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1978 - Rebel 500 Race Results


Race Name - Rebel 500
Date - 4/9/1978
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.366 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 151.862 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps - 44
Average Race Speed - 127.54 mph
Lead Changes - 24
Total Race Purse - $144,785
Race Number - 7
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 8 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 367 Chevrolet 83 $21,700
2 2 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 367 Chevrolet 33 $16,550
3 5 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 366 Oldsmobile 0 $8,755
4 7 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) 365 Chevrolet 21 $5,700
5 10 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 364 Dodge 0 $8,500
6 9 Buddy Baker 27 US Army (MC Anderson) 364 Chevrolet 1 $6,020
7 25 Al Holbert 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 357 Chevrolet 0 $5,455
8 12 Skip Manning 92 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 356 Chevrolet 0 $4,900
9 15 Bill Elliott 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 355 Mercury 0 $2,995
10 18 Ricky Rudd 22 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) 349 Chevrolet 2 $5,290
11 24 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 342 Chevrolet 0 $4,030
12 33 Jimmy Means 52 Bell Brothers Auto Parts (Jimmy Means) 337 Chevrolet 0 $3,710
13 21 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 334 Chevrolet 0 $2,720
14 1 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 324 Ford 11 $6,120
15 13 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 321 Oldsmobile 171 $7,345
16 36 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 321 Chevrolet 0 $1,900
17 23 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 321 Dodge 0 $3,000
18 17 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 320 Dodge 0 $2,790
19 27 Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin 318 Mercury 0 $1,620
20 14 DK Ulrich 40 DK Ulrich 286 Chevrolet 0 $2,530
21 32 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 286 Ford 0 $2,275
22 30 Earle Canavan 1 Florence (Earle Canavan) 280 Dodge 0 $1,325
23 3 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 268 Chevrolet 40 $1,275
24 34 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 247 Chevrolet 0 $1,175
25 28 Grant Adcox 41 Krystal (Herb Adcox) 237 Chevrolet 0 $990
26 35 Joe Mihalic 61 Jim Norris 222 Chevrolet 0 $945
27 19 Sam Sommers 89 OL Nixon 198 Chevrolet 0 $825
28 16 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 187 Oldsmobile 0 $1,455
29 6 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 181 Mercury 5 $1,310
30 20 Chuck Bown 77 Johnny Ray 108 Chevrolet 0 $805
31 31 Ronnie Thomas 25 Don Robertson 104 Chevrolet 0 $1,430
32 11 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Jim Stacy) 71 Dodge 0 $3,995
33 29 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 69 Chevrolet 0 $1,410
34 22 Tighe Scott 30 Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) 18 Chevrolet 0 $1,385
35 4 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 9 Ford 0 $1,280
36 26 Dick May 19 Henley Gray 9 Chevrolet 0 $1,275