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1978 - Daytona 500 Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/19/1978
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 187.536 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 24
Average Race Speed - 159.73 mph
Lead Changes - 37
Total Race Purse - $402,730
Race Number - 2
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 33 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 200 Ford 28 $56,300
2 1 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 200 Oldsmobile 43 $41,900
3 8 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 199 Oldsmobile 2 $31,865
4 2 Ron Hutcherson 53 Valvoline (AJ Foyt) 199 Buick 0 $22,250
5 32 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 198 Mercury 0 $19,925
6 10 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) 198 Chevrolet 0 $15,600
7 31 Buddy Baker 27 MC Anderson 196 Oldsmobile 76 $16,395
8 9 Bill Elliott 9 Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) 195 Mercury 0 $12,085
9 23 Ferrel Harris 6 Autowize (Jim Stacy) 195 Dodge 0 $11,175
10 28 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 195 Oldsmobile 0 $10,285
11 11 Tighe Scott 30 Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) 194 Oldsmobile 0 $10,605
12 18 Skip Manning 92 Valvoline (Billy Hagan) 194 Buick 0 $9,560
13 19 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 194 Oldsmobile 0 $8,665
14 13 Grant Adcox 41 Krystal (Herb Adcox) 193 Chevrolet 0 $6,370
15 30 Roger Hamby 17 Burger King (Roger Hamby) 193 Chevrolet 0 $6,185
16 17 Buddy Arrington 67 Rossmeyer (Buddy Arrington) 192 Dodge 0 $6,845
17 40 DK Ulrich 40 DK Ulrich 192 Chevrolet 0 $6,150
18 25 Dick May 57 McClure Motors (Alfred McClure) 192 Ford 0 $4,410
19 15 Roland Wlodyka 98 Rod Osterlund 192 Buick 0 $4,150
20 26 Jerry Jolly 28 Ski Machine (Charles Dean) 191 Chevrolet 0 $3,720
21 41 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 191 Chevrolet 0 $4,110
22 35 Claude BallotLena 49 JMS (GC Spencer) 190 Dodge 0 $2,835
23 27 Jimmy Lee Capps 26 Hearne Produce (David Lee Sellers) 189 Chevrolet 0 $2,805
24 34 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 188 Dodge 0 $3,125
25 38 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 185 Ford 0 $3,350
26 16 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 179 Chevrolet 0 $2,425
27 12 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Jim Stacy) 150 Dodge 0 $5,750
28 4 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 138 Chevrolet 12 $16,050
29 14 Al Holbert 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 136 Chevrolet 0 $3,065
30 22 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 132 Chevrolet 0 $2,880
31 21 Joe Mihalic 61 Jim Norris 110 Oldsmobile 0 $2,200
32 3 AJ Foyt 51 Valvoline (AJ Foyt) 68 Buick 0 $12,675
33 6 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 60 Dodge 39 $11,600
34 5 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 60 Mercury 0 $6,775
35 39 Jimmy Means 52 Howards Machine Shop (Jimmy Means) 41 Chevrolet 0 $2,395
36 29 Blackie Wangerin 39 Blackie Wangerin 30 Mercury 0 $1,950
37 36 Ricky Rudd 22 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) 21 Chevrolet 0 $4,375
38 24 Jim Vandiver 89 OL Nixon 19 Chevrolet 0 $1,975
39 7 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 9 Oldsmobile 0 $4,325
40 37 Morgan Shepherd 84 Makar Enterprises (Jim Makar) 8 Mercury 0 $1,650
41 20 Harry Gant 66 CCC (Ray Emerson) 1 Buick 0 $1,975