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1978 Talladega 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 19 of 30 Sunday, August 6, 1978 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL 188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles) Time of race: 2:51:43 Average speed: 174.7 mph Pole speed: 192.917 mph Cautions: 4 for 17 laps Margin of victory: 2 cl Attendance: 60000 Lead changes: 67 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 188 26025 running 22 180 2 9 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Oldsmobile 188 16250 running 4 175 3 2 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Oldsmobile 188 15350 running 9 170 4 1 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 188 17850 running 79 170 5 3 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 187 6400 running 6 160 6 20 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 186 8440 running 0 150 7 6 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 186 7740 running 5 151 8 14 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 183 6640 running 2 147 9 15 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 182 5490 running 0 138 10 17 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 181 5070 running 0 134 11 24 8   Ferrel Harris Autowize   (Robert Gee) Chevrolet 181 4785 running 0 130 12 27 96   Dale Earnhardt Cardinal Tractor   (Will Cronkrite) Ford 180 2740 running 0 127 13 19 9   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) Mercury 179 2640 running 0 124 14 25 2   Dave Marcis Rod Osterlund Oldsmobile 176 3850 running 0 121 15 29 67   Buddy Arrington Sam Dell   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 175 4130 running 0 118 16 34 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 172 3870 running 0 115 17 23 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 172 3635 running 0 112 18 38 42   Marty Robbins Robbins Racing   (Marty Robbins) Dodge 171 2240 running 0 109 19 41 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 168 3250 running 0 106 20 30 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 168 2940 running 0 103 21 31 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 167 1890 running 0 100 22 33 41   Grant Adcox Krystal   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 165 1840 running 0 97 23 32 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 165 2430 running 0 94 24 35 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 164 3870 running 0 91 25 18 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 164 2310 running 0 88 26 8 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 158 1640 engine 0 85 27 40 73   Steve Moore Willard Moore Chevrolet 150 1590 running 0 82 28 4 27   Buddy Baker Howell Heflin   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 149 5040 engine 57 84 29 12 68   Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl   (Lynda Ferreri) Buick 129 1990 crash 0 76 30 28 48   Al Holbert Southland Industries   (James Hylton) Oldsmobile 124 1930 engine 0 73 31 39 01   Earle Canavan Pepsi   (Earle Canavan) Dodge 119 1280 running 0   32 36 52   Jimmy Means WIXC   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 118 1755 crash 0 67 33 13 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 110 1730 running 0 64 34 11 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 105 5205 engine 4 66 35 21 05   Bruce Hill Bearfinder   (Harry Clary) Oldsmobile 96 1480 axle 0 58 36 37 17   Roger Hamby Kockums   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 94 1155 clutch 0 55 37 16 49   Claude Ballot-Lena JMS   (G.C. Spencer) Dodge 48 1130 engine 0   38 10 92   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Buick 46 1605 engine 0 49 39 7 22   Ricky Rudd 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 22 2580 engine 0 46 40 26 39   Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin Mercury 9 980 engine 0 43 41 22 12   James Hylton Al Rudd Auto Parts   (Al Rudd) Buick 1 1130 transmission 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 39 39     40 44 5   #17 spun turn 1   45 50 6     51 53 3   #49 engine   54 135 82     136 141 6   #52,68 accident turn 3   142 179 38     180 182 3   #70 slow on track   183 188 6       Percent of race run under caution: 9.0%             Average green flag run: 34.2 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 2 2   Buddy Baker 3 3 1   Cale Yarborough 4 4 1   David Pearson 5 5 1   Buddy Baker 6 9 4   Cale Yarborough 10 11 2   Darrell Waltrip 12 12 1   Buddy Baker 13 14 2   Cale Yarborough 15 15 1   Buddy Baker 16 19 4   Cale Yarborough 20 22 3   Buddy Baker 23 25 3   Cale Yarborough 26 28 3   Buddy Baker 29 35 7   Darrell Waltrip 36 38 3   Richard Petty 39 39 1   Buddy Baker 40 40 1   Benny Parsons 41 42 2   David Pearson 43 43 1   Benny Parsons 44 44 1   David Pearson 45 45 1   Cale Yarborough 46 46 1   David Pearson 47 47 1   Cale Yarborough 48 48 1   Richard Petty 49 49 1   Cale Yarborough 50 50 1   Neil Bonnett 51 52 2   Donnie Allison 53 53 1   Richard Petty 54 55 2   Buddy Baker 56 63 8   Cale Yarborough 64 64 1   Buddy Baker 65 65 1   Cale Yarborough 66 66 1   Buddy Baker 67 67 1   Cale Yarborough 68 69 2   Buddy Baker 70 71 2   Cale Yarborough 72 73 2   Buddy Baker 74 78 5   Cale Yarborough 79 79 1   Lennie Pond 80 81 2   Buddy Baker 82 84 3   Cale Yarborough 85 85 1   Buddy Baker 86 86 1   Cale Yarborough 87 88 2   Lennie Pond 89 91 3   Cale Yarborough 92 101 10   Lennie Pond 102 106 5   Cale Yarborough 107 110 4   Lennie Pond 111 111 1   Cale Yarborough 112 112 1   Lennie Pond 113 113 1   Cale Yarborough 114 122 9   Lennie Pond 123 123 1   Richard Petty 124 124 1   Benny Parsons 125 126 2   David Pearson 127 127 1   Lennie Pond 128 128 1   David Pearson 129 129 1   Buddy Baker 130 135 6   Donnie Allison 136 136 1   Buddy Baker 137 141 5   Donnie Allison 142 143 2   Cale Yarborough 144 145 2   Buddy Baker 146 148 3   Cale Yarborough 149 176 28   Lennie Pond 177 179 3   Benny Parsons 180 183 4   Lennie Pond 184 188 5 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 2982     2   Dave Marcis 2824   -158   3   Benny Parsons 2801   -181   4   Bobby Allison 2579   -403   5   Darrell Waltrip 2568   -414   6   Richard Petty 2515   -467   7   Lennie Pond 2391   -591   8   Buddy Arrington 2328   -654   9   Richard Childress 2278   -704   10   Dick Brooks 2245   -737   11   D.K. Ulrich 2139   -843   12   Tighe Scott 2107   -875   13   Neil Bonnett 2005   -977   14   Frank Warren 1954   -1028   15   J.D. McDuffie 1953   -1029   16   David Pearson 1872   -1110   17   Dick May 1769   -1213   18   Jimmy Means 1708   -1274   19   Cecil Gordon 1669   -1313   20   Skip Manning 1665   -1317   21   Ronnie Thomas 1653   -1329