest Rolf Stommelen Volkert Merl	Porsche 935/77A	162
DNF	GTO	90	Bob's Speed Products	Rick Kump Bob Lee Sam Miller	AMC AMX	156
DNF	GTO	12	Oftedahl Racing	Gerry Wellik Tom Bagley Joe Chamberlain	Chevrolet Camaro	147
DNF	GTO	56	Peerless Racing	Craig Carter Murray Edwards Richard Valentine	Chevrolet Camaro	144
DNF	GTX	2	Gelo Racing Team	Manfred Schurti John Fitzpatrick Bob Wollek	Porsche 935/77A	135
DNF	GTU	57	John Tremblay	John Tremblay Bob Lapp	Datsun 240Z	118
DNF	GTX	9	Dick Barbour Racing	Bob Akin Rob McFarlin Roy Woods	Porsche 935	117
DNF	GTX	66	JMS Racing-Pozzi	Jean-Claude Andruet Spartaco Dini Claude Ballot-Léna	Ferrari 512 BB/LM	103
DNF	GTX	67	JMS Racing-Pozzi	Claude Ballot-Léna Michel Leclère Jean-Claude Andruet	Ferrari 512 BB/LM	101
DNF	GTX	24	Graham Shaw	Graham Shaw Don Yenko Jerry Thompson	Chevrolet Monza	86
DNF	GTO	38	Boricua Racing	Bonky Fernandez Chiqui Soldevilla Tato Ferrer	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	73
DNF	GTX	68	N.A.R.T.	Bob Tullius Jean-Pierre Delaunay Pat Bedard	Ferrari 512 BB/LM	72
DNF	GTX	43	Meldeau Tire Co.	Bill McDill Stephen Behr	Chevrolet Camaro	59
DNF	GTO	46	Mauricio de Narváez	Mauricio de Narváez Albert Naon Pedro de Narváez	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	46
DNF	GTO	07	Budweiser Racing	Dave Cowart David McClain Kenper Miller	Porsche 911 Carrera RSR	35
DNF	GTX	00	Interscope Racing	Preston Henn Ted Field Danny Ongais	Porsche 935/77A	29
DNF	GTX	14	Bavarian Motors International	Steve Griswold Steve Earle Rick Knoop	BMW 3.0 CSL	25
DNF	GTU	96	Gary Wonzer	Gary Wonzer Robert Whitaker George Van Arsdale	Triumph GT6	20
DNF	GTU	48	Frank L. Leary, III	Frank Leary Casey Mollett Steve Cook	Datsun 240Z	13
DNF	GTX	18	JLP Racing	John Paul sr. Al Holbert Michael Keyser	Porsche 935 JLP-1	12
DNF	GTU	79	Sports Ltd. Racing	Bob Bergstrom Brad Frisselle	Mazda RX-7	9
DNF	GTX	73	Howey Farms	Clark Howey Dale Koch Tracy Wolf	Chevrolet Camaro	4
DNS	GTU	63	Faza Squadra	Al Cosentino Craig Fisher	Mazda RX-3	0
DNS	GTU	78	Associated Speed & Performance	Ken Williams Wiley Doran Neil Upchurch	Datsun 240Z	0