LeadLapNASCAR · IndyCar · Formula 1 statistics

1978 Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway · 1978 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	33	41	27	2	6	28	200	500

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	33	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	200	28	running	180
2	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	200	43	running	175
3	8	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Oldsmobile	199	2	running	170
4	2	53	Ron Hutcherson	A.J. Foyt Racing	Buick	199		running	160
5	32	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	198		running	155
6	10	2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	198		running	150
7	31	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing	Oldsmobile	196	76	engine	156
8	9	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	195		running	142
9	23	6	Ferrel Harris	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	195		running	138
10	28	54	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing	Oldsmobile	195		running	134
11	11	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Oldsmobile	194		running	130
12	18	92	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises	Buick	194		running	127
13	19	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Oldsmobile	194		running	124
14	13	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Chevrolet	193		running	121
15	30	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	193		running	118
16	17	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	192		running	115
17	40	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	192		running	112
18	25	57	Dick May	McClure Motors	Ford	192		running	109
19	15	98	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports	Buick	192		running	106
20	26	28	Jerry Jolly	Charles Dean (Owner)	Chevrolet	191		running	103
21	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	191		running	100
22	35	49	Claude Ballot-Lena	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	190		running	0
23	27	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)	Chevrolet	189		running	94
24	34	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	188		running	91
25	38	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	185		running	88
26	16	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	179		running	85
27	12	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	150		engine	82
28	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	138	12	running	84
29	14	48	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	136		oil pressure	76
30	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	132		running	73
31	21	61	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris (Owner)	Oldsmobile	110		head gasket	70
32	3	51	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	Buick	68		accident	0
33	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	60	39	accident	69
34	5	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	60		accident	61
35	39	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	41		engine	58
36	29	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	30		piston	55
37	36	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto	Chevrolet	21		handling	52
38	24	89	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing	Chevrolet	19		engine	49
39	7	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Oldsmobile	9		fender	46
40	37	84	Morgan Shepherd	Makar Enterprises	Mercury	8		head gasket	43
41	20	66	Harry Gant	Emerson Racing	Buick	1		piston	40

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buddy Baker	76	38.0%	P7
2	Cale Yarborough	43	21.5%	P2
3	Richard Petty	39	19.5%	P33
4	Bobby Allison	28	14.0%	P1
5	Darrell Waltrip	12	6.0%	P28
6	Benny Parsons	2	1.0%	P3

Open in the Lead Lap app →

Lead Lap

All statistics index About the data Lead Lap app

NASCAR Cup

Home Drivers Teams Tracks Seasons Races

NASCAR O'Reilly

Home Drivers Teams Tracks Seasons Races

NASCAR Trucks

Home Drivers Teams Tracks Seasons Races

IndyCar

Home Drivers Teams Tracks Seasons Races

F1

Home Drivers Constructors Circuits Seasons Races

Statistics as of 2026-10-26. Lead Lap: NASCAR, IndyCar & Formula 1 statistics · About the data · Not affiliated with any sanctioning body.