| Pos |
No |
Pilote |
Voiture |
Tours |
Résultats |
| 1 | 0 | Ted Field/Danny Ongais/Hurley Haywood | Porsche 935/79 | 684 | 24:00:24,870 |
| 2 | 65 | John Morton/Tony Adamowicz | Ferrari 365 GTB/4 | 635 | + -11 tour |
| 3 | 11 | Bruce Canepa/Rick Mears/Monte Shelton | Porsche 935/77 | 627 | + -3 tour |
| 4 | 94 | Don Whittinn/Bill Whittinn/Jürgen Barth | Porsche 935/79 | 622 | + 2 tours |
| 5 | 7 | Yoshimi Katayama/Yojiro Terada/Takashi Yorino | Mazda RX-7 | 617 | + 7 tours |
| 6 | 77 | Walt Bohren/Jim Downing/Roger Mandeville | Mazda RX-7 | 615 | + 9 tours |
| 7 | 60 | Rusty Bond/Ren Tilton | Porsche 911 | 612 | + 12 tours |
| 8 | 54 | Tony Garcia/Juan Montalvo/Alberto Vadia | Porsche Carrera | 587 | + 37 tours |
| 9 | 98 | Lance Van Every/Ash Tisdelle/Robert Overby | Porsche Carrera RSR | 579 | + 45 tours |
| 10 | 03 | Angelo Pallavicini/Enzo Calderari/Marco Vanoli | Porsche 934 | 577 | + 47 tours |
| 11 | 75 | Mike Ramirez/Manuel Villa/Luis Gordillo | Porsche 911 | 560 | + 64 tours |
| 12 | 37 | Honorato Espinosa/Francisco Lopez/Jorge Cortes | Porsche Carrera | 551 | + 73 tours |
| 13 | 33 | Peter Welter/Richard Aten/Jack Refenning | Porsche 911 | 550 | + 74 tours |
| 14 | 58 | Diego Febles/Phil Currin | Porsche Carrera | 543 | + 81 tours |
| 15 | 5 | Charles Mendez/Johnny Rutherford/Paul Miller | Porsche 935 | 529 | + 95 tours - Suspension arrière |
| 16 | 27 | Ray Mummery/Tom Sheehy/Luis Sereix | Porsche 911S | 522 | + 102 tours - Différentiel |
| 17 | 62 | Bill Koll/Jim Cook/Dennis Aase | Porsche 914/6 | 511 | + 113 tours |
| 18 | 95 | Stephen Bond/Philip Dann | Chevrolet Monza | 509 | + 115 tours |
| 19 | 21 | John Wood/Tom Bagley/Carl Shafer | Chevrolet Camaro | 493 | + 131 tours |
| 20 | 42 | Tom Ashby/Bill Bean/Bob Beasley | Porsche 911 | 493 | + 131 tours |
| 21 | 08 | Terry Wolters/Nort Northam/Richard Weiss | Porsche 911 | 488 | + 136 tours |
| 22 | 34 | George Drolsom/Mark Greb/John Maffucci | Porsche 911 | 482 | + 142 tours |
| 23 | 64 | C.C.Canada/Russ Boykin/Tom Ciccone | Chevrolet Camaro | 458 | + 166 tours |
| 24 | 61 | Al Cosentino/Dick Starita/Taku Akaike | Mazda RX-3 | 444 | + 180 tours |
| 25 | 8 | Anatoly Arutunoff/José Marina/Danny Sullivan | Lancia Stratos | 439 | + 185 tours |
| 26 | 6 | Dick BarbourBrian Redman/Paul Newman | Porsche 935 | 410 | + 214 tours - Soupape |
| 27 | 80 | Herb Adams/Peter Frey/Louis Spoerl | Pontiac Firebird | 408 | + 216 tours - pression d'huile |
| 28 | 17 | Jim Mederer/Don Sherman/Jeff Kline | Mazda RX-7 | 393 | + 231 tours |
| 29 | 93 | Dale Whittinn/R.D.Whittinn/Preston Henn | Porsche 934 | 389 | + 235 tours - Accident |
| 30 | 71 | Bill Scott/Mark Hutchins/Pierre Honegger | Porsche 911 | 388 | + 236 tours |
| 31 | 40 | Steve Southard/Bill Koch/Earl Roe | Porsche 914/6 | 385 | + 239 tours |
| 32 | 1 | Bob Wollek/Jacky Ickx/Peter Gregg | Porsche 935/77 | 342 | + 282 tours - Soupapes |
| 33 | 69 | Klaus Bytzek/Rudy Bartling/Ludwig Heimrath | Porsche Carrera | 335 | + 289 tours - pression d'huile |
| 34 | 29 | Billy Hagan/Hoyt Overbagh/Ron Reed | Chevrolet Monza | 331 | + 293 tours |
| 35 | 89 | Joseph Hamilton/Rob Hoskins/Herb Forrest | Porsche 911 | 329 | + 295 tours |
| 36 | 51 | Robert Kirby/John Hotchkis/Howard Meister | Porsche Carrera | 328 | + 296 tours - venilateur |
| 37 | 15 | Alf Gebhardt/Sepp Grinbold | BMW CSL | 299 | + 325 tours |
| 38 | 81 | Ernesto Soto/Francisco Romero/Oscar Notz | Porsche Carrera | 241 | + 383 tours |
| 39 | 01 | Dave White/J.Kurt Roehrig/John Hamilton | Porsche 911 | 223 | + 401 tours |
| 40 | 13 | Hal Shaw Jr./Tom Spalding/Norm Ridgely | Porsche 935 | 222 | + 402 tours - Turbo |
| 41 | 36 | Ron Case/Dave Panaccione | Porsche 911 | 210 | + 414 tours |
| 42 | 53 | Guy Thomas/Milton Moise/Tom Nehl | Chevrolet Camaro | 201 | + 423 tours |
| 43 | 06 | Al Levenson/Gary Baker/Lanny Hester | Chevrolet Corvette | 197 | + 427 tours |
| 44 | 23 | Charlie Kemp/Carson Baird/Kees Nierop | Ford Cobra II | 168 | + 456 tours |
| 45 | 3 | Martino Finotto/Carlo Facetti/Gianpiero Moretti | Porsche 935/77A | 164 | + 460 tours - moteur |
| 46 | 4 | Reinhold Joest/Rolf Stommelen/Volkert Merl | Porsche 935J | 162 | + 462 tours - moteur |
| 47 | 90 | Rick Kump/Bob Lee/Sam Miller | AMC AMX | 156 | + 468 tours |
| 48 | 12 | Gerry Wellik/Tom Bagley/Joe Chamberlain | Chevrolet Camaro | 147 | + 477 tours |
| 49 | 56 | Craig Carter/Murray Edwards/Richard Valentine | Chevrolet Camaro | 144 | + 480 tours |
| 50 | 2 | Manfred Schurti/John Fitzpatrick/Bob Wollek | Porsche 935/77 | 135 | + 489 tours - Soupapes |
| 51 | 57 | John Tremblay/Bob Lapp | Datsun 240Z | 118 | + 506 tours - boîte de vitesse |
| 52 | 9 | Bob Akin/Rob McFarlin/Roy Woods | Porsche 930 | 117 | + 507 tours - moteur |
| 53 | 66 | JC Andruet/Spartaco Dini/Claude Ballot-Léna | Ferrari 512 BB | 103 | + 521 tours |
| 54 | 67 | Claude Ballot-Léna/Michel Leclére/JC Andruet | Ferrari 512 BB | 101 | + 523 tours |
| 55 | 24 | Graham Shaw/Don Yenko/Jerry Thompson | Chevrolet Monza | 86 | + 538 tours |
| 56 | 38 | Bonky Fernandez/Chiqui Soldevilla/Tato Ferrer | Porsche Carrera RSR | 73 | + 551 tours |
| 57 | 68 | Bob Tullius/Jean-Pierre Delaunay/Pat Bedard | Ferrari 512 BB | 72 | + 552 tours - Accident |
| 58 | 43 | Bill McDill/Stephen Behr | Chevrolet Camaro | 59 | + 565 tours |
| 59 | 46 | M.DeNarvaez/A.Naon/P.DeNarvaez | Porsche Carrera | 46 | + 578 tours |
| 60 | 07 | Dave Cowart/David McClain/Kenper Miller | Porsche Carrera | 35 | + 589 tours |
| 61 | 00 | Preston Henn/Ted Field/Danny Ongais | Porsche 935 | 29 | + 595 tours - Accident |
| 62 | 14 | Steve Griswold/Steve Earle/Rick Knoop | BMW CSL | 25 | + 599 tours - Refroidissement |
| 63 | 96 | Gary Wonzer/Robert Whitaker/George Van Arsdale | Triumph GT-6 | 20 | + 604 tours - Electricité |
| 64 | 48 | Frank Leary/Casey Mollett/Steve Cook | Datsun 240Z | 13 | + 611 tours - Refroidissement |
| 65 | 18 | John Paul/Al Holbert/Michael Keyser | Porsche 935 Turbo | 12 | + 612 tours - Electricité |
| 66 | 79 | Bob Bergstrom/Brad Frisselle | Mazda RX-7 | 9 | + 615 tours - Suspension |
| 67 | 73 | Clark Howey/Dale Koch/Tracy Wolf | Chevrolet Camaro | 4 | + 620 tours |
24 Heures de Daytona 1979