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1978 - Los Angeles Times 500 Race Results


Race Name - Los Angeles Times 500
Date - 11/19/1978
Race Track - Ontario Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 156.19 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 17
Average Race Speed - 137.78 mph
Lead Changes - 30
Total Race Purse - $165,940
Race Number - 30
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 200 Ford 134 $24,025
2 1 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 200 Oldsmobile 16 $19,700
3 5 Donnie Allison 1 Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) 200 Chevrolet 2 $12,925
4 8 Buddy Baker 27 CircusCircus (MC Anderson) 199 Chevrolet 0 $8,600
5 4 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 199 Chevrolet 13 $9,200
6 9 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 198 Chevrolet 1 $7,140
7 10 Jimmy Insolo 98 Kelly Girl (Rod Osterlund) 198 Chevrolet 0 $5,640
8 7 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 197 Chevrolet 1 $7,040
9 11 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 196 Mercury 0 $5,040
10 16 Jim Thirkettle 51 Allied Box Crate 196 Buick 1 $3,740
11 14 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 196 Oldsmobile 0 $4,170
12 25 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 195 Chevrolet 0 $3,765
13 15 Janet Guthrie 68 Singer (Lynda Ferreri) 194 Buick 0 $3,090
14 13 Bill Schmitt 73 Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt) 192 Oldsmobile 0 $2,960
15 38 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 190 Oldsmobile 0 $3,325
16 24 James Hylton 48 Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) 190 Oldsmobile 0 $3,330
17 17 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 190 Ford 0 $2,945
18 27 Richard White 12 Boulevard Automotive (Mike White) 188 Chevrolet 2 $2,285
19 33 Ferrel Harris 8 LR Cook (Robert Gee) 188 Chevrolet 0 $2,625
20 34 Rocky Moran 58 Daisy Shoppe (Rocky Moran) 188 Buick 0 $1,565
21 36 Ed Negre 18 Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) 186 Chrysler 0 $1,515
22 19 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 186 Chevrolet 0 $2,315
23 18 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 185 Dodge 0 $2,055
24 40 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 183 Chevrolet 0 $1,265
25 26 John Borneman 81 Borneman Plastering (John Borneman) 181 Chevrolet 0 $1,445
26 22 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 178 Chevrolet 0 $1,885
27 12 Dave Marcis 2 Kelly Girl (Rod Osterlund) 177 Chevrolet 0 $1,215
28 35 Don Noel 99 Noel Fabrication (Don Noel) 158 Chevrolet 0 $1,165
29 20 Mel Larson 16 Riviera Hot Spas 138 Buick 0 $1,115
30 32 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 129 Chevrolet 0 $1,555
31 31 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 113 Chevrolet 0 $1,505
32 39 Steve Pfeifer 0 Leisure Living (Michael McCluney) 98 Chevrolet 0 $955
33 37 Harry Goularte 7 Associated Concrete (Harry Goularte) 97 Chevrolet 0 $905
34 3 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 83 Chevrolet 30 $4,555
35 28 Buddy Arrington 67 Leos Red Mustang (Buddy Arrington) 83 Ford 0 $1,305
36 29 Chuck Wahl 37 Excel Trailer (DuWayne Wahl) 43 Chevrolet 0 $795
37 21 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 42 Chevrolet 0 $4,485
38 6 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 28 Mercury 0 $1,275
39 23 Rick McCray 8 Rick McCray 15 Chevrolet 0 $765
40 30 Ray Elder 32 Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill) 2 Dodge 0 $755