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1978 - Dixie 500 Race Results


Race Name - Dixie 500
Date - 11/5/1978
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 168.425 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 63
Average Race Speed - 124.31 mph
Lead Changes - 25
Total Race Purse - $158,615
Race Number - 29
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 13 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 328 Chevrolet 3 $19,850
2 11 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 328 Chevrolet 61 $14,750
3 9 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 328 Chevrolet 18 $9,750
4 10 Dale Earnhardt 98 Rod Osterlund 327 Chevrolet 0 $7,500
5 5 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 327 Oldsmobile 14 $9,000
6 2 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 325 Ford 3 $8,200
7 8 Harry Gant 12 Black Diamond Coal (Kennie Childers) 325 Chevrolet 0 $4,800
8 1 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 323 Oldsmobile 67 $9,700
9 15 Ricky Rudd 22 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) 322 Chevrolet 11 $5,900
10 12 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 320 Chevrolet 0 $3,100
11 30 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 319 Chevrolet 0 $2,700
12 19 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 317 Mercury 0 $3,330
13 18 Terry Labonte 92 Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) 317 Chevrolet 0 $3,020
14 16 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 317 Chevrolet 0 $2,910
15 40 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 317 Chevrolet 0 $2,740
16 27 Buddy Arrington 67 Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington) 317 Dodge 0 $3,530
17 22 Dave Watson 37 Ams Oil (Dave Watson) 316 Chevrolet 0 $1,600
18 28 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 316 Chevrolet 0 $1,600
19 24 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 314 Chevrolet 0 $2,320
20 34 Ferrel Harris 8 LR Cook (Robert Gee) 314 Chevrolet 0 $1,950
21 6 Buddy Baker 27 Griffin Marine (MC Anderson) 311 Chevrolet 151 $11,565
22 35 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 310 Oldsmobile 0 $1,505
23 21 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 310 Chevrolet 0 $1,470
24 25 Butch Mock 75 RahMoc Enterprises 310 Chevrolet 0 $1,125
25 32 Skip Manning 84 Valvoline (Blackie Wangerin) 308 Mercury 0 $1,050
26 36 Ed Negre 81 Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) 303 Chrysler 0 $960
27 26 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 299 Chevrolet 0 $900
28 7 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 298 Chevrolet 0 $4,440
29 29 Ralph Jones 97 Ralph Jones 298 Ford 0 $830
30 17 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 285 Oldsmobile 0 $1,320
31 37 Tommy Gale 74 Bobby Wawak 253 Chevrolet 0 $700
32 4 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 246 Mercury 0 $1,190
33 38 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 172 Dodge 0 $1,180
34 14 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 137 Chevrolet 0 $4,370
35 23 Al Holbert 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 119 Chevrolet 0 $1,160
36 31 Bruce Hill 5 Bearfinder (Harry Clary) 92 Oldsmobile 0 $940
37 20 Bill Elliott 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 80 Oldsmobile 0 $630
38 33 Grant Adcox 41 Krystal (Herb Adcox) 41 Chevrolet 0 $620
39 3 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 5 Chevrolet 0 $3,810
40 39 John Kennedy 0 Spohns Body Shop (John Kennedy) 0 Ford 0 $600