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1978 NAPA 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 30
Sunday, June 11, 1978 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
95 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (248.9 miles)

Time of race: 2:23:10
Average Speed: 104.311 mph
Pole Speed: 112.882 mph

Cautions: 1 for 4 laps
Margin of Victory: 29 sec
Attendance: 28,000
Lead changes: 10

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
35	8	93	Norm Palmer	Norm Palmer	Dodge	8	500	crash	0	58
26	20	64	Dick Brooks	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	67	1,275	engine	0	85
30	25	58	Rocky Moran	Daisy Shoppe (Rocky Moran)	Buick	50	675	engine	0	73
32	6	01	Jimmy Insolo	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Oldsmobile	29	625	engine	3	72
28	35	37	Chuck Wahl	Excel Trailer (DuWayne Wahl)	Chevrolet	59	725	oil leak	0	79
34	33	55	Bill Baker	Golden West Lumber (Bill Baker)	Buick	20	550	oil leak	0	61
27	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	66	1,650	overheating	0	82
1	4	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	95	22,750	running	26	180
2	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	95	14,200	running	4	175
3	5	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	95	10,050	running	12	170
4	3	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	95	5,850	running	3	165
5	2	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	94	8,400	running	47	165
6	12	32	Ray Elder	Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill)	Dodge	94	4,000	running	0	150
7	23	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	94	3,230	running	0	146
8	9	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	Oldsmobile	93	3,820	running	0	142
9	13	51	Jim Thirkettle	Allied Box & Crate	Buick	93	2,760	running	0	138
10	10	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	92	4,900	running	0	134
11	18	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	92	2,940	running	0	130
12	30	24	Cecil Gordon	Chuck Walters (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	92	2,730	running	0	127
13	29	08	Rick McCray	Bob's Paint & Body (Rick McCray)	Chevrolet	92	2,020	running	0	124
14	16	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	91	2,310	running	0	121
15	15	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	91	2,025	running	0	118
16	21	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	91	4,725	running	0	115
17	11	48	Hershel McGriff	Hershel McGriff	Chevrolet	90	1,640	running	0	112
18	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Ford	89	1,605	running	0	109
19	28	12	Richard White	Lindsay Auto Parts (Mike White)	Chevrolet	88	1,070	running	0	106
20	34	17	Harry Goularte	Associated Concrete (Harry Goularte)	Chevrolet	88	1,025	running	0	103
21	31	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	86	1,400	running	0	100
29	26	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	57	1,200	running	0	76
23	14	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering (John Borneman)	Chevrolet	74	850	transmission	0	94
24	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	72	1,325	transmission	0	91
25	24	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	70	1,800	transmission	0	88
31	32	41	Ernie Stierly	Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly)	Chevrolet	42	650	transmission	0	70
33	17	99	Don Noel	Don Noel	Chevrolet	22	600	transmission	0
22	22	52	Don Graham	City Tow (Rodney Friesen)	Chevrolet	75	875	wheel bearing	0	97

Failed to qualify: Gary Johnson (#44), Mike Brockman (#50), John Dineen (#18), Steve Pfeifer (#0), Dick Whalen (#86), Ed Hale (#20), Hal Callentine (#74)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	9	9
Jimmy Insolo	10	12	3
Dave Marcis	13	15	3
Cale Yarborough	16	39	24
Benny Parsons	40	40	1
Cale Yarborough	41	54	14
Richard Petty	55	58	4
Benny Parsons	59	66	8
Bobby Allison	67	78	12
Benny Parsons	79	95	17

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	2182
2	Benny Parsons	2145	-37
3	Dave Marcis	2063	-119
4	Bobby Allison	1935	-247
5	Darrell Waltrip	1883	-299
6	Lennie Pond	1878	-304
7	Richard Petty	1877	-305
8	Buddy Arrington	1774	-408
9	Richard Childress	1704	-478
10	Dick Brooks	1618	-564
11	D.K. Ulrich	1615	-567
12	Neil Bonnett	1575	-607
13	Tighe Scott	1470	-712
14	Skip Manning	1455	-727
15	Frank Warren	1442	-740
16	Cecil Gordon	1341	-841
17	J.D. McDuffie	1296	-886
18	Dick May	1194	-988
19	Jimmy Means	1184	-998
20	David Pearson	1177	-1005

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