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1978 Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway · 1978 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cale Yarborough	1	41	22	2	8	81	188	500.1

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	188	81	running	185
2	22	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing	Oldsmobile	188	15	running	175
3	2	51	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	Buick	187		running	0
4	4	92	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	187		running	160
5	36	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Chevrolet	186		running	155
6	20	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	185		running	150
7	5	6	Ferrel Harris	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	185		running	0
8	9	2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	184		running	142
9	23	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Oldsmobile	184		running	138
10	27	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Oldsmobile	183		running	134
11	10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	183	2	running	135
12	29	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	180		running	127
13	21	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Oldsmobile	180		running	124
14	30	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	180		running	121
15	6	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	179		running	118
16	26	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	178		running	115
17	37	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	177		running	112
18	25	49	Claude Ballot-Lena	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	177		running	0
19	24	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Oldsmobile	175		fan blade	106
20	38	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	172		running	103
21	7	54	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing	Oldsmobile	168		engine	100
22	18	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	165	49	engine	102
23	35	19	Dick May	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	162		engine	94
24	17	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	158	34	engine	96
25	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	153		engine	88
26	33	10	Jimmy Means	Champion Racing	Chevrolet	151		running	85
27	13	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto	Buick	150	1	broken valve	87
28	34	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	146		running	79
29	16	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	134		running	76
30	11	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	133		engine	73
31	8	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Oldsmobile	121	1	clutch	75
32	28	00	John A. Utsman	Wellrich Motorsports	Chevrolet	93		rocker arm	67
33	32	77	Chuck Bown	Johnny Ray (Owner)	Chevrolet	80		engine	64
34	14	53	Ron Hutcherson	A.J. Foyt Racing	Buick	77		transmission	61
35	15	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	51		overheating	58
36	31	05	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)	Oldsmobile	38		valve spring	55
37	39	02	Frank Hill		Chevrolet	37		radiator	0
38	12	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	34	5	transmission	54
39	3	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Oldsmobile	31		broken valve	46
40	40	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	5		engine	43
41	19	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	4		engine	40

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	81	43.1%	P1
2	Darrell Waltrip	49	26.1%	P22
3	Donnie Allison	34	18.1%	P24
4	Buddy Baker	15	8.0%	P2
5	Bobby Allison	5	2.7%	P38
6	Richard Petty	2	1.1%	P11
7	Ricky Rudd	1	0.5%	P27
8	Benny Parsons	1	0.5%	P31

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