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1978 - Southeastern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southeastern 500
Date - 4/2/1978
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.533 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 267 miles
Pole Speed - 110.409 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 40
Average Race Speed - 92.401 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $87,510
Race Number - 6
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 7 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 500 Chevrolet 208 $19,200
2 2 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 499 Chevrolet 253 $15,300
3 3 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) 497 Chevrolet 39 $4,510
4 6 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 494 Oldsmobile 0 $6,850
5 10 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 494 Chevrolet 0 $2,000
6 4 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 484 Oldsmobile 0 $3,550
7 17 James Hylton 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 480 Chevrolet 0 $3,050
8 26 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 478 Dodge 0 $3,130
9 19 Tighe Scott 30 Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) 476 Chevrolet 0 $2,320
10 23 Ed Negre 8 NH Coal Company (Ed Negre) 471 Dodge 0 $2,150
11 12 DK Ulrich 40 DK Ulrich 471 Chevrolet 0 $1,855
12 20 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 469 Chevrolet 0 $1,680
13 22 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 462 Dodge 0 $1,520
14 21 Lynn Carroll 35 445 Chevrolet 0 $650
15 16 Skip Manning 92 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 431 Chevrolet 0 $1,335
16 27 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 422 Chevrolet 0 $600
17 18 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 413 Chevrolet 0 $1,075
18 28 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 401 Chevrolet 0 $1,100
19 9 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 400 Ford 0 $785
20 13 Ronnie Thomas 25 Don Robertson 302 Chevrolet 0 $1,070
21 5 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 293 Ford 0 $3,205
22 29 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 250 Ford 0 $740
23 15 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 187 Chevrolet 0 $725
24 25 Joe Mihalic 61 Jim Norris 172 Chevrolet 0 $460
25 11 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 47 Dodge 0 $3,150
26 1 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Jim Stacy) 44 Dodge 0 $3,890
27 8 Roland Wlodyka 98 Rod Osterlund 44 Chevrolet 0 $430
28 14 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 16 Chevrolet 0 $770
29 24 Bobby Wawak 74 Bobby Wawak 8 Chevrolet 0 $410