1978 - Winston Cup Series - Atlanta 500 Race Results

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1978 - Atlanta 500 Race Results

Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 3/19/1978
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.522 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 499 miles
Pole Speed - 162.006 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 16
Average Race Speed - 142.52 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $183,015
Race Number - 5

More Races from 1978

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	328	Ford	261	$33,050
2	11	Dave Marcis	2	Shoneys (Rod Osterlund)	327	Chevrolet	0	$16,925
3	8	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	327	Chevrolet	3	$11,000
4	1	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	327	Oldsmobile	54	$23,600
5	6	Lennie Pond	54	WIN (Harry Ranier)	327	Chevrolet	2	$5,950
6	16	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	325	Ford	0	$7,250
7	26	Grant Adcox	41	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	319	Chevrolet	0	$4,100
8	32	Connie Saylor	49	Lady Son Auction (GC Spencer)	316	Dodge	0	$4,010
9	15	Bruce Hill	5	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	316	Oldsmobile	0	$3,110
10	23	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	315	Chevrolet	0	$5,125
11	21	DK Ulrich	40	Howard Johnsons (DK Ulrich)	314	Chevrolet	0	$4,520
12	37	Sam Sommers	89	OL Nixon	314	Chevrolet	0	$2,365
13	3	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt)	314	Chevrolet	0	$5,940
14	28	Buddy Arrington	67	Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington)	313	Dodge	0	$4,035
15	18	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	313	Oldsmobile	0	$3,800
16	35	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	312	Chevrolet	0	$3,455
17	39	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	311	Chevrolet	0	$3,220
18	10	Roland Wlodyka	98	Rod Osterlund	311	Chevrolet	0	$1,615
19	30	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	310	Dodge	0	$2,810
20	34	Woody Fisher	19	Henley Gray	309	Chevrolet	0	$2,525
21	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	303	Mercury	0	$1,715
22	19	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	298	Ford	0	$2,070
23	12	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	294	Chevrolet	0	$1,765
24	33	Ronnie Thomas	25	Don Robertson	290	Chevrolet	0	$1,710
25	38	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	289	Dodge	0	$1,655
26	9	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	278	Dodge	0	$4,655
27	5	Buddy Baker	27	WQXI Radio (MC Anderson)	237	Oldsmobile	0	$1,520
28	40	Billy McGinnis	91	Valvoline (Billie Harvey)	221	Chevrolet	0	$875
29	22	Blackie Wangerin	39	Blackie Wangerin	214	Mercury	0	$830
30	25	Chuck Bown	77	Johnny Ray	188	Chevrolet	0	$785
31	14	Al Holbert	48	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	182	Chevrolet	0	$1,240
32	20	Jimmy Means	52	Bell Brothers Auto Parts (Jimmy Means)	163	Chevrolet	0	$1,220
33	31	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	154	Dodge	6	$4,905
34	29	Tighe Scott	30	Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard)	152	Oldsmobile	0	$1,190
35	7	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	146	Chevrolet	2	$4,375
36	27	Butch Hartman	75	Hartman Autocar (Butch Hartman)	121	Chevrolet	0	$640
37	24	Roger Hamby	17	HambyEllis (Roger Hamby)	97	Chevrolet	0	$630
38	17	Bill Elliott	9	Aarons Automatic Transmission (George Elliott)	66	Mercury	0	$620
39	13	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	33	Chevrolet	0	$1,610
40	36	John Utsman	0	Bristol Raceway (Ed Whitaker)	10	Chevrolet	0	$600