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1978 - Winston Western 500 Race Results


Race Name - Winston Western 500
Date - 1/22/1978
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.62 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 312 miles
Pole Speed - 113.204 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 17
Average Race Speed - 102.26 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $125,345
Race Number - 1
 More Races from 1978
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 119 Oldsmobile 58 $20,850
2 3 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 119 Chevrolet 18 $14,800
3 1 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 119 Mercury 41 $9,850
4 16 Neil Bonnett 5 Jim Stacy 119 Dodge 0 $8,800
5 7 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 118 Chevrolet 0 $4,050
6 29 Hershel McGriff 95 George Jefferson 118 Ford 0 $2,850
7 11 Jimmy Insolo 1 Lakes Drywall (Gerald Craker) 118 Chevrolet 2 $4,400
8 9 Al Holbert 48 Southland Cork Rubber (James Hylton) 117 Chevrolet 0 $4,250
9 20 Roy Smith 29 Mercury Marine (Dick Midgley) 115 Chevrolet 0 $2,300
10 19 DK Ulrich 40 Pacific Coast (DK Ulrich) 115 Chevrolet 0 $3,880
11 27 Buddy Arrington 67 Buddy Arrington 114 Ford 0 $3,470
12 34 Rick McCray 8 Rick McCray 113 Dodge 0 $1,800
13 15 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 112 Dodge 0 $3,160
14 10 Norm Palmer 93 American (Norm Palmer) 111 Dodge 0 $1,600
15 25 Dick Brooks 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 111 Ford 0 $2,840
16 5 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 104 Dodge 0 $5,100
17 22 Jim Thirkettle 51 Timec Speedway Enginerring 104 Buick 0 $1,350
18 31 Tighe Scott 30 Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) 103 Chevrolet 0 $2,530
19 23 Ernie Stierly 41 Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly) 99 Chevrolet 0 $1,870
20 18 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 90 Chevrolet 0 $2,205
21 12 Skip Manning 92 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 85 Chevrolet 0 $1,980
22 35 Jack Simpson 53 Dons Automotive (Chester Papienski) 74 Chevrolet 0 $1,105
23 2 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 70 Chevrolet 0 $4,780
24 24 Richard White 12 Lindsay Auto Parts (Mike White) 70 Chevrolet 0 $1,195
25 30 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 52 Chevrolet 0 $1,635
26 32 Rocky Moran 58 Daisy Shoppe (Rocky Moran) 51 Chevrolet 0 $955
27 13 John Borneman 81 Borneman Plastering (Arthur Godfrey) 50 Chevrolet 0 $1,025
28 21 JD McDuffie 70 Simpson Safety Equipment (JD McDuffie) 45 Chevrolet 0 $1,455
29 17 Vince Giamformaggio 39 CalFrench Bread (Sam Arakalian) 41 Chevrolet 0 $805
30 6 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 40 Ford 0 $4,455
31 28 Don Puskarich 13 Oil Field Construction (Matt Puskarich) 36 Chevrolet 0 $700
32 8 Bill Schmitt 73 Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt) 19 Chevrolet 0 $1,650
33 33 Eddie Bradshaw 9 C M Racing (Chester Papienski) 15 Chevrolet 0 $600
34 26 Ray Elder 32 Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill) 12 Dodge 0 $550
35 14 Gary Johnson 44 Armstrong Electric (Ted Armstrong) 3 Chevrolet 0 $500