1978 - Winston Cup Series - Winston 500 Race Results

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1978 - Winston 500 Race Results

Race Name - Winston 500
Date - 5/14/1978
Race Track - Alabama International Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.66 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 191.904 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 30
Average Race Speed - 155.69 mph
Lead Changes - 44
Total Race Purse - $220,995
Race Number - 10

More Races from 1978

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	188	Oldsmobile	81	$34,300
2	22	Buddy Baker	27	TV6 (MC Anderson)	188	Oldsmobile	15	$21,900
3	2	AJ Foyt	51	Valvoline (AJ Foyt)	187	Buick	0	$12,200
4	4	Skip Manning	92	Pitt Grill Restaurants (Billy Hagan)	187	Buick	0	$11,350
5	36	Grant Adcox	41	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	186	Chevrolet	0	$7,650
6	20	Bill Elliott	9	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	185	Mercury	0	$6,500
7	5	Ferrel Harris	6	Autowize (Jim Stacy)	185	Dodge	0	$6,075
8	9	Dave Marcis	2	Shoneys (Rod Osterlund)	184	Chevrolet	0	$5,500
9	23	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	184	Oldsmobile	0	$7,105
10	27	James Hylton	48	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	183	Oldsmobile	0	$6,420
11	10	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	183	Dodge	2	$7,700
12	29	Buddy Arrington	67	Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington)	180	Dodge	0	$5,610
13	21	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	180	Oldsmobile	0	$5,590
14	30	Ronnie Thomas	25	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	180	Chevrolet	0	$5,430
15	6	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	179	Mercury	0	$4,470
16	26	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	178	Ford	0	$4,060
17	37	DK Ulrich	40	DK Ulrich	177	Chevrolet	0	$3,800
18	25	Claude BallotLena	49	Lady Son Auction (GC Spencer)	177	Dodge	0	$2,800
19	24	Roger Hamby	17	HambyEllis (Roger Hamby)	175	Chevrolet	0	$2,700
20	38	Baxter Price	45	Baxter Price	172	Chevrolet	0	$2,500
21	7	Lennie Pond	54	WIN (Harry Ranier)	168	Chevrolet	0	$2,400
22	18	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	165	Chevrolet	49	$8,600
23	35	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	162	Chevrolet	0	$2,815
24	17	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	158	Chevrolet	34	$3,550
25	41	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	153	Chevrolet	0	$2,630
26	33	Jimmy Means	10	Tidewater Glass (Bill Champion)	151	Ford	0	$1,685
27	13	Ricky Rudd	22	1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd)	150	Buick	1	$3,355
28	34	Ed Negre	8	Waltrip Racing Center (Ed Negre)	146	Dodge	0	$2,185
29	16	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	134	Dodge	0	$2,035
30	11	Blackie Wangerin	39	Blackie Wangerin	133	Mercury	0	$1,485
31	8	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt)	121	Oldsmobile	1	$5,235
32	28	John Utsman	0	Lady Son Auction (Ed Whitaker)	93	Chevrolet	0	$1,410
33	32	Chuck Bown	77	Holiday Campers (Johnny Ray)	80	Chevrolet	0	$1,385
34	14	Ron Hutcherson	53	Valvoline (AJ Foyt)	77	Buick	0	$1,355
35	15	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	51	Mercury	0	$1,830
36	31	Bruce Hill	5	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	38	Oldsmobile	0	$1,305
37	39	Frank Hill	2	Fife	37	Chevrolet	0	$1,280
38	12	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	34	Ford	5	$5,255
39	3	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	31	Oldsmobile	0	$4,630
40	40	JD McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie)	5	Chevrolet	0	$1,705
41	19	Coo Coo Marlin	14	CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham)	4	Chevrolet	0	$1,205