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1978 - American 500 Race Results


Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/22/1978
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 142.067 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 52
Average Race Speed - 117.28 mph
Lead Changes - 19
Total Race Purse - $133,570
Race Number - 28
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 492 Oldsmobile 376 $23,360
2 4 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 490 Ford 0 $14,650
3 3 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 488 Chevrolet 24 $11,400
4 12 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 486 Chevrolet 11 $8,500
5 8 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 486 Ford 1 $6,330
6 11 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 485 Chevrolet 18 $7,000
7 5 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 485 Chevrolet 12 $6,100
8 10 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 484 Chevrolet 2 $4,700
9 21 Buddy Arrington 67 Falls Radiator (Buddy Arrington) 473 Dodge 0 $4,230
10 24 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 472 Oldsmobile 0 $4,320
11 14 Dick May 92 Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) 471 Chevrolet 0 $3,560
12 20 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 468 Chevrolet 1 $3,240
13 23 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 465 Chevrolet 0 $2,960
14 13 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 464 Chevrolet 10 $2,720
15 26 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 459 Chevrolet 0 $2,510
16 28 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 448 Dodge 0 $2,250
17 27 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 444 Chevrolet 0 $1,300
18 18 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 444 Ford 0 $1,865
19 30 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 441 Chevrolet 0 $1,720
20 2 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 423 Chevrolet 12 $1,250
21 17 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 374 Chevrolet 3 $1,495
22 7 Buddy Baker 27 MC Anderson 324 Chevrolet 14 $1,400
23 25 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 293 Buick 0 $775
24 16 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 284 Mercury 8 $1,325
25 6 Ricky Rudd 22 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) 262 Chevrolet 0 $2,225
26 19 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 215 Chevrolet 0 $1,200
27 36 Bobby Wawak 31 Jim Norris 214 Chevrolet 0 $675
28 33 Junior Miller 95 Miller Roofing (Junior Miller) 122 Chevrolet 0 $630
29 29 Elmo Langley 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 88 Chevrolet 0 $1,120
30 32 Johnny Halford 87 Satterfield Heating (Don Satterfield) 84 Chevrolet 0 $610
31 9 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 76 Chevrolet 0 $4,300
32 34 Charlie Blanton 59 Danny Queen 52 Chevrolet 0 $590
33 22 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 34 Chevrolet 0 $1,080
34 31 Ferrel Harris 81 LR Cook (Robert Gee) 6 Chevrolet 0 $570
35 15 Ed Negre 8 D D Medical (Ed Negre) 4 Dodge 0 $1,060
36 35 Bill Hollar 29 Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) 0 Chevrolet 0 $550