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 - Gwyn Staley 400 Race Results
Race Name - Gwyn Staley 400Date - 4/16/1978Race Track - North Wilkesboro SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.625 milesRace Length (Miles) - 250 milesPole Speed - 108.51 mphNumber of Cautions - 4Caution Laps - 25Average Race Speed - 92.345 mphLead Changes - 18Total Race Purse - $68,965Race Number - 8 | More Races from 1978 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 2 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 400 | Chevrolet | 146 | $13,075 |
2 | 7 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 400 | Dodge | 129 | $7,950 |
3 | 1 | Benny Parsons | 72 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) | 399 | Chevrolet | 120 | $9,300 |
4 | 5 | Lennie Pond | 54 | WIN (Harry Ranier) | 399 | Chevrolet | 1 | $3,175 |
5 | 6 | Dave Marcis | 2 | Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) | 398 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,675 |
6 | 3 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | 397 | Ford | 1 | $3,950 |
7 | 14 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) | 390 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,200 |
8 | 9 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | 390 | Ford | 0 | $2,050 |
9 | 10 | Skip Manning | 92 | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | 389 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,830 |
10 | 17 | Richard Childress | 3 | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | 388 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,770 |
11 | 16 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | 384 | Dodge | 0 | $1,625 |
12 | 12 | James Hylton | 48 | Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) | 382 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,590 |
13 | 11 | DK Ulrich | 40 | DK Ulrich | 375 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,505 |
14 | 24 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | 374 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,320 |
15 | 23 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | 372 | Dodge | 0 | $1,185 |
16 | 28 | Joe Booher | 74 | Bobby Wawak | 371 | Chevrolet | 0 | $550 |
17 | 22 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | 370 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,025 |
18 | 29 | Dick May | 19 | Henley Gray | 354 | Chevrolet | 0 | $750 |
19 | 25 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | 346 | Chevrolet | 0 | $525 |
20 | 21 | Gary Myers | 4 | Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) | 295 | Chevrolet | 0 | $500 |
21 | 20 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Don Robertson | 279 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,225 |
22 | 13 | Frank Warren | 79 | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | 245 | Dodge | 0 | $650 |
23 | 19 | Roger Hamby | 17 | HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) | 214 | Chevrolet | 0 | $430 |
24 | 8 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Armor All (Jim Stacy) | 187 | Dodge | 1 | $2,885 |
25 | 15 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) | 150 | Chevrolet | 0 | $600 |
26 | 4 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | 120 | Oldsmobile | 2 | $4,365 |
27 | 18 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 79 | Ford | 0 | $580 |
28 | 27 | Bill Hollar | 29 | Hollar Auto Parts (Bill Hollar) | 76 | Chevrolet | 0 | $320 |
29 | 26 | John Kennedy | 0 | Avanti CB (John Kennedy) | 34 | Ford | 0 | $360 |