1978 - Winston Cup Series - Winston Western 500 Race Results

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1978 - Winston Western 500 Race Results

Race Name - Winston Western 500
Date - 1/22/1978
Race Track - Riverside International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.62 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 312 miles
Pole Speed - 113.204 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 17
Average Race Speed - 102.26 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $125,345
Race Number - 1

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	119	Oldsmobile	58	$20,850
2	3	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt)	119	Chevrolet	18	$14,800
3	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	119	Mercury	41	$9,850
4	16	Neil Bonnett	5	Jim Stacy	119	Dodge	0	$8,800
5	7	Dave Marcis	2	Rod Osterlund	118	Chevrolet	0	$4,050
6	29	Hershel McGriff	95	George Jefferson	118	Ford	0	$2,850
7	11	Jimmy Insolo	1	Lakes Drywall (Gerald Craker)	118	Chevrolet	2	$4,400
8	9	Al Holbert	48	Southland Cork Rubber (James Hylton)	117	Chevrolet	0	$4,250
9	20	Roy Smith	29	Mercury Marine (Dick Midgley)	115	Chevrolet	0	$2,300
10	19	DK Ulrich	40	Pacific Coast (DK Ulrich)	115	Chevrolet	0	$3,880
11	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	114	Ford	0	$3,470
12	34	Rick McCray	8	Rick McCray	113	Dodge	0	$1,800
13	15	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	112	Dodge	0	$3,160
14	10	Norm Palmer	93	American (Norm Palmer)	111	Dodge	0	$1,600
15	25	Dick Brooks	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	111	Ford	0	$2,840
16	5	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	104	Dodge	0	$5,100
17	22	Jim Thirkettle	51	Timec Speedway Enginerring	104	Buick	0	$1,350
18	31	Tighe Scott	30	Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard)	103	Chevrolet	0	$2,530
19	23	Ernie Stierly	41	Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly)	99	Chevrolet	0	$1,870
20	18	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	90	Chevrolet	0	$2,205
21	12	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	85	Chevrolet	0	$1,980
22	35	Jack Simpson	53	Dons Automotive (Chester Papienski)	74	Chevrolet	0	$1,105
23	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	70	Chevrolet	0	$4,780
24	24	Richard White	12	Lindsay Auto Parts (Mike White)	70	Chevrolet	0	$1,195
25	30	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	52	Chevrolet	0	$1,635
26	32	Rocky Moran	58	Daisy Shoppe (Rocky Moran)	51	Chevrolet	0	$955
27	13	John Borneman	81	Borneman Plastering (Arthur Godfrey)	50	Chevrolet	0	$1,025
28	21	JD McDuffie	70	Simpson Safety Equipment (JD McDuffie)	45	Chevrolet	0	$1,455
29	17	Vince Giamformaggio	39	CalFrench Bread (Sam Arakalian)	41	Chevrolet	0	$805
30	6	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	40	Ford	0	$4,455
31	28	Don Puskarich	13	Oil Field Construction (Matt Puskarich)	36	Chevrolet	0	$700
32	8	Bill Schmitt	73	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	19	Chevrolet	0	$1,650
33	33	Eddie Bradshaw	9	C M Racing (Chester Papienski)	15	Chevrolet	0	$600
34	26	Ray Elder	32	Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill)	12	Dodge	0	$550
35	14	Gary Johnson	44	Armstrong Electric (Ted Armstrong)	3	Chevrolet	0	$500