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1978 - Gabriel 400 Race Results


Race Name - Gabriel 400
Date - 6/18/1978
Race Track - Michigan International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 400 miles
Pole Speed - 163.936 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 8
Average Race Speed - 149.56 mph
Lead Changes - 25
Total Race Purse - $135,625
Race Number - 15
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 200 Oldsmobile 60 $21,555
2 1 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 200 Mercury 18 $12,580
3 2 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 200 Oldsmobile 24 $10,880
4 7 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) 200 Chevrolet 5 $6,830
5 5 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 199 Chevrolet 1 $4,060
6 12 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 199 Dodge 0 $6,690
7 13 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 198 Ford 0 $5,030
8 10 Buddy Baker 27 MC Anderson 198 Chevrolet 0 $4,610
9 11 Ricky Rudd 22 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) 195 Chevrolet 0 $5,400
10 19 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 194 Oldsmobile 0 $4,190
11 20 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 193 Oldsmobile 0 $3,870
12 21 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 192 Dodge 0 $3,610
13 28 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 191 Chevrolet 0 $3,000
14 23 DK Ulrich 40 Ulrich Racing (DK Ulrich) 190 Chevrolet 0 $2,715
15 29 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 189 Chevrolet 0 $2,480
16 15 Skip Manning 92 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 188 Chevrolet 0 $2,110
17 33 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 187 Chevrolet 0 $1,900
18 24 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 184 Chevrolet 0 $2,345
19 25 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 182 Chevrolet 0 $1,795
20 27 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 180 Dodge 0 $1,670
21 31 Tommy Gale 64 Belden Asphalt (Elmo Langley) 179 Ford 0 $1,645
22 18 Grant Adcox 41 Krystal (Herb Adcox) 172 Chevrolet 0 $1,120
23 26 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 169 Chevrolet 0 $1,085
24 4 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 168 Ford 4 $4,885
25 9 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 152 Oldsmobile 0 $1,035
26 34 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 142 Chevrolet 0 $1,510
27 17 Roger Hamby 17 Radar Scrambler (Roger Hamby) 130 Oldsmobile 0 $985
28 6 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 129 Chevrolet 88 $4,660
29 8 Bruce Hill 5 Bearfinder (Harry Clary) 127 Oldsmobile 0 $945
30 32 John Kennedy 0 Avanti CB (John Kennedy) 122 Ford 0 $925
31 14 Al Holbert 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 108 Chevrolet 0 $1,410
32 16 Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin 106 Mercury 0 $900
33 35 Earle Canavan 1 Earle Canavan 82 Dodge 0 $890
34 36 Joe Booher 74 Booher Farms (Bobby Wawak) 46 Chevrolet 0 $880
35 30 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 30 Dodge 0 $1,370
36 22 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Jim Stacy) 24 Dodge 0 $4,060