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1978 Arizona NAPA 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post 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 (156.000 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

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 156 4090 running 109 60 2 5 01   Jimmy Insolo Lake's Drywall   (Gerald Craker) Pontiac 156 2560 running 6 49 3 3 1   Bobby Allison Summit Transport Matador 156 1650 running 5 48 4 2 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 155 1490 running 19 47 5 4 73   Bill Schmitt Old Milwaukee   (Bill Schmitt) Oldsmobile 155 1400 running 0 46 6 12 17   Harry Goularte Summit   (Harry Goularte) Pontiac 154 1000 running 0 45 7 7 32   Ray Elder Midland Motor Homes   (Dave Hill) Dodge 154 900 running 0 44 8 9 44   Gary Johnson Armstrong Electric   (Ted Armstrong) Pontiac 153 850 running 0 43 9 10 29   Roy Smith Tropical Rent-a-Car   (Dick Midgley) Chevrolet 153 700 running 0 42 10 20 10   Tim Williamson Plamer Glass   (Tim Williamson) Chevrolet 153 740 running 9 41 11 26 41   Ernie Stierly Allied Plating   (Ernie Stierly) Chevrolet 152 1150 running 0 40 12 15 2   Richard White Boulevard Automotive   (Mike White) Oldsmobile 150 600 running 0 39 13 16 74   Hal Callentine Cal-Four   (Hal Callentine) Chevrolet 150 500 running 0 38 14 11 86   Dick Whalen Dean Enterprises   (Glenna Dean) Chevrolet 149 425 valve 0 37 15 23 35   Pat Mintey Stick Only   (Pat Mintey) Chevrolet 149 475 running 0 36 16 24 07   Earle Canavan Pepsi-Cola   (Earle Canavan) Dodge 148 350 running 0 35 17 27 13   Rusty Sanders Puskarich Racing   (Matt Puskarich) Chevrolet 145 335 running 0 34 18 25 52   Don Graham City Tow   (Rodney Friesen) Buick 135 325 running 0 33 19 19 21   Jim Bown Rose Auto Wrecking Plymouth 117 315 engine 0 32 20 30 91   John Krebs Tom's Union 76   (John Krebs) Chevrolet 112 300 ignition 0 31 21 28 38   Duke Hoenshell Wertz Furniture   (Don Waterman) Pontiac 110 290 valve 0 30 22 6 12   David Pearson G&W   (J.A. Cook) Ford 102 320 ignition 4 29 23 8 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith Chevrolet 93 270 engine 0 28 24 14 81   John Borneman Borneman Plastering   (Arthur Godfrey) Pontiac 80 300 transmission 4 27 25 13 78   Jim Robinson Hammer Security   (Jim Robinson) Chevrolet 52 250 differential 0 26 26 22 0   Mel Larson Riviera Whirlpool   (Michael McCluney) Oldsmobile 46 240 tie rod 0 0 27 18 08   Rick McCray Action Engineering   (Rick McCray) Pontiac 33 230 crash 0 24 28 17 3   Wally Lambert Old Milwaukee Pontiac 24 220 suspension 0 0 29 29 88   Marc Vogel V&W Diversified   (Richard Elder) Dodge 16 210 oil pan 0 22 30 21 58   Billy Clarkson City Tow   (Kayla Moran) Chevrolet 0 200 did not start 0 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Steve Pfeifer 0 Leisure Living Michael McCluney Chevrolet Pappy Pryor 06 Raymond Williams 16 St. James Davis 22 LaDonna Davis Dodge Chris Monoleos 92 Kendall Buckstaff Racing Kendall Buckstaff Chevrolet Ray Cline 94 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   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 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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   21   Jim Thirkettle 190   -899