1978 - Winston Cup Series - Carolina 500 Race Results

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1978 - Carolina 500 Race Results

Race Name - Carolina 500
Date - 3/5/1978
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 141.94 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 62
Average Race Speed - 116.68 mph
Lead Changes - 24
Total Race Purse - $122,760
Race Number - 4

More Races from 1978

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	9	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	492	Mercury	219	$16,665
2	3	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	492	Ford	124	$14,570
3	6	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks (LG DeWitt)	492	Chevrolet	45	$11,220
4	10	Richard Petty	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	490	Dodge	2	$8,470
5	11	Lennie Pond	54	WIN (Harry Ranier)	489	Chevrolet	0	$3,920
6	1	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	483	Dodge	0	$6,870
7	12	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	481	Chevrolet	0	$5,020
8	15	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	477	Chevrolet	0	$4,570
9	30	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	476	Dodge	0	$4,100
10	25	Jimmy Means	52	Howards Machine Shop (Jimmy Means)	464	Chevrolet	0	$3,690
11	8	Dave Marcis	2	Rod Osterlund	461	Chevrolet	4	$1,970
12	31	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	460	Dodge	0	$3,230
13	24	Ronnie Thomas	25	Hughs Vette Shop (Don Robertson)	457	Chevrolet	0	$3,440
14	21	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford Honda (Elmo Langley)	445	Ford	0	$2,700
15	14	James Hylton	48	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	444	Chevrolet	6	$2,490
16	27	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	439	Chevrolet	0	$1,270
17	34	Dick May	74	Bobby Wawak	429	Chevrolet	0	$1,170
18	4	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	407	Oldsmobile	36	$6,270
19	32	Joe Mihalic	61	Jim Norris	398	Oldsmobile	0	$970
20	35	Ralph Jones	97	Ralph Jones	378	Ford	0	$900
21	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade (DiGard)	352	Chevrolet	33	$4,720
22	28	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	352	Chevrolet	0	$1,760
23	36	Baxter Price	45	Baxter Price	328	Chevrolet	0	$725
24	33	Earle Canavan	1	Earle Canavan	280	Dodge	0	$700
25	18	JD McDuffie	70	JD McDuffie	266	Chevrolet	0	$1,550
26	13	DK Ulrich	40	DK Ulrich	260	Chevrolet	0	$1,290
27	23	Roger Hamby	17	HambyEllis (Roger Hamby)	259	Chevrolet	0	$625
28	7	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	243	Ford	23	$1,230
29	22	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	167	Dodge	0	$1,195
30	19	Grant Adcox	41	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	145	Chevrolet	0	$550
31	5	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	119	Chevrolet	0	$545
32	17	Roland Wlodyka	98	Rod Osterlund	79	Chevrolet	0	$590
33	16	Buddy Baker	27	MC Anderson	70	Chevrolet	0	$1,210
34	20	Tighe Scott	30	Scottys Fashions (Walter Ballard)	30	Chevrolet	0	$1,030
35	29	Jimmy Lee Capps	26	Hearne Produce (David Lee Sellers)	28	Chevrolet	0	$525
36	26	Woody Fisher	19	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	0	Chevrolet	0	$1,010