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1978 Los Angeles Times 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 30 of 30 Sunday, November 19, 1978 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:37:44 Average speed: 137.783 mph Pole speed: 156.19 mph Cautions: 4 for 17 laps Margin of victory: 1.7 sec Attendance: 50905 Lead changes: 30 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 200 24025 running 134 185 2 1 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 200 19700 running 16 175 3 5 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 200 12925 running 2 170 4 8 27   Buddy Baker Circus-Circus   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 199 8600 running 0 160 5 4 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 199 9200 crash 13 160 6 9 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 198 7140 running 1 155 7 10 98   Jimmy Insolo Kelly Girl   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 198 5640 running 0 146 8 7 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 197 7040 running 1 147 9 11 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 196 5040 running 0 138 10 16 51   Jim Thirkettle Allied Box & Crate   (Jim Thirkettle) Buick 196 3740 running 1 139 11 14 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 196 4170 running 0 130 12 25 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 195 3765 running 0 127 13 15 68   Janet Guthrie Singer   (Lynda Ferreri) Buick 194 3090 running 0 124 14 13 73   Bill Schmitt Old Milwaukee   (Bill Schmitt) Oldsmobile 192 2960 running 0 121 15 38 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Oldsmobile 190 3325 running 0 118 16 24 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Oldsmobile 190 3330 running 0 115 17 17 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 190 2945 running 0 112 18 27 12   Richard White Boulevard Automotive   (Mike White) Chevrolet 188 2285 engine 2 114 19 33 8   Ferrel Harris L.R. Cook   (Robert Gee) Chevrolet 188 2625 running 0 106 20 34 58   Rocky Moran Daisy Shoppe   (Rocky Moran) Buick 188 1565 running 0 103 21 36 18   Ed Negre Jones Chrysler-Plymouth   (Ed Negre) Chrysler 186 1515 running 0 100 22 19 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 186 2315 running 0 97 23 18 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 185 2055 running 0 94 24 40 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 183 1265 running 0 91 25 26 81   John Borneman Borneman Plastering   (John Borneman) Chevrolet 181 1445 running 0 88 26 22 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 178 1885 running 0 85 27 12 2   Dave Marcis Kelly Girl   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 177 1215 running 0 82 28 35 99   Don Noel Noel Fabrication   (Don Noel) Chevrolet 158 1165 engine 0 79 29 20 16   Mel Larson Riviera Hot Spas Buick 138 1115 ignition 0 76 30 32 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 129 1555 engine 0 73 31 31 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 113 1505 running 0 70 32 39 0   Steve Pfeifer Leisure Living   (Michael McCluney) Chevrolet 98 955 battery 0 67 33 37 7   Harry Goularte Associated Concrete   (Harry Goularte) Chevrolet 97 905 engine 0 64 34 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 83 4555 engine 30 66 35 28 67   Buddy Arrington Leo's Red Mustang   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 83 1305 engine 0 58 36 29 37   Chuck Wahl Excel Trailer   (DuWayne Wahl) Chevrolet 43 795 overheating 0 55 37 21 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 42 4485 suspension 0 52 38 6 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 28 1275 engine 0 49 39 23 08   Rick McCray Rick McCray Chevrolet 15 765 transmission 0 46 40 30 32   Ray Elder Midland Motor Homes   (Dave Hill) Dodge 2 755 engine 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Earle Canavan 01 Earle Canavan Dodge Jimmy Insolo 01 Lakes Drywall Gerald Craker Oldsmobile Ron McGee 03 M.C. Productions Larry Getz Chevrolet Mike Roche 04 Jim Miller Chevrolet Bruce Hill 05 Bearfinder Harry Clary Oldsmobile Don Puskarich 13 Oil Field Construction Matt Puskarich Chevrolet Dick Kranzler 14 Parnelli Jones Firestone Dick Kranzler Chevrolet Ed Hale 20 Peralta Chevy Richard Peralta Chevrolet Ricky Rudd 22 1st National City Travelers Checks Al Rudd Chevrolet Roy Smith 29 Tropical Rent-A-Car Dick Midgley Chevrolet Tighe Scott 30 Russ Togs Walter Ballard Chevrolet Dave Watson 37 Amsoil Phil Howard Chevrolet D.K. Ulrich 40 Midwestern Farm Lines D.K. Ulrich Buick Ernie Stierly 41 Allied Plating Ernie Stierly Chevrolet Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet Don Graham 52 City Tow Rodney Friesen Chevrolet Jack Simpson 53 Don's Automotive Robert Campanella Chevrolet Hal Callentine 74 Cal-Four Hal Callentine Chevrolet Bobby Wawak 74 Louise Smith Bobby Wawak Chevrolet Ross Kusah 82 Allied Plating Charles Elkins Chevrolet Dick Whalen 86 Glenna Dean Chevrolet John Krebs 91 Getty's Automotive John Krebs Chevrolet Billy Hagan 92 Duck Industries Billy Hagan Chevrolet Chris Monoleos 92 Kendall Buckstaff Chevrolet Norm Palmer 93 Norm Palmer Dodge Bennie Vaught 94 Gil Bruselas Chevrolet John Kieper 98 Wholesale Truck Parts John Kieper Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 2 2   Richard Petty 3 5 3   Lennie Pond 6 6 1   Richard Petty 7 13 7   Bobby Allison 14 14 1   Richard Petty 15 15 1   Jim Thirkettle 16 16 1   Richard White 17 18 2   Benny Parsons 19 19 1   Donnie Allison 20 20 1   Bobby Allison 21 42 22   Richard Petty 43 47 5   Bobby Allison 48 49 2   Richard Petty 50 52 3   Darrell Waltrip 53 56 4   Bobby Allison 57 69 13   Richard Petty 70 77 8   Bobby Allison 78 80 3   Richard Petty 81 83 3   Cale Yarborough 84 88 5   Darrell Waltrip 89 96 8   Bobby Allison 97 111 15   Darrell Waltrip 112 112 1   Bobby Allison 113 149 37   Cale Yarborough 150 152 3   Bobby Allison 153 172 20   Donnie Allison 173 173 1   Bobby Allison 174 178 5   Cale Yarborough 179 186 8   Bobby Allison 187 200 14 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 4841     2   Bobby Allison 4367   -474   3   Darrell Waltrip 4362   -479   4   Benny Parsons 4350   -491   5   Dave Marcis 4335   -506   6   Richard Petty 3949   -892   7   Lennie Pond 3794   -1047   8   Dick Brooks 3769   -1072   9   Buddy Arrington 3626   -1215   10   Richard Childress 3566   -1275   11   J.D. McDuffie 3255   -1586   12   Neil Bonnett 3129   -1712   13   Tighe Scott 3110   -1731   14   Frank Warren 3036   -1805   15   Dick May 2936   -1905   16   David Pearson 2756   -2085   16   Jimmy Means 2756   -2085   18   Ronnie Thomas 2733   -2108   19   Cecil Gordon 2641   -2200   20   Tommy Gale 2639   -2202   21   Roger Hamby 2617   -2224