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1978 American 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 30 Sunday, October 22, 1978 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:15:58 Average speed: 117.288 mph Pole speed: 142.067 mph Cautions: 5 for 52 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 46000 Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 492 23360 running 376 185 2 4 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 490 14650 running 0 170 3 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 488 11400 running 24 170 4 12 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 486 8500 running 11 165 5 8 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 486 6330 running 1 160 6 11 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 485 7000 running 18 155 7 5 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 485 6100 running 12 151 8 10 2   Dave Marcis Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 484 4700 running 2 147 9 21 67   Buddy Arrington Falls Radiator   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 473 4230 running 0 138 10 24 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 472 4320 running 0 134 11 14 92   Dick May Duck Industries   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 471 3560 running 0 130 12 20 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 468 3240 running 1 132 13 23 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 465 2960 running 0 124 14 13 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 464 2720 running 10 126 15 26 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 459 2510 running 0 118 16 28 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 448 2250 running 0 115 17 27 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 444 1300 running 0 112 18 18 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 444 1865 running 0 109 19 30 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 441 1720 running 0 106 20 2 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 423 1250 driver ill 12 108 21 17 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 374 1495 spindle 3 105 22 7 27   Buddy Baker M.C. Anderson Racing   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 324 1400 cylinder head 14 102 23 25 18   Joe Frasson Joe Frasson Buick 293 775 engine 0 94 24 16 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 284 1325 clutch 8 96 25 6 22   Ricky Rudd 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 262 2225 valve 0 88 26 19 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 215 1200 engine 0 85 27 36 31   Bobby Wawak Richard Childress Chevrolet 214 675 head gasket 0 82 28 33 95   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 122 630 quit 0 79 29 29 19   Elmo Langley Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 88 1120 engine 0 76 30 32 87   Johnny Halford Satterfield Heating   (Don Satterfield) Chevrolet 84 610 engine 0   31 9 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 76 4300 engine 0 70 32 34 59   Charlie Blanton Danny Queen Chevrolet 52 590 ignition 0   33 22 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 34 1080 engine 0 64 34 31 81   Ferrel Harris L.R. Cook   (Robert Gee) Chevrolet 6 570 crash 0 61 35 15 8   Ed Negre D & D Medical   (Ed Negre) Dodge 4 1060 engine 0 58 36 35 29   Bill Hollar Hollar Auto Parts   (Bill Hollar) Chevrolet 0 550 quit 0 55

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 4 4   Donnie Allison 5 16 12   Cale Yarborough 17 36 20   Tighe Scott 37 39 3   James Hylton 40 49 10   Darrell Waltrip 50 51 2   Lennie Pond 52 56 5   Darrell Waltrip 57 78 22   Dick Brooks 79 79 1   Buddy Baker 80 93 14   David Pearson 94 101 8   Lennie Pond 102 102 1   Dave Marcis 103 104 2   J.D. McDuffie 105 105 1   Richard Petty 106 120 15   Benny Parsons 121 125 5   Lennie Pond 126 131 6   Benny Parsons 132 137 6   Richard Petty 138 140 3   Cale Yarborough 141 492 352 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 4519     2   Darrell Waltrip 4123   -396   3   Dave Marcis 4083   -436   4   Benny Parsons 4043   -476   5   Bobby Allison 4027   -492   6   Richard Petty 3708   -811   7   Lennie Pond 3593   -926   8   Dick Brooks 3504   -1015   9   Buddy Arrington 3453   -1066   10   Richard Childress 3363   -1156   11   J.D. McDuffie 3049   -1470   12   Neil Bonnett 3016   -1503   13   Tighe Scott 3013   -1506   14   Frank Warren 2878   -1641   15   Dick May 2760   -1759   16   David Pearson 2640   -1879   17   Jimmy Means 2565   -1954   18   Ronnie Thomas 2542   -1977   19   Tommy Gale 2457   -2062   20   D.K. Ulrich 2452   -2067   21   Baxter Price 2418   -2101