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1978 - Delaware 500 Race Results


Race Name - Delaware 500
Date - 9/17/1978
Race Track - Dover Downs International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 135.48 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 18
Average Race Speed - 119.32 mph
Lead Changes - 7
Total Race Purse - $118,620
Race Number - 24
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Bobby Allison 15 Norris Industries (Bud Moore) 500 Ford 267 $19,500
2 8 Cale Yarborough 11 1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson) 500 Oldsmobile 221 $15,100
3 6 Buddy Baker 27 MC Anderson 499 Chevrolet 1 $8,700
4 5 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 498 Mercury 0 $4,600
5 7 Darrell Waltrip 88 Gatorade (DiGard) 497 Chevrolet 1 $7,000
6 14 Dick Brooks 90 Truxmore (Junie Donlavey) 496 Ford 0 $4,300
7 12 Lennie Pond 54 WIN (Harry Ranier) 493 Oldsmobile 0 $5,300
8 10 Dave Marcis 2 Rod Osterlund 493 Chevrolet 0 $3,130
9 13 Donnie Allison 1 Grog Pond (Pee Wee Griffin) 489 Oldsmobile 0 $1,800
10 15 Dick May 92 Duck Industries (Billy Hagan) 485 Chevrolet 0 $3,220
11 16 Ronnie Thomas 25 Autowize (Norman Negre) 483 Chevrolet 0 $3,560
12 3 Richard Childress 3 CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress) 482 Oldsmobile 0 $3,340
13 18 Al Holbert 48 Southland Industries (James Hylton) 472 Chevrolet 0 $2,655
14 27 Cecil Gordon 24 Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon) 468 Chevrolet 0 $2,470
15 29 Ed Negre 8 Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) 467 Dodge 0 $2,285
16 26 Earle Canavan 1 Earle Canavan 460 Dodge 0 $1,200
17 20 Tommy Gale 64 Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley) 458 Ford 0 $1,975
18 22 Roger Hamby 17 HambyEllis (Roger Hamby) 457 Chevrolet 0 $1,050
19 31 Nestor Peles 34 Steve Peles 439 Chevrolet 0 $1,000
20 21 Gary Myers 4 Spencers Baby Wear (Gary Myers) 438 Chevrolet 0 $900
21 32 Frank Warren 79 Native Tan (Frank Warren) 438 Dodge 0 $1,440
22 23 Buddy Arrington 67 Lafayette Radio (Buddy Arrington) 432 Dodge 0 $1,405
23 30 Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price 420 Chevrolet 0 $1,345
24 36 Nelson Oswald 9 G S Truck Service (Nelson Oswald) 335 Chevrolet 0 $700
25 19 Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs (Walter Ballard) 320 Chevrolet 0 $1,275
26 9 Benny Parsons 72 1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt) 311 Chevrolet 0 $4,350
27 11 Richard Petty 43 STP (Petty Enterprises) 269 Chevrolet 0 $4,525
28 25 Dave Dion 29 Green Mountain (Dave Dion) 238 Ford 0 $600
29 4 Neil Bonnett 5 Armor All (Rod Osterlund) 220 Oldsmobile 0 $3,775
30 28 Ralph Jones 97 Ralph Jones 186 Ford 0 $550
31 33 Joey Arrington 19 Rossmeyer (Buddy Arrington) 143 Dodge 0 $1,040
32 24 Jimmy Means 52 Means Racing (Jimmy Means) 140 Chevrolet 0 $1,030
33 1 JD McDuffie 70 Bailey Excavating (JD McDuffie) 80 Chevrolet 10 $1,520
34 17 James Hylton 18 Hylton Engineering (James Hylton) 10 Chevrolet 0 $510
35 37 Louis Gatto 35 L J Automotive 5 Chevrolet 0 $500
36 34 Ferrel Harris 61 Jones ChryslerPlymouth (Ed Negre) 3 Chrysler 0 $490
37 35 Jabe Thomas 81 Louise Smith (Don Robertson) 1 Chevrolet 0 $480