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1978 Capital City 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 23 of 30 Sunday, September 10, 1978 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles) Time of race: 2:43:19 Average speed: 79.568 mph Pole speed: 91.964 mph Cautions: 5 for 27 laps Margin of victory: 1 sec Attendance: 18000 Lead changes: 16 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 400 13800 running 65 180 2 2 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 400 8800 running 44 175 3 3 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 400 6575 running 276 175 4 10 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 399 6450 running 0 160 5 7 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 397 3300 running 0 155 6 6 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 397 4200 running 0 150 7 13 92   Terry Labonte Duck Industries   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 392 2550 running 0 146 8 12 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 391 2320 running 0 142 9 11 2   Dave Marcis Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 388 1930 running 1 143 10 14 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 388 1525 running 0 134 11 15 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 387 1850 running 0 130 12 9 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 384 3300 running 1 132 13 21 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 381 1690 running 0 124 14 17 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 381 1605 running 0 121 15 26 8   Dick May Ed Negre Dodge 379 1370 running 0 118 16 18 67   Buddy Arrington Falls Radiator   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 376 1210 running 0 115 17 25 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 375 1050 running 0 112 18 8 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 374 825 running 0 109 19 27 19   Joey Arrington Sam Dell   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 364 800 running 0 106 20 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 356 3250 rear end 13 108 21 19 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 350 500 running 0 100 22 20 45   Baxter Price Ray Cook's Bar-B-Q   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 317 725 running 0 97 23 28 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 256 700 handling 0 94 24 22 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 198 685 engine 0 91 25 29 09   Nelson Oswald G & S Truck Service   (Nelson Oswald) Chevrolet 172 425 overheating 0 88 26 4 29   Dave Dion Green Mountain   (Dave Dion) Ford 85 425 rear end 0 85 27 16 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 49 650 crash 0 82 28 23 81   Ferrel Harris Autowize   (Robert Gee) Chevrolet 28 350 overheating 0 79 29 30 80   Wayne Morgan Yellow Cab   (Wayne Morgan) Chevrolet 16 325 overheating 0 76 30 24 1   Ed Negre Jones Chrysler-Plymouth   (Ed Negre) Chrysler 6 300 brakes 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 51 51   Dave Marcis 52 52 1   Lennie Pond 53 53 1   Neil Bonnett 54 181 128   Darrell Waltrip 182 182 1   Bobby Allison 183 183 1   Darrell Waltrip 184 190 7   Neil Bonnett 191 264 74   Richard Petty 265 265 1   Bobby Allison 266 266 1   Neil Bonnett 267 273 7   Richard Petty 274 285 12   Neil Bonnett 286 342 57   Bobby Allison 343 384 42   Neil Bonnett 385 394 10   Darrell Waltrip 395 400 6 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 3692     2   Benny Parsons 3394   -298   3   Dave Marcis 3340   -352   4   Darrell Waltrip 3263   -429   5   Bobby Allison 3176   -516   6   Richard Petty 3074   -618   7   Lennie Pond 2840   -852   8   Buddy Arrington 2839   -853   9   Dick Brooks 2798   -894   10   Richard Childress 2716   -976   11   J.D. McDuffie 2491   -1201   12   Tighe Scott 2483   -1209   13   Neil Bonnett 2482   -1210   14   D.K. Ulrich 2452   -1240   15   Frank Warren 2384   -1308   16   Jimmy Means 2186   -1506   17   Dick May 2154   -1538   18   David Pearson 2136   -1556   19   Ronnie Thomas 2127   -1565   20   Cecil Gordon 2017   -1675   21   Tommy Gale 1972   -1720