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Southeastern 500 1978
Southeastern 500 1978
Bristol Motor Speedway
· 1978 · NASCAR Cup Series
Finishing order
Fin
Driver
Team
Make
Laps
Pts
1
Darrell Waltrip
DiGard Motorsports
Chevrolet
500
180
2
Benny Parsons
DeWitt Racing
Oldsmobile
499
180
3
Dave Marcis
Osterlund Motorsports
Chevrolet
497
170
4
Cale Yarborough
Junior Johnson & Associates
Oldsmobile
494
160
5
Lennie Pond
Ranier Racing
Chevrolet
494
155
6
Richard Childress
Richard Childress Racing
Oldsmobile
484
150
7
James Hylton
Hylton Engineering
Chevrolet
480
146
8
Buddy Arrington
Arrington Racing
Dodge
478
142
9
Tighe Scott
Ballard Racing
Chevrolet
476
138
10
Ed Negre
Negre Racing
Dodge
472
134
11
D.K. Ulrich
Ulrich Racing
Chevrolet
471
130
12
Dick May
Gray Racing
Chevrolet
469
127
13
Frank Warren
Warren Racing
Dodge
462
124
14
Lynn Carroll
Chevrolet
445
0
15
Skip Manning
Hagan Enterprises
Chevrolet
431
118
16
Baxter Price
Price Racing
Chevrolet
422
115
17
Roger Hamby
Hamby Racing
Oldsmobile
413
112
18
Cecil Gordon
Gordon Racing
Chevrolet
401
109
19
Dick Brooks
Donlavey Racing
Ford
400
106
20
Ronnie Thomas
Robertson Racing
Chevrolet
302
103
21
Bobby Allison
Bud Moore Engineering
Ford
293
100
22
Tommy Gale
Langley-Woodfield Racing
Ford
260
97
23
Jimmy Means
Jimmy Means Racing
Chevrolet
187
94
24
Joe Mihalic
Jim Norris (Owner)
Chevrolet
172
91
25
Richard Petty
Petty Enterprises
Dodge
47
88
26
Neil Bonnett
Jim Stacy Racing
Dodge
44
85
27
Roland Wlodyka
Osterlund Motorsports
Chevrolet
44
82
28
J.D. McDuffie
McDuffie Racing
Chevrolet
16
79
29
Bobby Wawak
Wawak Racing
Chevrolet
8
76
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DiGard Motorsports
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