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1978 - NAPA National 500 Race Results


Race Name - NAPA National 500
Date - 10/8/1978
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 161.355 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 21
Average Race Speed - 141.82 mph
Lead Changes - 40
Total Race Purse - $259,980
Race Number - 27
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 8 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 334 Ford 108 $40,000
2 10 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 334 Chevrolet 4 $23,575
3 12 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 334 Chevrolet 5 $20,050
4 5 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 334 Chevrolet 15 $16,775
5 1 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 333 Mercury 35 $23,750
6 4 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 330 Chevrolet 0 $10,315
7 6 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 330 Chevrolet 3 $6,560
8 34 Dick May 57 McClure Motors (Alfred McClure) 326 Ford 0 $4,665
9 19 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 325 Oldsmobile 0 $6,540
10 14 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 325 Mercury 0 $6,020
11 22 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 324 Chevrolet 0 $5,760
12 36 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 322 Chevrolet 0 $5,550
13 15 Bruce Hill 5 Bearfinder (Harry Clary) 321 Oldsmobile 0 $3,640
14 33 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 321 Dodge 0 $5,230
15 37 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 320 Chevrolet 0 $4,920
16 32 Connie Saylor 49 Lady Son Auction (GC Spencer) 320 Dodge 0 $3,790
17 26 Bill Elliott 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 319 Mercury 0 $3,240
18 35 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 318 Chevrolet 0 $3,140
19 7 Harry Gant 12 Autosense (Kennie Childers) 317 Chevrolet 0 $3,115
20 23 Glenn Jarrett 16 Bealer Wholesale Budweiser (Jimmy Edwards) 317 Oldsmobile 0 $2,940
21 38 Ed Negre 81 Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) 311 Chrysler 0 $1,790
22 2 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 311 Oldsmobile 59 $14,015
23 13 Ricky Rudd 22 Busch (Al Rudd) 308 Chevrolet 0 $3,710
24 16 Terry Labonte 92 Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) 293 Chevrolet 0 $2,475
25 27 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 278 Dodge 0 $2,190
26 40 Butch Mock 75 RahMoc Enterprises 254 Chevrolet 0 $1,265
27 9 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 220 Chevrolet 102 $11,440
28 3 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 186 Oldsmobile 3 $5,365
29 25 Baxter Price 96 Cardinal Tractor (Will Cronkrite) 179 Ford 0 $1,165
30 17 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 172 Chevrolet 0 $4,865
31 24 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 159 Ford 0 $1,680
32 20 John Utsman 0 Lady Son Auction (Ed Whitaker) 125 Chevrolet 0 $1,015
33 29 Grant Adcox 41 Krystal (Herb Adcox) 116 Chevrolet 0 $1,000
34 11 Buddy Baker 27 NAPA (MC Anderson) 110 Chevrolet 0 $1,615
35 31 Janet Guthrie 68 Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Lynda Ferreri) 110 Buick 0 $995
36 39 Jerry Jolly 28 Ski Machine (Charles Dean) 96 Buick 0 $930
37 18 Bill Dennis 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 66 Chevrolet 0 $1,560
38 28 Skip Manning 8 Autowize (Robert Gee) 59 Chevrolet 0 $1,525
39 30 Dick Trickle 99 Puro Racing (Delbert Puro) 24 Ford 0 $910
40 21 Bobby Fisher 71 Strohs Beer (Bobby Fisher) 3 Chevrolet 0 $895