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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 - Capital City 400 Race Results
| Race Name - Capital City 400Date - 9/10/1978Race Track - Richmond Fairgrounds RacewayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.542 milesRace Length (Miles) - 217 milesPole Speed - 91.964 mphNumber of Cautions - 5Caution Laps - 27Average Race Speed - 79.568 mphLead Changes - 16Total Race Purse - $73,485Race Number - 23 | More Races from 1978 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 1 | Darrell Waltrip | 88 | Gatorade (DiGard) | 400 | Chevrolet | 65 | $13,800 |
| 2 | 2 | Bobby Allison | 15 | Norris Industries (Bud Moore) | 400 | Ford | 44 | $8,800 |
| 3 | 3 | Neil Bonnett | 5 | Armor All (Rod Osterlund) | 400 | Chevrolet | 276 | $6,575 |
| 4 | 10 | Cale Yarborough | 11 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) | 399 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $6,450 |
| 5 | 7 | Dick Brooks | 90 | Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) | 397 | Ford | 0 | $3,300 |
| 6 | 6 | Benny Parsons | 72 | 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) | 397 | Chevrolet | 0 | $4,200 |
| 7 | 13 | Terry Labonte | 92 | Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) | 392 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,550 |
| 8 | 12 | JD McDuffie | 70 | Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) | 391 | Chevrolet | 0 | $2,320 |
| 9 | 11 | Dave Marcis | 2 | Rod Osterlund | 388 | Chevrolet | 1 | $1,930 |
| 10 | 14 | Roger Hamby | 17 | HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) | 388 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,525 |
| 11 | 15 | Richard Childress | 3 | Kansas Jack (Richard Childress) | 387 | Oldsmobile | 0 | $1,850 |
| 12 | 9 | Lennie Pond | 54 | WIN (Harry Ranier) | 384 | Chevrolet | 1 | $3,300 |
| 13 | 21 | Jimmy Means | 52 | Means Racing (Jimmy Means) | 381 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,690 |
| 14 | 17 | Ronnie Thomas | 25 | Louise Smith (Don Robertson) | 381 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,605 |
| 15 | 26 | Dick May | 8 | Ed Negre | 379 | Dodge | 0 | $1,370 |
| 16 | 18 | Buddy Arrington | 67 | Falls Radiator (Buddy Arrington) | 376 | Dodge | 0 | $1,210 |
| 17 | 25 | Cecil Gordon | 24 | Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) | 375 | Chevrolet | 0 | $1,050 |
| 18 | 8 | James Hylton | 48 | Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton) | 374 | Chevrolet | 0 | $825 |
| 19 | 27 | Joey Arrington | 19 | Sam Dell (Henley Gray) | 364 | Chevrolet | 0 | $800 |
| 20 | 5 | Richard Petty | 43 | STP (Petty Enterprises) | 356 | Chevrolet | 13 | $3,250 |
| 21 | 19 | Gary Myers | 4 | Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) | 350 | Chevrolet | 0 | $500 |
| 22 | 20 | Baxter Price | 45 | Ray Cooks BarBQ (Baxter Price) | 317 | Chevrolet | 0 | $725 |
| 23 | 28 | Frank Warren | 79 | Native Tan (Frank Warren) | 256 | Dodge | 0 | $700 |
| 24 | 22 | Tommy Gale | 64 | Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) | 198 | Ford | 0 | $685 |
| 25 | 29 | Nelson Oswald | 9 | G S Truck Service (Nelson Oswald) | 172 | Chevrolet | 0 | $425 |
| 26 | 4 | Dave Dion | 29 | Green Mountain (Dave Dion) | 85 | Ford | 0 | $425 |
| 27 | 16 | Tighe Scott | 30 | Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) | 49 | Chevrolet | 0 | $650 |
| 28 | 23 | Ferrel Harris | 81 | Autowize (Robert Gee) | 28 | Chevrolet | 0 | $350 |
| 29 | 30 | Wayne Morgan | 80 | Yellow Cab (Wayne Morgan) | 16 | Chevrolet | 0 | $325 |
| 30 | 24 | Ed Negre | 1 | Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) | 6 | Chrysler | 0 | $300 |