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1978 Capital City 400

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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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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