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1978 - Old Dominion 500 Race Results


Race Name - Old Dominion 500
Date - 9/24/1978
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.525 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 263 miles
Pole Speed - 86.558 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 19
Average Race Speed - 79.185 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $101,430
Race Number - 25
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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) 500 Oldsmobile 372 $24,950
2 3 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 500 Chevrolet 38 $11,700
3 4 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 498 Chevrolet 0 $8,700
4 7 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 498 Chevrolet 0 $6,700
5 1 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 497 Chevrolet 45 $6,950
6 2 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 496 Chevrolet 0 $5,200
7 9 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 494 Ford 0 $4,700
8 17 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 492 Chevrolet 0 $3,200
9 15 Terry Labonte 92 Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) 491 Chevrolet 0 $3,100
10 19 Buddy Arrington 67 Falls Radiator (Buddy Arrington) 486 Dodge 0 $2,730
11 26 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 484 Chevrolet 0 $2,320
12 13 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 484 Oldsmobile 0 $2,150
13 12 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 480 Ford 0 $1,940
14 14 Satch Worley 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 473 Oldsmobile 0 $850
15 27 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 470 Chevrolet 0 $800
16 21 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 465 Chevrolet 0 $2,180
17 28 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 465 Chevrolet 0 $1,545
18 29 Ed Negre 8 Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) 463 Dodge 0 $1,410
19 25 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 461 Chevrolet 0 $1,225
20 23 Ferrel Harris 95 Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) 453 Chevrolet 0 $650
21 20 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 450 Dodge 0 $890
22 11 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 409 Chevrolet 0 $860
23 24 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 403 Chevrolet 0 $870
24 16 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 354 Chevrolet 0 $610
25 8 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 340 Mercury 0 $850
26 5 Buddy Baker 27 MC Anderson 329 Chevrolet 0 $840
27 22 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 111 Ford 0 $830
28 10 Harry Gant 12 Black Diamond Coal (Kennie Childers) 90 Chevrolet 45 $1,070
29 18 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 42 Chevrolet 0 $810
30 30 Cecil Gordon 24 Autowize (Cecil Gordon) 20 Chevrolet 0 $800