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1978 - Capital City 400 Race Results


Race Name - Capital City 400
Date - 9/10/1978
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 217 miles
Pole Speed - 91.964 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 27
Average Race Speed - 79.568 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $73,485
Race Number - 23
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 400 Chevrolet 65 $13,800
2 2 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 400 Ford 44 $8,800
3 3 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 400 Chevrolet 276 $6,575
4 10 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 399 Oldsmobile 0 $6,450
5 7 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 397 Ford 0 $3,300
6 6 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 397 Chevrolet 0 $4,200
7 13 Terry Labonte 92 Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) 392 Chevrolet 0 $2,550
8 12 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 391 Chevrolet 0 $2,320
9 11 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 388 Chevrolet 1 $1,930
10 14 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 388 Chevrolet 0 $1,525
11 15 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 387 Oldsmobile 0 $1,850
12 9 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 384 Chevrolet 1 $3,300
13 21 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 381 Chevrolet 0 $1,690
14 17 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 381 Chevrolet 0 $1,605
15 26 Dick May 8 Ed Negre 379 Dodge 0 $1,370
16 18 Buddy Arrington 67 Falls Radiator (Buddy Arrington) 376 Dodge 0 $1,210
17 25 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 375 Chevrolet 0 $1,050
18 8 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 374 Chevrolet 0 $825
19 27 Joey Arrington 19 Sam Dell (Henley Gray) 364 Chevrolet 0 $800
20 5 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 356 Chevrolet 13 $3,250
21 19 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 350 Chevrolet 0 $500
22 20 Baxter Price 45 Ray Cooks BarBQ (Baxter Price) 317 Chevrolet 0 $725
23 28 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 256 Dodge 0 $700
24 22 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 198 Ford 0 $685
25 29 Nelson Oswald 9 G S Truck Service (Nelson Oswald) 172 Chevrolet 0 $425
26 4 Dave Dion 29 Green Mountain (Dave Dion) 85 Ford 0 $425
27 16 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 49 Chevrolet 0 $650
28 23 Ferrel Harris 81 Autowize (Robert Gee) 28 Chevrolet 0 $350
29 30 Wayne Morgan 80 Yellow Cab (Wayne Morgan) 16 Chevrolet 0 $325
30 24 Ed Negre 1 Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) 6 Chrysler 0 $300