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1978 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/4/1978
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 153.685 mph
Number of Cautions - 9
Caution Laps - 72
Average Race Speed - 116.82 mph
Lead Changes - 21
Total Race Purse - $200,170
Race Number - 22
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 6 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 367 Oldsmobile 203 $30,175
2 2 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 367 Chevrolet 44 $18,450
3 9 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 366 Chevrolet 1 $13,175
4 19 Terry Labonte 92 Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) 356 Chevrolet 0 $9,850
5 3 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 355 Ford 21 $10,875
6 16 Bill Elliott 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 355 Mercury 0 $5,200
7 25 James Hylton 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 353 Chevrolet 0 $7,000
8 29 Buddy Arrington 67 Falls Radiator (Buddy Arrington) 350 Dodge 0 $6,380
9 28 Ronnie Thomas 25 Autowize (Don Robertson) 349 Chevrolet 0 $6,270
10 4 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 348 Chevrolet 12 $7,650
11 35 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 345 Chevrolet 0 $5,260
12 40 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 340 Dodge 0 $5,065
13 33 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 337 Ford 0 $4,780
14 32 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 336 Chevrolet 0 $3,150
15 31 Baxter Price 45 Ray Cooks BarBQ (Baxter Price) 326 Chevrolet 0 $4,320
16 14 Dale Earnhardt 96 Cardinal Tractor (Will Cronkrite) 313 Ford 0 $3,100
17 36 Joe Frasson 18 Satterfield Heating (Joe Frasson) 305 Chevrolet 0 $2,850
18 39 Ralph Jones 97 Jones Supply (Ralph Jones) 303 Ford 0 $2,700
19 18 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 297 Chevrolet 0 $2,550
20 24 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 281 Chevrolet 0 $2,480
21 34 Ed Negre 8 Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) 259 Chrysler 0 $3,175
22 38 Bob Burcham 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 243 Chevrolet 0 $2,790
23 23 Tighe Scott 30 Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) 241 Chevrolet 0 $2,730
24 7 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 224 Chevrolet 59 $3,725
25 11 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 221 Mercury 0 $2,645
26 5 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 215 Chevrolet 0 $4,950
27 21 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 179 Chevrolet 0 $2,175
28 1 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 166 Mercury 14 $3,575
29 17 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 163 Chevrolet 0 $2,275
30 15 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 162 Chevrolet 1 $1,625
31 22 Grant Adcox 41 Krystal (Herb Adcox) 153 Chevrolet 0 $1,675
32 12 Buddy Baker 27 US Army (MC Anderson) 149 Chevrolet 11 $2,175
33 37 Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin 142 Mercury 0 $1,375
34 8 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 124 Chevrolet 0 $4,550
35 10 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 122 Chevrolet 0 $1,325
36 13 Ricky Rudd 22 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) 122 Chevrolet 1 $3,025
37 30 Bobby Wawak 74 Bobby Wawak 112 Chevrolet 0 $1,325
38 26 Dick May 57 McClure Motors (Alfred McClure) 101 Ford 0 $1,250
39 27 Earle Canavan 1 Addy (Earle Canavan) 84 Dodge 0 $1,325
40 20 Bruce Hill 5 Bearfinder (Harry Clary) 80 Oldsmobile 0 $1,200