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1978 - Wilkes 400 Race Results


Race Name - Wilkes 400
Date - 10/1/1978
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 109.397 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 4
Average Race Speed - 97.847 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $73,685
Race Number - 26
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 400 Oldsmobile 19 $14,000
2 1 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 400 Chevrolet 381 $13,450
3 6 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 399 Ford 0 $6,075
4 8 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 397 Chevrolet 0 $4,875
5 5 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 397 Chevrolet 0 $4,400
6 2 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 395 Chevrolet 0 $4,000
7 4 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 395 Chevrolet 0 $3,500
8 9 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 394 Chevrolet 0 $1,975
9 7 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 388 Ford 0 $2,200
10 10 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 387 Chevrolet 0 $1,955
11 14 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 385 Chevrolet 0 $1,820
12 15 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 384 Chevrolet 0 $1,275
13 13 Buddy Arrington 67 Falls Radiator (Buddy Arrington) 380 Dodge 0 $1,650
14 20 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 379 Oldsmobile 0 $1,615
15 27 Junior Miller 24 Miller Roofing (Cecil Gordon) 376 Chevrolet 0 $1,480
16 11 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 373 Chevrolet 0 $1,295
17 16 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 365 Ford 0 $1,260
18 25 Nelson Oswald 9 Kountry Kitchen (Nelson Oswald) 346 Chevrolet 0 $625
19 12 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 345 Chevrolet 0 $1,050
20 17 Ed Negre 8 Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) 333 Dodge 0 $775
21 21 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 324 Chevrolet 0 $800
22 18 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 321 Chevrolet 0 $525
23 19 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 287 Chevrolet 0 $755
24 23 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 208 Dodge 0 $685
25 24 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 141 Buick 0 $725
26 22 Cecil Gordon 29 Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) 126 Chevrolet 0 $465
27 26 John Kennedy 0 Spohns Body Shop (John Kennedy) 112 Ford 0 $455