1978 Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1978 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	9	36	20	3	9	219	492	500.4

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	9	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	492	219	running	185
2	3	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	492	124	running	175
3	6	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	492	45	running	170
4	10	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	490	2	running	165
5	11	54	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing	Chevrolet	489		running	155
6	1	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	483		running	150
7	12	92	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	481		running	146
8	15	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	477		running	142
9	30	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	476		running	138
10	25	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	464		running	134
11	8	2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	461	4	running	135
12	31	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	460		running	127
13	24	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	457		running	124
14	21	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	445		running	121
15	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	444	6	running	123
16	27	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Chevrolet	439		running	115
17	34	74	Dick May	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	429		running	112
18	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	407	36	running	114
19	32	61	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris (Owner)	Oldsmobile	398		running	106
20	35	97	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)	Ford	378		engine	103
21	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	352	33	overheating	105
22	28	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	352		engine	97
23	36	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	338		running	94
24	33	01	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	280		broken valve	91
25	18	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	266		cylinder head	88
26	13	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	260		engine	85
27	23	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	259		oil pump	82
28	7	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	243	23	engine	84
29	22	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	167		engine	76
30	19	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Chevrolet	145		engine	73
31	5	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	119		engine	70
32	17	98	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	79		ignition	67
33	16	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	70		broken valve	64
34	20	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Chevrolet	30		accident	61
35	29	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)	Chevrolet	28		accident	58
36	26	19	Woody Fisher	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	0		water pump	55

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	David Pearson	219	44.5%	P1
2	Bobby Allison	124	25.2%	P2
3	Benny Parsons	45	9.1%	P3
4	Cale Yarborough	36	7.3%	P18
5	Darrell Waltrip	33	6.7%	P21
6	Dick Brooks	23	4.7%	P28
7	James Hylton	6	1.2%	P15
8	Dave Marcis	4	0.8%	P11
9	Richard Petty	2	0.4%	P4

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