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1978 - Volunteer 500 Race Results


Race Name - Volunteer 500
Date - 8/26/1978
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 110.958 mph
Number of Cautions - 10
Caution Laps - 59
Average Race Speed - 88.628 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $73,380
Race Number - 21
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 500 Oldsmobile 327 $15,910
2 3 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 500 Oldsmobile 65 $8,350
3 2 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 499 Chevrolet 46 $7,100
4 12 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 497 Ford 0 $1,950
5 11 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 495 Chevrolet 2 $4,350
6 9 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 495 Chevrolet 0 $2,650
7 13 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 494 Oldsmobile 24 $2,530
8 5 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 481 Chevrolet 0 $2,220
9 10 DK Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines (DK Ulrich) 477 Chevrolet 0 $2,050
10 15 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 477 Chevrolet 0 $1,350
11 7 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 476 Chevrolet 0 $1,840
12 21 Buddy Arrington 67 Falls Radiator (Buddy Arrington) 475 Dodge 0 $1,680
13 26 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 469 Chevrolet 0 $1,520
14 19 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 465 Chevrolet 0 $675
15 24 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 458 Dodge 0 $1,360
16 22 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 453 Chevrolet 0 $1,140
17 16 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 438 Chevrolet 0 $820
18 8 Ferrel Harris 8 Autowize (Robert Gee) 425 Chevrolet 0 $790
19 23 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 353 Chevrolet 0 $770
20 14 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 287 Chevrolet 0 $2,950
21 20 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 279 Ford 0 $715
22 6 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 253 Ford 6 $3,155
23 17 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 232 Chevrolet 0 $895
24 29 Nelson Oswald 9 Nelson Oswald 195 Chevrolet 0 $435
25 18 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 123 Chevrolet 0 $675
26 1 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 103 Oldsmobile 30 $3,870
27 25 Ralph Jones 97 Jones Supply (Ralph Jones) 37 Ford 0 $415
28 27 Bobby Wawak 74 Booher Farms (Bobby Wawak) 13 Chevrolet 0 $410
29 30 Ed Negre 7 Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington) 3 Dodge 0 $405
30 28 Bill Green 36 B G (Charles Dean) 0 Chevrolet 0 $400