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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 - Virginia 500 Race Results
| Race Name - Virginia 500Date - 4/23/1978Race Track - Martinsville SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.525 milesRace Length (Miles) - 263 milesPole Speed - 88.637 mphNumber of Cautions - 4Caution Laps - 27Average Race Speed - 77.971 mphLead Changes - 6Total Race Purse - $96,500Race Number - 9 | More Races from 1978 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 3 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 500 | Chevrolet | 310 | $22,700 |
| 2 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Armor All (Jim Stacy) | 497 | Dodge | 0 | $11,450 |
| 3 | 7 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 497 | Dodge | 0 | $8,700 |
| 4 | 6 | Dave Marcis | 2 | Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) | 489 | Chevrolet | 0 | $4,000 |
| 5 | 16 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | 485 | Dodge | 0 | $4,950 |
| 6 | 9 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | 483 | Ford | 0 | $5,200 |
| 7 | 15 | James Hylton | 48 | Denbigh Plumbing (James Hylton) | 477 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,700 |
| 8 | 21 | Richard Childress | 3 | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | 467 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $2,930 |
| 9 | 18 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | 460 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,620 |
| 10 | 20 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | 457 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,450 |
| 11 | 19 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | 455 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,100 |
| 12 | 30 | Bobby Wawak | 74 | Booher Farms (Bobby Wawak) | 452 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,000 |
| 13 | 11 | DK Ulrich | 40 | DK Ulrich | 449 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,940 |
| 14 | 27 | Roger Hamby | 17 | HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) | 448 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,350 |
| 15 | 4 | Benny Parsons | 72 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) | 446 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,500 |
| 16 | 2 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | 443 | Oldsmobile | 133 | $5,700 |
| 17 | 17 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 442 | Ford | 0 | $1,655 |
| 18 | 1 | Lennie Pond | 54 | WIN (Harry Ranier) | 429 | Chevrolet | 57 | $2,700 |
| 19 | 25 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | 419 | Dodge | 0 | $1,495 |
| 20 | 28 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Louise Smith (Don Robertson) | 387 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,360 |
| 21 | 8 | David Pearson | 21 | Purolator (Wood Brothers) | 361 | Mercury | 0 | $890 |
| 22 | 24 | Frank Warren | 79 | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | 331 | Dodge | 0 | $1,180 |
| 23 | 14 | Skip Manning | 92 | Stratagraph (Billy Hagan) | 164 | Chevrolet | 0 | $870 |
| 24 | 13 | Chuck Bown | 77 | Johnny Ray | 163 | Chevrolet | 0 | $610 |
| 25 | 22 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard) | 160 | Chevrolet | 0 | $850 |
| 26 | 10 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) | 140 | Chevrolet | 0 | $840 |
| 27 | 12 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | 96 | Ford | 0 | $830 |
| 28 | 26 | Dick May | 19 | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | 50 | Chevrolet | 0 | $820 |
| 29 | 29 | John Kennedy | 0 | Avanti CB (John Kennedy) | 28 | Ford | 0 | $560 |
| 30 | 23 | Gary Myers | 4 | Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) | 13 | Chevrolet | 0 | $550 |