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1978 Mason-Dixon 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 30
Sunday, May 21, 1978 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:21:38
Average Speed: 114.664 mph
Pole Speed: 135.452 mph

Cautions: 6 for 37 laps
Margin of Victory: 12 sec
Attendance: 36,013
Lead changes: 17

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	3	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	500	16,600	running	147	180
2	5	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	500	15,100	running	1	175
3	4	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	499	8,200	running	4	170
4	2	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	498	8,000	running	5	165
5	10	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	497	6,500	running	26	160
6	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	497	6,200	running	290	160
7	15	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	494	5,700	running	0	146
8	9	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	493	5,600	running	1	147
9	13	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	492	3,800	running	0	138
10	14	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	492	3,430	running	0	134
11	19	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	489	3,120	running	0	130
12	16	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Buick	486	2,960	running	0	127
13	21	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	485	2,765	running	0	124
14	18	47	Satch Worley	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Chevrolet	481	1,350	running	0
15	6	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	480	2,005	running	1	123
16	17	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	477	2,320	running	0	115
17	25	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	474	2,135	running	0	112
18	23	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	470	1,900	running	0	109
19	8	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	Oldsmobile	456	1,000	oil pump	0	106
20	22	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	Dodge	448	900	running	0	103
21	32	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	438	1,440	running	0	100
22	34	45	Baxter Price	Tire King (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	379	1,405	engine	0	97
23	1	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	363	1,845	engine	25	99
24	36	34	Nestor Peles	Steve Peles	Chevrolet	360	700	fatigue	0	91
25	33	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	324	1,275	running	0	88
26	27	4	Gary Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	308	650	oil pump	0	85
27	31	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	302	1,225	engine	0	82
28	35	74	Bobby Wawak	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	261	600	transmission	0	79
29	39	85	Greg Heller	Triangle Springs (Greg Heller)	Ford	250	575	overheating	0
30	29	61	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris	Chevrolet	215	550	engine	0
31	20	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	201	1,040	clutch	0	70
32	26	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	75	1,030	engine	0	67
33	11	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	64	1,120	engine	0	64
34	12	70	J.D. McDuffie	Perry's Steak House (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	35	1,010	oil pan	0	61
35	30	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	15	1,000	oil line	0	58
36	37	29	Bill Hollar	Bill Hollar	Chevrolet	14	490	transmission	0	55
37	24	10	Elmo Langley	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	5	480	engine	0	52
38	38	09	Nelson Oswald	Perfect Alignment (Nelson Oswald)	Chevrolet	5	470	crash	0	49
39	40	80	Wayne Morgan	Wayne Morgan	Chevrolet	3	460	engine	0	46
40	28	28	Dave Dion	Dave Dion	Ford	0	450	engine	0	43

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buddy Baker	1	24	24
David Pearson	25	34	10
Darrell Waltrip	35	81	47
Buddy Baker	82	82	1
Bobby Allison	83	83	1
Cale Yarborough	84	84	1
Darrell Waltrip	85	131	47
Dave Marcis	132	132	1
Lennie Pond	133	133	1
Darrell Waltrip	134	232	99
Lennie Pond	233	233	1
Darrell Waltrip	234	281	48
Neil Bonnett	282	283	2
Darrell Waltrip	284	332	49
Neil Bonnett	333	356	24
David Pearson	357	421	65
Benny Parsons	422	426	5
Lennie Pond	427	428	2
David Pearson	429	500	72

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Benny Parsons	1707
2	Dave Marcis	1671	-36
3	Cale Yarborough	1667	-40
4	Lennie Pond	1498	-209
5	Darrell Waltrip	1498	-209
6	Bobby Allison	1495	-212
7	Buddy Arrington	1409	-298
8	Richard Petty	1395	-312
9	Skip Manning	1370	-337
10	Richard Childress	1341	-366
11	Dick Brooks	1306	-401
12	D.K. Ulrich	1284	-423
13	Neil Bonnett	1228	-479
14	Frank Warren	1157	-550
15	Tighe Scott	1124	-583
16	Cecil Gordon	1108	-599
17	Jimmy Means	1059	-648
18	Tommy Gale	1015	-692
19	J.D. McDuffie	981	-726
20	Roger Hamby	967	-740

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