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1978 - Richmond 400 Race Results


Race Name - Richmond 400
Date - 2/26/1978
Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.542 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 217 miles
Pole Speed - 93.382 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 33
Average Race Speed - 80.304 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $70,910
Race Number - 3
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 400 Chevrolet 109 $13,200
2 9 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 400 Chevrolet 142 $6,050
3 7 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 399 Oldsmobile 69 $8,050
4 2 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 399 Chevrolet 55 $5,250
5 5 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 397 Ford 0 $3,325
6 4 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 396 Ford 0 $4,225
7 6 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 395 Chevrolet 0 $1,300
8 11 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 393 Chevrolet 20 $2,450
9 1 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Jim Stacy) 393 Dodge 5 $4,050
10 19 Tighe Scott 30 Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) 389 Chevrolet 0 $2,080
11 10 James Hylton 48 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 389 Chevrolet 0 $1,920
12 18 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 385 Chevrolet 0 $1,825
13 17 Skip Manning 92 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 381 Chevrolet 0 $1,690
14 23 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 380 Dodge 0 $1,580
15 21 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 380 Dodge 0 $1,370
16 16 DK Ulrich 40 DK Ulrich 379 Chevrolet 0 $1,235
17 20 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 379 Chevrolet 0 $1,075
18 24 Ronnie Thomas 25 Don Robertson 370 Chevrolet 0 $1,325
19 25 Jimmy Lee Capps 26 Hearne Produce (David Lee Sellers) 369 Chevrolet 0 $550
20 29 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 359 Chevrolet 0 $525
21 14 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 358 Dodge 0 $750
22 8 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 356 Dodge 0 $3,175
23 15 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 322 Ford 0 $700
24 27 Earle Canavan 1 Earle Canavan 299 Dodge 0 $435
25 26 Roger Hamby 37 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 282 Chevrolet 0 $425
26 12 Roland Wlodyka 98 Rod Osterlund 177 Chevrolet 0 $460
27 13 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 154 Chevrolet 0 $665
28 28 Woody Fisher 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 74 Chevrolet 0 $600
29 22 Dick May 74 Bobby Wawak 71 Chevrolet 0 $325
30 30 Nelson Oswald 9 Perfect Alignment (Nelson Oswald) 50 Chevrolet 0 $300