1978 NAPA National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway · 1978 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bobby Allison	8	40	21	4	9	108	334	501

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	8	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	334	108	running	185
2	10	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	334	4	running	175
3	12	2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	334	5	running	170
4	5	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	334	15	running	165
5	1	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	333	35	running	160
6	4	54	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing	Chevrolet	330		running	150
7	6	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	330	3	running	151
8	34	57	Dick May	McClure Motors	Ford	326		running	142
9	19	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Oldsmobile	325		running	138
10	14	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	325		fuel pump	134
11	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	324		running	130
12	36	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Chevrolet	322		running	127
13	15	05	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)	Oldsmobile	321		running	124
14	33	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	321		running	121
15	37	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	320		running	118
16	32	49	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	320		running	115
17	26	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	319		engine	112
18	35	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	318		running	109
19	7	12	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)	Chevrolet	317		engine	0
20	23	16	Glenn Jarrett	Jimmy Edwards (Owner)	Oldsmobile	317		running	103
21	38	81	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Chrysler	311		running	100
22	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	311	59	running	102
23	13	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto	Chevrolet	308		running	94
24	16	92	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	293		engine	91
25	27	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	278		transmission	88
26	40	75	Butch Mock	RahMoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	254		running	85
27	9	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Chevrolet	220	102	ignition	87
28	3	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Oldsmobile	186	3	accident	84
29	25	96	Baxter Price	Cronkrite Racing	Ford	179		engine	76
30	17	5	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	172		transmission	73
31	24	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	159		engine	70
32	20	00	John A. Utsman	Wellrich Motorsports	Chevrolet	125		accident	67
33	29	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Chevrolet	116		accident	64
34	11	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	110		ignition	61
35	31	68	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)	Buick	110		steering	58
36	39	28	Jerry Jolly	Charles Dean (Owner)	Buick	96		accident	55
37	18	19	Bill Dennis	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	66		clutch	52
38	28	8	Skip Manning	Robert Gee (Owner)	Chevrolet	59		engine	49
39	30	99	Dick Trickle	Puro Racing	Ford	24		cylinder head	46
40	21	71	Bobby Fisher	Bobby Fisher (Owner)	Chevrolet	3		engine	43

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Bobby Allison	108	32.3%	P1
2	Richard Petty	102	30.5%	P27
3	Cale Yarborough	59	17.7%	P22
4	David Pearson	35	10.5%	P5
5	Donnie Allison	15	4.5%	P4
6	Dave Marcis	5	1.5%	P3
7	Darrell Waltrip	4	1.2%	P2
8	Coo Coo Marlin	3	0.9%	P7
9	Benny Parsons	3	0.9%	P28

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