1978 - Winston Cup Series - World 600 Race Results

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1978 - World 600 Race Results

Race Name - World 600
Date - 5/28/1978
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 600 miles
Pole Speed - 160.551 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 32
Average Race Speed - 138.35 mph
Lead Changes - 43
Total Race Purse - $310,491
Race Number - 12

More Races from 1978

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	17	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	400	Chevrolet	144	$48,608
2	14	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	400	Chevrolet	35	$27,000
3	6	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	400	Ford	1	$19,695
4	2	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	400	Oldsmobile	130	$31,133
5	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	400	Mercury	85	$28,135
6	12	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt)	400	Oldsmobile	5	$12,185
7	10	Buddy Baker	27	MC Anderson	399	Chevrolet	0	$9,215
8	16	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	398	Dodge	0	$10,140
9	7	Sterling Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	394	Chevrolet	0	$9,765
10	24	Bruce Hill	5	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	393	Oldsmobile	0	$8,265
11	26	Grant Adcox	41	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	389	Chevrolet	0	$7,065
12	33	Morgan Shepherd	33	Mr B Race Engines (Jim Makar)	389	Mercury	0	$6,465
13	40	Dick May	57	McClure Motors (Alfred McClure)	388	Ford	0	$5,815
14	23	Bill Elliott	9	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	387	Mercury	0	$5,115
15	34	Buddy Arrington	67	Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington)	386	Dodge	0	$6,765
16	29	John Utsman	0	Lady Son Auction (Ed Whitaker)	384	Chevrolet	0	$4,015
17	28	Dale Earnhardt	96	Carolina Tractor (Will Cronkrite)	382	Ford	0	$3,415
18	31	Gary Myers	4	Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers)	380	Chevrolet	0	$3,315
19	5	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	373	Ford	0	$6,245
20	22	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	372	Oldsmobile	0	$4,935
21	19	Roland Wlodyka	98	Rod Osterlund	369	Chevrolet	0	$2,665
22	30	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	369	Chevrolet	0	$4,375
23	36	Frank Warren	19	Belden Asphalt (Frank Warren)	369	Dodge	0	$4,105
24	21	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	356	Ford	0	$3,795
25	38	Baxter Price	45	Baxter Price	355	Chevrolet	0	$2,485
26	15	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	352	Chevrolet	0	$2,710
27	35	Jim Vandiver	89	OL Nixon	343	Chevrolet	0	$1,555
28	20	Ricky Rudd	22	1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd)	331	Chevrolet	0	$3,430
29	25	DK Ulrich	40	Pants Rack (DK Ulrich)	323	Chevrolet	0	$2,145
30	37	Ronnie Thomas	25	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	318	Chevrolet	0	$2,190
31	27	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	240	Oldsmobile	0	$1,985
32	3	Dave Marcis	2	Shoneys (Rod Osterlund)	198	Chevrolet	0	$5,940
33	9	Lennie Pond	54	WIN (Harry Ranier)	195	Oldsmobile	0	$1,340
34	18	Connie Saylor	49	Lady Son Auction (GC Spencer)	184	Dodge	0	$1,315
35	13	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	157	Oldsmobile	0	$4,415
36	4	Harry Gant	12	Black Diamond Coal (Kennie Childers)	140	Chevrolet	0	$3,190
37	39	Jimmy Means	52	Bell Brothers Auto Parts (Jimmy Means)	129	Chevrolet	0	$1,665
38	8	Al Holbert	48	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	113	Oldsmobile	0	$1,690
39	11	Ron Hutcherson	51	Gilmore Valvoline (AJ Foyt)	112	Buick	0	$1,115
40	32	Jerry Jolly	28	Ski Machine (Charles Dean)	20	Chevrolet	0	$1,090