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1978 - Virginia 500 Race Results


Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 4/23/1978
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.525 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 263 miles
Pole Speed - 88.637 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 27
Average Race Speed - 77.971 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $96,500
Race Number - 9
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 500 Chevrolet 310 $22,700
2 5 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Jim Stacy) 497 Dodge 0 $11,450
3 7 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 497 Dodge 0 $8,700
4 6 Dave Marcis 2 Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) 489 Chevrolet 0 $4,000
5 16 Buddy Arrington 67 Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) 485 Dodge 0 $4,950
6 9 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 483 Ford 0 $5,200
7 15 James Hylton 48 Denbigh Plumbing (James Hylton) 477 Chevrolet 0 $1,700
8 21 Richard Childress 3 Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) 467 Oldsmobile 0 $2,930
9 18 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 460 Chevrolet 0 $2,620
10 20 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 457 Chevrolet 0 $2,450
11 19 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 455 Chevrolet 0 $1,100
12 30 Bobby Wawak 74 Booher Farms (Bobby Wawak) 452 Chevrolet 0 $1,000
13 11 DK Ulrich 40 DK Ulrich 449 Chevrolet 0 $1,940
14 27 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 448 Chevrolet 0 $1,350
15 4 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 446 Chevrolet 0 $3,500
16 2 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 443 Oldsmobile 133 $5,700
17 17 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 442 Ford 0 $1,655
18 1 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 429 Chevrolet 57 $2,700
19 25 Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre 419 Dodge 0 $1,495
20 28 Ronnie Thomas 25 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 387 Chevrolet 0 $1,360
21 8 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 361 Mercury 0 $890
22 24 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 331 Dodge 0 $1,180
23 14 Skip Manning 92 Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) 164 Chevrolet 0 $870
24 13 Chuck Bown 77 Johnny Ray 163 Chevrolet 0 $610
25 22 Tighe Scott 30 Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) 160 Chevrolet 0 $850
26 10 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 140 Chevrolet 0 $840
27 12 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 96 Ford 0 $830
28 26 Dick May 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 50 Chevrolet 0 $820
29 29 John Kennedy 0 Avanti CB (John Kennedy) 28 Ford 0 $560
30 23 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 13 Chevrolet 0 $550