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1978 Atlanta 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 30
Sunday, March 19, 1978 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:30:10
Average Speed: 142.52 mph
Pole Speed: 162.006 mph

Cautions: 4 for 16 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 60,000
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	328	33,050	running	261	185
2	11	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	327	16,925	running	0	170
3	8	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	327	11,000	running	3	170
4	1	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	327	23,600	running	54	165
5	6	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	327	5,950	running	2	160
6	16	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	325	7,250	running	0	150
7	26	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	319	4,100	running	0	146
8	32	49	Connie Saylor	Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	316	4,010	crash	0	142
9	15	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	Oldsmobile	316	3,110	running	0	138
10	23	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	315	5,125	running	0	134
11	21	40	D.K. Ulrich	Howard Johnson's (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	314	4,520	out of gas	0	130
12	37	89	Sam Sommers	O.L. Nixon	Chevrolet	314	2,365	running	0	127
13	3	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	314	5,940	running	0	124
14	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	313	4,035	running	0	121
15	18	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	313	3,800	running	0	118
16	35	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	312	3,455	running	0	115
17	39	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	311	3,220	running	0	112
18	10	98	Roland Wlodyka	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	311	1,615	running	0	109
19	30	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	310	2,810	running	0	106
20	34	19	Woody Fisher	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	309	2,525	running	0	103
21	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	303	1,715	running	0	100
22	19	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	298	2,070	running	0	97
23	12	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	294	1,765	running	0	94
24	33	25	Ronnie Thomas	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	290	1,710	running	0	91
25	38	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	289	1,655	running	0	88
26	9	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	278	4,655	overheating	0	85
27	5	27	Buddy Baker	WQXI Radio (M.C. Anderson)	Oldsmobile	237	1,520	engine	0	82
28	40	91	Billy McGinnis	Valvoline (Billie Harvey)	Chevrolet	221	875	ignition	0	79
29	22	39	Blackie Wangerin	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	214	830	engine	0	76
30	25	77	Chuck Bown	Johnny Ray	Chevrolet	188	785	engine	0	73
31	14	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	182	1,240	engine	0	70
33	31	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	154	4,905	engine	6	69
32	20	52	Jimmy Means	Bell Brothers Auto Parts (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	163	1,220	engine	0	67
35	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	146	4,375	engine	2	63
34	29	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	152	1,190	engine	0	61
36	27	75	Butch Hartman	Hartman Autocar (Butch Hartman)	Chevrolet	121	640	engine	0	55
37	24	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	97	630	oil line	0	52
38	17	9	Bill Elliott	Aaron's Automatic Transmission (George Elliott)	Mercury	66	620	engine	0	49
39	13	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	33	1,610	engine	0	46
40	36	00	John Utsman	Bristol Raceway (Ed Whitaker)	Chevrolet	10	600	oil leak	0	43

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	13	13
Neil Bonnett	14	19	6
Cale Yarborough	20	60	41
Darrell Waltrip	61	62	2
Bobby Allison	63	63	1
Lennie Pond	64	64	1
Bobby Allison	65	127	63
Lennie Pond	128	128	1
Donnie Allison	129	131	3
Bobby Allison	132	328	197

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Benny Parsons	819
2	Cale Yarborough	809	-10
3	Bobby Allison	763	-56
4	Dave Marcis	756	-63
5	Dick Brooks	662	-157
6	Richard Childress	634	-185
7	Lennie Pond	629	-190
8	Buddy Arrington	622	-197
9	Neil Bonnett	604	-215
10	Skip Manning	591	-228
11	D.K. Ulrich	576	-243
12	Frank Warren	569	-250
13	Richard Petty	531	-288
14	David Pearson	516	-303
15	Darrell Waltrip	511	-308
16	Cecil Gordon	509	-310
17	Tighe Scott	495	-324
18	J.D. McDuffie	437	-382
19	Tommy Gale	400	-419
20	Jimmy Means	386	-433

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