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1978 - Gwyn Staley 400 Race Results


Race Name - Gwyn Staley 400
Date - 4/16/1978
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 108.51 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 25
Average Race Speed - 92.345 mph
Lead Changes - 18
Total Race Purse - $68,965
Race 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