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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 - Richmond 400 Race Results
| Race Name - Richmond 400Date - 2/26/1978Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds RacewayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.542 milesRace Length (Miles) - 217 milesPole Speed - 93.382 mphNumber of Cautions - 5Caution Laps - 33Average Race Speed - 80.304 mphLead Changes - 10Total Race Purse - $70,910Race Number - 3 | More Races from 1978 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 3 | Benny Parsons | 72 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) | 400 | Chevrolet | 109 | $13,200 |
| 2 | 9 | Lennie Pond | 54 | WIN (Harry Ranier) | 400 | Chevrolet | 142 | $6,050 |
| 3 | 7 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | 399 | Oldsmobile | 69 | $8,050 |
| 4 | 2 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 399 | Chevrolet | 55 | $5,250 |
| 5 | 5 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | 397 | Ford | 0 | $3,325 |
| 6 | 4 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | 396 | Ford | 0 | $4,225 |
| 7 | 6 | Dave Marcis | 2 | Rod Osterlund | 395 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,300 |
| 8 | 11 | Richard Childress | 3 | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | 393 | Chevrolet | 20 | $2,450 |
| 9 | 1 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Armor All (Jim Stacy) | 393 | Dodge | 5 | $4,050 |
| 10 | 19 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) | 389 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,080 |
| 11 | 10 | James Hylton | 48 | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | 389 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,920 |
| 12 | 18 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | 385 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,825 |
| 13 | 17 | Skip Manning | 92 | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | 381 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,690 |
| 14 | 23 | Frank Warren | 79 | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | 380 | Dodge | 0 | $1,580 |
| 15 | 21 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Buddy Arrington | 380 | Dodge | 0 | $1,370 |
| 16 | 16 | DK Ulrich | 40 | DK Ulrich | 379 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,235 |
| 17 | 20 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | 379 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,075 |
| 18 | 24 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | 370 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,325 |
| 19 | 25 | Jimmy Lee Capps | 26 | Hearne Produce (David Lee Sellers) | 369 | Chevrolet | 0 | $550 |
| 20 | 29 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | 359 | Chevrolet | 0 | $525 |
| 21 | 14 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | 358 | Dodge | 0 | $750 |
| 22 | 8 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 356 | Dodge | 0 | $3,175 |
| 23 | 15 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 322 | Ford | 0 | $700 |
| 24 | 27 | Earle Canavan | 1 | Earle Canavan | 299 | Dodge | 0 | $435 |
| 25 | 26 | Roger Hamby | 37 | HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) | 282 | Chevrolet | 0 | $425 |
| 26 | 12 | Roland Wlodyka | 98 | Rod Osterlund | 177 | Chevrolet | 0 | $460 |
| 27 | 13 | JD McDuffie | 70 | JD McDuffie | 154 | Chevrolet | 0 | $665 |
| 28 | 28 | Woody Fisher | 19 | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | 74 | Chevrolet | 0 | $600 |
| 29 | 22 | Dick May | 74 | Bobby Wawak | 71 | Chevrolet | 0 | $325 |
| 30 | 30 | Nelson Oswald | 9 | Perfect Alignment (Nelson Oswald) | 50 | Chevrolet | 0 | $300 |