Winston Cup Series Series by Race
The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1978 - Dixie 500 Race Results
Race Name - Dixie 500Date - 11/5/1978Race Track - Atlanta International RacewayTrack Length (Miles) - 1.522 milesRace Length (Miles) - 499 milesPole Speed - 168.425 mphNumber of Cautions - 7Caution Laps - 63Average Race Speed - 124.31 mphLead Changes - 25Total Race Purse - $158,615Race Number - 29 | More Races from 1978 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 13 | Donnie Allison | 1 | Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington) | 328 | Chevrolet | 3 | $19,850 |
2 | 11 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 328 | Chevrolet | 61 | $14,750 |
3 | 9 | Dave Marcis | 2 | Rod Osterlund | 328 | Chevrolet | 18 | $9,750 |
4 | 10 | Dale Earnhardt | 98 | Rod Osterlund | 327 | Chevrolet | 0 | $7,500 |
5 | 5 | Benny Parsons | 72 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) | 327 | Oldsmobile | 14 | $9,000 |
6 | 2 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | 325 | Ford | 3 | $8,200 |
7 | 8 | Harry Gant | 12 | Black Diamond Coal (Kennie Childers) | 325 | Chevrolet | 0 | $4,800 |
8 | 1 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | 323 | Oldsmobile | 67 | $9,700 |
9 | 15 | Ricky Rudd | 22 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd) | 322 | Chevrolet | 11 | $5,900 |
10 | 12 | Coo Coo Marlin | 14 | CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) | 320 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,100 |
11 | 30 | Roger Hamby | 17 | HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) | 319 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,700 |
12 | 19 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | 317 | Mercury | 0 | $3,330 |
13 | 18 | Terry Labonte | 92 | Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) | 317 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,020 |
14 | 16 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) | 317 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,910 |
15 | 40 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Louise Smith (Don Robertson) | 317 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,740 |
16 | 27 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington) | 317 | Dodge | 0 | $3,530 |
17 | 22 | Dave Watson | 37 | Ams Oil (Dave Watson) | 316 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,600 |
18 | 28 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | 316 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,600 |
19 | 24 | Dick May | 19 | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | 314 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,320 |
20 | 34 | Ferrel Harris | 8 | LR Cook (Robert Gee) | 314 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,950 |
21 | 6 | Buddy Baker | 27 | Griffin Marine (MC Anderson) | 311 | Chevrolet | 151 | $11,565 |
22 | 35 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | 310 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,505 |
23 | 21 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | 310 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,470 |
24 | 25 | Butch Mock | 75 | RahMoc Enterprises | 310 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,125 |
25 | 32 | Skip Manning | 84 | Valvoline (Blackie Wangerin) | 308 | Mercury | 0 | $1,050 |
26 | 36 | Ed Negre | 81 | Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) | 303 | Chrysler | 0 | $960 |
27 | 26 | Gary Myers | 4 | Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) | 299 | Chevrolet | 0 | $900 |
28 | 7 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 298 | Chevrolet | 0 | $4,440 |
29 | 29 | Ralph Jones | 97 | Ralph Jones | 298 | Ford | 0 | $830 |
30 | 17 | Richard Childress | 3 | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | 285 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,320 |
31 | 37 | Tommy Gale | 74 | Bobby Wawak | 253 | Chevrolet | 0 | $700 |
32 | 4 | David Pearson | 21 | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | 246 | Mercury | 0 | $1,190 |
33 | 38 | Frank Warren | 79 | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | 172 | Dodge | 0 | $1,180 |
34 | 14 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Armor All (Rod Osterlund) | 137 | Chevrolet | 0 | $4,370 |
35 | 23 | Al Holbert | 48 | Southland Industries (James Hylton) | 119 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,160 |
36 | 31 | Bruce Hill | 5 | Bearfinder (Harry Clary) | 92 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $940 |
37 | 20 | Bill Elliott | 9 | Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott) | 80 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $630 |
38 | 33 | Grant Adcox | 41 | Krystal (Herb Adcox) | 41 | Chevrolet | 0 | $620 |
39 | 3 | Lennie Pond | 54 | WIN (Harry Ranier) | 5 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,810 |
40 | 39 | John Kennedy | 0 | Spohns Body Shop (John Kennedy) | 0 | Ford | 0 | $600 |