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1978 - Talladega 500 Race Results


Race Name - Talladega 500
Date - 8/6/1978
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 192.917 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 17
Average Race Speed - 174.7 mph
Lead Changes - 67
Total Race Purse - $193,895
Race Number - 19
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 5 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 188 Oldsmobile 22 $26,025
2 9 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 188 Oldsmobile 4 $16,250
3 2 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 188 Oldsmobile 9 $15,350
4 1 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 188 Oldsmobile 79 $17,850
5 3 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 187 Mercury 6 $6,400
6 20 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 186 Ford 0 $8,440
7 6 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 186 Dodge 5 $7,740
8 14 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 183 Chevrolet 2 $6,640
9 15 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 182 Mercury 0 $5,490
10 17 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 181 Oldsmobile 0 $5,070
11 24 Ferrel Harris 8 Autowize (Robert Gee) 181 Chevrolet 0 $4,785
12 27 Dale Earnhardt 96 Cardinal Tractor (Will Cronkrite) 180 Ford 0 $2,740
13 19 Bill Elliott 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 179 Mercury 0 $2,640
14 25 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 176 Oldsmobile 0 $3,850
15 29 Buddy Arrington 67 Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington) 175 Dodge 0 $4,130
16 34 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 172 Chevrolet 0 $3,870
17 23 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 172 Chevrolet 0 $3,635
18 38 Marty Robbins 42 Marty Robbins 171 Dodge 0 $2,240
19 41 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 168 Chevrolet 0 $3,250
20 30 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 168 Ford 0 $2,940
21 31 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 167 Chevrolet 0 $1,890
22 33 Grant Adcox 41 Krystal (Herb Adcox) 165 Chevrolet 0 $1,840
23 32 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 165 Chevrolet 0 $2,430
24 35 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 164 Chevrolet 0 $3,870
25 18 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 164 Oldsmobile 0 $2,310
26 8 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 158 Chevrolet 0 $1,640
27 40 Steve Moore 73 Willard Moore 150 Chevrolet 0 $1,590
28 4 Buddy Baker 27 Howell Heflin (MC Anderson) 149 Oldsmobile 57 $5,040
29 12 Janet Guthrie 68 Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri) 129 Buick 0 $1,990
30 28 Al Holbert 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 124 Oldsmobile 0 $1,930
31 39 Earle Canavan 1 Pepsi (Earle Canavan) 119 Dodge 0 $1,280
32 36 Jimmy Means 52 WIXC (Jimmy Means) 118 Chevrolet 0 $1,755
33 13 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 110 Dodge 0 $1,730
34 11 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 105 Chevrolet 4 $5,205
35 21 Bruce Hill 5 Bearfinder (Harry Clary) 96 Oldsmobile 0 $1,480
36 37 Roger Hamby 17 Kockums (Roger Hamby) 94 Chevrolet 0 $1,155
37 16 Claude BallotLena 49 JMS (GC Spencer) 48 Dodge 0 $1,130
38 10 Skip Manning 92 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 46 Buick 0 $1,605
39 7 Ricky Rudd 22 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) 22 Chevrolet 0 $2,580
40 26 Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin 9 Mercury 0 $980
41 22 James Hylton 12 Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd) 1 Buick 0 $1,130