1978 Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway · 1978 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	4	35	21	4	4	58	119	311.8

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	119	58	running	185
2	3	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	119	18	running	175
3	1	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	119	41	running	170
4	16	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	119		running	160
5	7	2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	118		running	155
6	29	95	Hershel McGriff	Jefferson Racing	Ford	118		running	0
7	11	01	Jimmy Insolo	Gerald Craker (Owner)	Chevrolet	118	2	running	151
8	9	48	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	117		running	142
9	20	29	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley Motorsports	Chevrolet	115		running	138
10	19	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	115		running	134
11	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Ford	114		running	130
12	34	08	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports	Dodge	113		running	127
13	15	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	112		running	124
14	10	93	Norm Palmer	Norm Palmer (Owner)	Dodge	111		engine	121
15	25	64	Dick Brooks	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	111		running	118
16	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	106		differential	115
17	22	51	Jim Thirkettle		Buick	104		running	112
18	31	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Chevrolet	103		running	109
19	23	41	Ernie Stierly	Ernie Stierly (Owner)	Chevrolet	99		running	106
20	18	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	90		running	103
21	12	92	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	85		running	100
22	35	53	Jack Simpson	C & M Racing	Chevrolet	74		running	97
23	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	70		transmission	94
24	24	12	Richard White	Mike White (Owner)	Chevrolet	70		running	91
25	30	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	52		clutch	88
26	32	58	Rocky Moran	Rocky Moran (Owner)	Chevrolet	51		engine	85
27	13	81	John Borneman	Arthur Godfrey (Owner)	Chevrolet	50		clutch	82
28	21	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	45		differential	79
29	17	39	Vince Giamformaggio	Sam Arakalian (Owner)	Chevrolet	41		overheating	76
30	6	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	40		valve spring	73
31	28	13	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing	Chevrolet	36		engine	70
32	8	73	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing	Chevrolet	19		differential	67
33	33	09	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing	Chevrolet	15		drive shaft	64
34	26	32	Ray Elder	Dave Hill (Owner)	Dodge	12		transmission	61
35	14	44	Gary Johnson	Ted Armstrong (Owner)	Chevrolet	3		differential	58

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	58	48.7%	P1
2	David Pearson	41	34.5%	P3
3	Benny Parsons	18	15.1%	P2
4	Jimmy Insolo	2	1.7%	P7

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1978 Winston Western 500

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