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1978 - Carolina 500 Race Results


Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/5/1978
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 141.94 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 62
Average Race Speed - 116.68 mph
Lead Changes - 24
Total Race Purse - $122,760
Race Number - 4
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 9 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 492 Mercury 219 $16,665
2 3 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 492 Ford 124 $14,570
3 6 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 492 Chevrolet 45 $11,220
4 10 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 490 Dodge 2 $8,470
5 11 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 489 Chevrolet 0 $3,920
6 1 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Jim Stacy) 483 Dodge 0 $6,870
7 12 Skip Manning 92 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 481 Chevrolet 0 $5,020
8 15 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 477 Chevrolet 0 $4,570
9 30 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 476 Dodge 0 $4,100
10 25 Jimmy Means 52 Howards Machine Shop (Jimmy Means) 464 Chevrolet 0 $3,690
11 8 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 461 Chevrolet 4 $1,970
12 31 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 460 Dodge 0 $3,230
13 24 Ronnie Thomas 25 Hughs Vette Shop (Don Robertson) 457 Chevrolet 0 $3,440
14 21 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 445 Ford 0 $2,700
15 14 James Hylton 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 444 Chevrolet 6 $2,490
16 27 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 439 Chevrolet 0 $1,270
17 34 Dick May 74 Bobby Wawak 429 Chevrolet 0 $1,170
18 4 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 407 Oldsmobile 36 $6,270
19 32 Joe Mihalic 61 Jim Norris 398 Oldsmobile 0 $970
20 35 Ralph Jones 97 Ralph Jones 378 Ford 0 $900
21 2 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 352 Chevrolet 33 $4,720
22 28 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 352 Chevrolet 0 $1,760
23 36 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 328 Chevrolet 0 $725
24 33 Earle Canavan 1 Earle Canavan 280 Dodge 0 $700
25 18 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 266 Chevrolet 0 $1,550
26 13 DK Ulrich 40 DK Ulrich 260 Chevrolet 0 $1,290
27 23 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 259 Chevrolet 0 $625
28 7 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 243 Ford 23 $1,230
29 22 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 167 Dodge 0 $1,195
30 19 Grant Adcox 41 Krystal (Herb Adcox) 145 Chevrolet 0 $550
31 5 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 119 Chevrolet 0 $545
32 17 Roland Wlodyka 98 Rod Osterlund 79 Chevrolet 0 $590
33 16 Buddy Baker 27 MC Anderson 70 Chevrolet 0 $1,210
34 20 Tighe Scott 30 Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) 30 Chevrolet 0 $1,030
35 29 Jimmy Lee Capps 26 Hearne Produce (David Lee Sellers) 28 Chevrolet 0 $525
36 26 Woody Fisher 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 0 Chevrolet 0 $1,010