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1978 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 30
February 19, 1978 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:07:49
Average Speed: 159.73 mph
Pole Speed: 187.536 mph

Cautions: 5 for 24 laps
Margin of Victory: 33.2 sec
Attendance: 140,000
Lead changes: 37

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	33	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	200	56,300	running	28	180
2	1	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	200	41,900	running	43	175
3	8	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Oldsmobile	199	31,865	running	2	170
4	2	53	Ron Hutcherson	Valvoline (A.J. Foyt)	Buick	199	22,250	running	0	160
5	32	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	198	19,925	running	0	155
6	10	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	198	15,600	running	0	150
7	31	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson	Oldsmobile	196	16,395	engine	76	156
8	9	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	195	12,085	running	0	142
9	23	6	Ferrel Harris	Autowize (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	195	11,175	running	0	138
10	28	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Oldsmobile	195	10,285	running	0	134
11	11	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	194	10,605	running	0	130
12	18	92	Skip Manning	Valvoline (Billy Hagan)	Buick	194	9,560	running	0	127
13	19	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	194	8,665	running	0	124
14	13	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	193	6,370	running	0	121
15	30	17	Roger Hamby	Burger King (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	193	6,185	running	0	118
16	17	67	Buddy Arrington	Rossmeyer (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	192	6,845	running	0	115
17	40	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	192	6,150	running	0	112
18	25	57	Dick May	McClure Motors (Alfred McClure)	Ford	192	4,410	running	0	109
19	15	98	Roland Wlodyka	Rod Osterlund	Buick	192	4,150	running	0	106
20	26	28	Jerry Jolly	Ski Machine (Charles Dean)	Chevrolet	191	3,720	running	0	103
21	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	191	4,110	running	0	100
22	35	49	Claude Ballot-Lena	JMS (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	190	2,835	running	0
23	27	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	Hearne Produce (David Lee Sellers)	Chevrolet	189	2,805	running	0	94
24	34	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	188	3,125	running	0	91
25	38	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	185	3,350	running	0	88
26	16	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	179	2,425	running	0	85
27	12	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	150	5,750	engine	0	82
28	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	138	16,050	running	12	84
29	14	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	136	3,065	engine	0	76
30	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	132	2,880	running	0	73
31	21	61	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris	Oldsmobile	110	2,200	engine	0	70
32	3	51	A.J. Foyt	Valvoline (A.J. Foyt)	Buick	68	12,675	crash	0
33	6	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	60	11,600	crash	39	69
34	5	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	60	6,775	crash	0	61
35	39	52	Jimmy Means	Howard's Machine Shop (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	41	2,395	engine	0	58
36	29	39	Blackie Wangerin	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	30	1,950	engine	0	55
37	36	22	Ricky Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	21	4,375	handling	0	52
38	24	89	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	Chevrolet	19	1,975	engine	0	49
39	7	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Oldsmobile	9	4,325	body dam	0	46
40	37	84	Morgan Shepherd	Makar Enterprises (Jim Makar)	Mercury	8	1,650	engine	0	43
41	20	66	Harry Gant	C.C.C. (Ray Emerson)	Buick	1	1,975	engine	0	40

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	4	4
Darrell Waltrip	5	5	1
Cale Yarborough	6	6	1
Darrell Waltrip	7	7	1
Cale Yarborough	8	9	2
Darrell Waltrip	10	10	1
Richard Petty	11	17	7
Darrell Waltrip	18	20	3
Cale Yarborough	21	22	2
Darrell Waltrip	23	28	6
Richard Petty	29	60	32
Cale Yarborough	61	61	1
Buddy Baker	62	63	2
Cale Yarborough	64	67	4
Benny Parsons	68	69	2
Cale Yarborough	70	71	2
Bobby Allison	72	73	2
Buddy Baker	74	80	7
Cale Yarborough	81	81	1
Buddy Baker	82	84	3
Cale Yarborough	85	85	1
Buddy Baker	86	86	1
Cale Yarborough	87	92	6
Buddy Baker	93	94	2
Cale Yarborough	95	97	3
Buddy Baker	98	99	2
Bobby Allison	100	100	1
Cale Yarborough	101	102	2
Buddy Baker	103	106	4
Cale Yarborough	107	117	11
Buddy Baker	118	133	16
Cale Yarborough	134	136	3
Buddy Baker	137	167	31
Bobby Allison	168	168	1
Buddy Baker	169	173	5
Bobby Allison	174	186	13
Buddy Baker	187	189	3
Bobby Allison	190	200	11

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	360
2	Benny Parsons	345	-15
3	Dave Marcis	305	-55
4	Dick Brooks	273	-87
5	Bobby Allison	253	-107
6	D.K. Ulrich	246	-114
7	Buddy Arrington	245	-115
8	Neil Bonnett	242	-118
9	Tighe Scott	239	-121
10	David Pearson	231	-129
11	Richard Childress	227	-133
12	Skip Manning	227	-133
13	Al Holbert	218	-142
14	Frank Warren	215	-145
15	Cecil Gordon	188	-172
16	Richard Petty	184	-176
17	Darrell Waltrip	178	-182
18	Ron Hutcherson	160	-200
19	Buddy Baker	156	-204
20	J.D. McDuffie	152	-208

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