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1978 - Winston 500 Race Results


Race Name - Winston 500
Date - 5/14/1978
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 191.904 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 30
Average Race Speed - 155.69 mph
Lead Changes - 44
Total Race Purse - $220,995
Race Number - 10
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 188 Oldsmobile 81 $34,300
2 22 Buddy Baker 27 TV6 (MC Anderson) 188 Oldsmobile 15 $21,900
3 2 AJ Foyt 51 Valvoline (AJ Foyt) 187 Buick 0 $12,200
4 4 Skip Manning 92 Pitt Grill Restaurants (Billy Hagan) 187 Buick 0 $11,350
5 36 Grant Adcox 41 Krystal (Herb Adcox) 186 Chevrolet 0 $7,650
6 20 Bill Elliott 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 185 Mercury 0 $6,500
7 5 Ferrel Harris 6 Autowize (Jim Stacy) 185 Dodge 0 $6,075
8 9 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) 184 Chevrolet 0 $5,500
9 23 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 184 Oldsmobile 0 $7,105
10 27 James Hylton 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 183 Oldsmobile 0 $6,420
11 10 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 183 Dodge 2 $7,700
12 29 Buddy Arrington 67 Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington) 180 Dodge 0 $5,610
13 21 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 180 Oldsmobile 0 $5,590
14 30 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 180 Chevrolet 0 $5,430
15 6 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 179 Mercury 0 $4,470
16 26 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 178 Ford 0 $4,060
17 37 DK Ulrich 40 DK Ulrich 177 Chevrolet 0 $3,800
18 25 Claude BallotLena 49 Lady Son Auction (GC Spencer) 177 Dodge 0 $2,800
19 24 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 175 Chevrolet 0 $2,700
20 38 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 172 Chevrolet 0 $2,500
21 7 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 168 Chevrolet 0 $2,400
22 18 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 165 Chevrolet 49 $8,600
23 35 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 162 Chevrolet 0 $2,815
24 17 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 158 Chevrolet 34 $3,550
25 41 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 153 Chevrolet 0 $2,630
26 33 Jimmy Means 10 Tidewater Glass (Bill Champion) 151 Ford 0 $1,685
27 13 Ricky Rudd 22 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) 150 Buick 1 $3,355
28 34 Ed Negre 8 Waltrip Racing Center (Ed Negre) 146 Dodge 0 $2,185
29 16 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 134 Dodge 0 $2,035
30 11 Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin 133 Mercury 0 $1,485
31 8 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 121 Oldsmobile 1 $5,235
32 28 John Utsman 0 Lady Son Auction (Ed Whitaker) 93 Chevrolet 0 $1,410
33 32 Chuck Bown 77 Holiday Campers (Johnny Ray) 80 Chevrolet 0 $1,385
34 14 Ron Hutcherson 53 Valvoline (AJ Foyt) 77 Buick 0 $1,355
35 15 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 51 Mercury 0 $1,830
36 31 Bruce Hill 5 Bearfinder (Harry Clary) 38 Oldsmobile 0 $1,305
37 39 Frank Hill 2 Fife 37 Chevrolet 0 $1,280
38 12 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 34 Ford 5 $5,255
39 3 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Jim Stacy) 31 Oldsmobile 0 $4,630
40 40 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 5 Chevrolet 0 $1,705
41 19 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 4 Chevrolet 0 $1,205