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1978 Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1978 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Darrell Waltrip	3	30	18	1	3	310	500	262.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	500	310	running	185
2	5	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	497		running	170
3	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	497		running	165
4	6	2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	489		running	160
5	16	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	485		running	155
6	9	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	483		running	150
7	15	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	477		running	146
8	21	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Oldsmobile	467		running	142
9	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	460		running	138
10	20	52	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing	Chevrolet	457		running	134
11	19	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevrolet	455		running	130
12	30	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Chevrolet	452		running	127
13	11	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	449		running	124
14	27	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	Chevrolet	448		running	121
15	4	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	446		running	118
16	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Oldsmobile	443	133	running	120
17	17	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	442		running	112
18	1	54	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing	Chevrolet	429	57	rear end	114
19	25	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	419		running	106
20	28	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	387		sump pump	103
21	8	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	361		rear end	100
22	24	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	331		rear end	97
23	14	92	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	164		rear end	94
24	13	77	Chuck Bown	Johnny Ray (Owner)	Chevrolet	163		rear end	91
25	22	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Chevrolet	160		engine	88
26	10	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	140		ignition	85
27	12	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	96		brakes	82
28	26	19	Dick May	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	50		rear end	79
29	29	0	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)	Ford	28		brakes	76
30	23	4	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)	Chevrolet	13		transmission	73

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Darrell Waltrip	310	62.0%	P1
2	Cale Yarborough	133	26.6%	P16
3	Lennie Pond	57	11.4%	P18

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