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 - Music City USA 420 Race Results
Race Name - Music City USA 420Date - 6/3/1978Race Track - Nashville SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.596 milesRace Length (Miles) - 250 milesPole Speed - 105.094 mphNumber of Cautions - 2Caution Laps - 22Average Race Speed - 87.541 mphLead Changes - 1Total Race Purse - $57,500Race Number - 13 | More Races from 1978 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 2 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | 420 | Oldsmobile | 420 | $11,215 |
2 | 1 | Lennie Pond | 54 | WIN (Harry Ranier) | 418 | Chevrolet | 0 | $5,315 |
3 | 7 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 416 | Dodge | 0 | $5,265 |
4 | 4 | Dave Marcis | 2 | Shoneys (Rod Osterlund) | 415 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,465 |
5 | 9 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Armor All (Jim Stacy) | 413 | Dodge | 0 | $3,715 |
6 | 13 | Grant Adcox | 41 | Krystal (Herb Adcox) | 409 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,165 |
7 | 21 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | 408 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,145 |
8 | 17 | Richard Childress | 3 | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | 405 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,985 |
9 | 16 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington) | 401 | Dodge | 0 | $1,815 |
10 | 18 | DK Ulrich | 40 | DK Ulrich | 395 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,705 |
11 | 15 | James Hylton | 48 | James Hylton | 390 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,495 |
12 | 11 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) | 388 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,285 |
13 | 29 | Bobby Wawak | 74 | Bobby Wawak | 387 | Chevrolet | 0 | $590 |
14 | 24 | Dick Brooks | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 387 | Ford | 0 | $1,125 |
15 | 19 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Louise Smith (Don Robertson) | 386 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,465 |
16 | 26 | Frank Warren | 79 | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | 386 | Dodge | 0 | $745 |
17 | 22 | Baxter Price | 45 | Baxter Price | 383 | Chevrolet | 0 | $695 |
18 | 30 | Dick May | 19 | Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) | 382 | Chevrolet | 0 | $650 |
19 | 28 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Chuck Walters (Cecil Gordon) | 381 | Chevrolet | 0 | $610 |
20 | 5 | Benny Parsons | 72 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) | 378 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,050 |
21 | 6 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | 321 | Ford | 0 | $3,045 |
22 | 8 | Coo Coo Marlin | 14 | CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) | 310 | Chevrolet | 0 | $335 |
23 | 25 | Roger Hamby | 17 | HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) | 300 | Chevrolet | 0 | $325 |
24 | 23 | Ralph Jones | 97 | Jones Supply (Ralph Jones) | 297 | Ford | 0 | $315 |
25 | 10 | Bruce Hill | 5 | Bearfinder (Harry Clary) | 276 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $305 |
26 | 3 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 227 | Chevrolet | 0 | $3,095 |
27 | 14 | Ed Negre | 8 | Ed Negre | 135 | Dodge | 0 | $535 |
28 | 20 | Gary Myers | 4 | Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) | 128 | Chevrolet | 0 | $275 |
29 | 27 | Richard Waters | 86 | Newbern (Richard Waters) | 13 | Chevrolet | 0 | $265 |
30 | 12 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | 12 | Chevrolet | 0 | $505 |