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1978 Arizona NAPA 250

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NASCAR Winston West Series race number 22 of 22
Sunday, November 26, 1978 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
156 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (156.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:46:13
Average Speed: 88.121 mph
Pole Speed: 116.39 mph

Cautions: 4 for 28 laps
Margin of Victory: 9 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 16

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston West Series results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
3	3	1	Bobby Allison	Summit Transport	Matador	156	1,650	running	5
4	2	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All	Chevrolet	155	1,490	running	19
24	14	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering (Arthur Godfrey)	Pontiac	80	300	transmission	4
19	19	21	Jim Bown	Rose Auto Wrecking	Plymouth	117	315	engine	0
13	16	74	Hal Callentine	Cal-Four	Chevrolet	150	500	running	0
16	24	07	Earle Canavan	Pepsi-Cola	Dodge	148	350	running	0
30	21	58	Billy Clarkson	City Tow	Chevrolet	0	200	did not start	0
7	7	32	Ray Elder	Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill)	Dodge	154	900	running	0
6	12	17	Harry Goularte	Summit (Harry Goularte)	Pontiac	154	1,000	running	0
18	25	52	Don Graham	City Tow	Buick	135	325	running	0
21	28	38	Duke Hoenshell	Wertz Furniture	Pontiac	110	290	valve	0
2	5	01	Jimmy Insolo	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Pontiac	156	2,560	running	6
8	9	44	Gary Johnson	Armstrong Electric	Pontiac	153	850	running	0
20	30	91	John Krebs	Tom's Union 76 (John Krebs)	Chevrolet	112	300	ignition	0
28	17	3	Wally Lambert	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	24	220	suspension	0
26	22	0	Mel Larson	Riviera Whirlpool	Oldsmobile	46	240	tie rod	0
27	18	08	Rick McCray	Action Engineering (Rick McCray)	Pontiac	33	230	crash	0
15	23	35	Pat Mintey	Stick Only (Pat Mintey)	Chevrolet	149	475	running	0
22	6	12	David Pearson	G&W	Ford	102	320	ignition	4
1	1	43	Richard Petty	STP	Chevrolet	156	4,090	running	109
25	13	78	Jim Robinson	Hammer Security (Jim Robinson)	Chevrolet	52	250	differential	0
17	27	13	Rusty Sanders	Puskarich Racing	Chevrolet	145	335	running	0
5	4	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	Oldsmobile	155	1,400	running	0
9	10	29	Roy Smith	Tropical Rent-a-Car (Dick Midgley)	Chevrolet	153	700	running	0
11	26	41	Ernie Stierly	Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly)	Chevrolet	152	1,150	running	0
23	8	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	93	270	engine	0
29	29	88	Marc Vogel	V&W	Dodge	16	210	oil pan	0
14	11	86	Dick Whalen	Dean Enterprises	Chevrolet	149	425	valve	0
12	15	2	Richard White	Boulevard Automotive	Oldsmobile	150	600	running	0
10	20	10	Tim Williamson	Plamer Glass (Tim Williamson)	Chevrolet	153	740	running	9

Failed to qualify: Steve Pfeifer (#0)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	36	36
Neil Bonnett	37	37	1
Bobby Allison	38	38	1
John Borneman	39	42	4
Tim Williamson	43	44	2
Neil Bonnett	45	47	3
Richard Petty	48	60	13
David Pearson	61	64	4
Neil Bonnett	65	66	2
Bobby Allison	67	70	4
Neil Bonnett	71	73	3
Richard Petty	74	74	1
Neil Bonnett	75	84	10
Tim Williamson	85	91	7
Richard Petty	92	125	34
Jimmy Insolo	126	131	6
Richard Petty	132	156	25

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Jimmy Insolo	1089
2	Bill Schmitt	1016	-73
3	Ray Elder	966	-123
4	Richard White	957	-132
5	John Borneman	906	-183
6	Harry Goularte	895	-194
7	Rick McCray	837	-252
8	Don Graham	785	-304
9	Pat Mintey	753	-336
10	John Krebs	731	-358
11	Gary Johnson	668	-421
12	Steve Pfeifer	664	-425
13	Bill Baker	541	-548
14	Ernie Stierly	445	-644
15	Jack Jeffery	391	-698
16	Frank Bigelow	375	-714
17	Roy Smith	259	-830
18	Ron Gautsche	243	-846
19	Dick Whalen	218	-871
20	Chris Monoleos	207	-882

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