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1978 - Mason-Dixon 500 Race Results


Race Name - Mason-Dixon 500
Date - 5/21/1978
Race Track - Dover Downs International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 135.452 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 37
Average Race Speed - 114.66 mph
Lead Changes - 17
Total Race Purse - $117,400
Race Number - 11
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 500 Mercury 147 $16,600
2 5 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 500 Oldsmobile 1 $15,100
3 4 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 499 Chevrolet 4 $8,200
4 2 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 498 Chevrolet 5 $8,000
5 10 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Jim Stacy) 497 Dodge 26 $6,500
6 7 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 497 Chevrolet 290 $6,200
7 15 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 494 Dodge 0 $5,700
8 9 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 493 Ford 1 $5,600
9 13 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 492 Ford 0 $3,800
10 14 Al Holbert 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 492 Chevrolet 0 $3,430
11 19 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 489 Chevrolet 0 $3,120
12 16 Skip Manning 92 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 486 Buick 0 $2,960
13 21 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 485 Dodge 0 $2,765
14 18 Satch Worley 47 Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe) 481 Chevrolet 0 $1,350
15 6 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) 480 Chevrolet 1 $2,005
16 17 DK Ulrich 40 DK Ulrich 477 Chevrolet 0 $2,320
17 25 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 474 Chevrolet 0 $2,135
18 23 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 470 Ford 0 $1,900
19 8 Bruce Hill 5 Bearfinder (Harry Clary) 456 Oldsmobile 0 $1,000
20 22 Earle Canavan 1 Earle Canavan 448 Dodge 0 $900
21 32 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 438 Chevrolet 0 $1,440
22 34 Baxter Price 45 Tire King (Baxter Price) 379 Chevrolet 0 $1,405
23 1 Buddy Baker 27 MC Anderson 363 Chevrolet 25 $1,845
24 36 Nestor Peles 34 Steve Peles 360 Chevrolet 0 $700
25 33 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 324 Chevrolet 0 $1,275
26 27 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 308 Chevrolet 0 $650
27 31 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 302 Dodge 0 $1,225
28 35 Bobby Wawak 74 Bobby Wawak 261 Chevrolet 0 $600
29 39 Greg Heller 85 Triangle Springs (Greg Heller) 250 Ford 0 $575
30 29 Joe Mihalic 61 Jim Norris 215 Chevrolet 0 $550
31 20 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 201 Chevrolet 0 $1,040
32 26 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 75 Chevrolet 0 $1,030
33 11 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 64 Oldsmobile 0 $1,120
34 12 JD McDuffie 70 Perrys Steak House (JD McDuffie) 35 Chevrolet 0 $1,010
35 30 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 15 Dodge 0 $1,000
36 37 Bill Hollar 29 Bill Hollar 14 Chevrolet 0 $490
37 24 Elmo Langley 10 Henley Gray 5 Chevrolet 0 $480
38 38 Nelson Oswald 9 Perfect Alignment (Nelson Oswald) 5 Chevrolet 0 $470
39 40 Wayne Morgan 80 Wayne Morgan 3 Chevrolet 0 $460
40 28 Dave Dion 28 Dave Dion 0 Ford 0 $450