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1978 - NAPA 400 Race Results


Race Name - NAPA 400
Date - 6/11/1978
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.62 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 249 miles
Pole Speed - 112.882 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 4
Average Race Speed - 104.31 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $116,750
Race Number - 14
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 95 Chevrolet 26 $22,750
2 7 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 95 Dodge 4 $14,200
3 5 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 95 Ford 12 $10,050
4 3 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) 95 Chevrolet 3 $5,850
5 2 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 94 Oldsmobile 47 $8,400
6 12 Ray Elder 32 Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill) 94 Dodge 0 $4,000
7 23 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 94 Chevrolet 0 $3,230
8 9 Bill Schmitt 73 Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt) 93 Oldsmobile 0 $3,820
9 13 Jim Thirkettle 51 Allied Box Crate 93 Buick 0 $2,760
10 10 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Jim Stacy) 92 Dodge 0 $4,900
11 18 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 92 Chevrolet 0 $2,940
12 30 Cecil Gordon 24 Chuck Walters (Cecil Gordon) 92 Chevrolet 0 $2,730
13 29 Rick McCray 8 Bobs Paint Body (Rick McCray) 92 Chevrolet 0 $2,020
14 16 DK Ulrich 40 DK Ulrich 91 Chevrolet 0 $2,310
15 15 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 91 Oldsmobile 0 $2,025
16 21 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 91 Chevrolet 0 $4,725
17 11 Hershel McGriff 48 Hershel McGriff 90 Chevrolet 0 $1,640
18 27 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 89 Ford 0 $1,605
19 28 Richard White 12 Lindsay Auto Parts (Mike White) 88 Chevrolet 0 $1,070
20 34 Harry Goularte 17 Associated Concrete (Harry Goularte) 88 Chevrolet 0 $1,025
21 31 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 86 Chevrolet 0 $1,400
22 22 Don Graham 52 City Tow (Rodney Friesen) 75 Chevrolet 0 $875
23 14 John Borneman 81 Borneman Plastering (John Borneman) 74 Chevrolet 0 $850
24 19 JD McDuffie 70 JD McDuffie 72 Chevrolet 0 $1,325
25 24 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 70 Chevrolet 0 $1,800
26 20 Dick Brooks 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 67 Ford 0 $1,275
27 1 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 66 Mercury 0 $1,650
28 35 Chuck Wahl 37 Excel Trailer (DuWayne Wahl) 59 Chevrolet 0 $725
29 26 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 57 Dodge 0 $1,200
30 25 Rocky Moran 58 Daisy Shoppe (Rocky Moran) 50 Buick 0 $675
31 32 Ernie Stierly 41 Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly) 42 Chevrolet 0 $650
32 6 Jimmy Insolo 1 Lakes Drywall (Gerald Craker) 29 Oldsmobile 3 $625
33 17 Don Noel 99 Don Noel 22 Chevrolet 0 $600
34 33 Bill Baker 55 Golden West Lumber (Bill Baker) 20 Buick 0 $550
35 8 Norm Palmer 93 Norm Palmer 8 Dodge 0 $500