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1978 Carolina 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 30
Sunday, March 5, 1978 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles)

Time of race: 4:17:17
Average speed: 116.681 mph
Pole speed: 141.94 mph

Cautions: 8 for 62 laps
Margin of victory: 1.3 sec
Attendance: 35000
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	492	16665	running	219	185
2	3	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	492	14570	running	124	175
3	6	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	492	11220	running	45	170
4	10	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	490	8470	running	2	165
5	11	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N., Inc. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	489	3920	running	0	155
6	1	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	483	6870	running	0	150
7	12	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	481	5020	running	0	146
8	15	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	477	4570	running	0	142
9	30	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	476	4100	running	0	138
10	25	52	Jimmy Means	Howard's Machine Shop (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	464	3690	running	0	134
11	8	2	Dave Marcis	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	461	1970	running	4	135
12	31	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	460	3230	running	0	127
13	24	25	Ronnie Thomas	Hugh's Vette Shop (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	457	3440	running	0	124
14	21	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	445	2700	running	0	121
15	14	48	James Hylton	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	444	2490	running	6	123
16	27	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	Chevrolet	439	1270	running	0	115
17	34	74	Dick May	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	429	1170	running	0	112
18	4	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	407	6270	running	36	114
19	32	61	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris	Oldsmobile	398	970	running	0	106
20	35	97	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones	Ford	378	900	engine	0	103
21	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	352	4720	overheating	33	105
22	28	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	352	1760	engine	0	97
23	36	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	328	725	running	0	94
24	33	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	Dodge	280	700	engine	0	91
25	18	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	266	1550	engine	0	88
26	13	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	260	1290	engine	0	85
27	23	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	259	625	oil pump	0	82
28	7	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	243	1230	engine	23	84
29	22	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	167	1195	engine	0	76
30	19	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	145	550	engine	0	73
31	5	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	119	545	engine	0	70
32	17	98	Roland Wlodyka	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	79	590	ignition	0	67
33	16	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	70	1210	engine	0	64
34	20	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	30	1030	crash	0	61
35	29	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	Hearne Produce (David Lee Sellers)	Chevrolet	28	525	crash	0	58
36	26	19	Woody Fisher	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	0	1010	crash	0	55

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	33	33
Bobby Allison	34	34	1
James Hylton	35	40	6
Bobby Allison	41	125	85
David Pearson	126	126	1
Cale Yarborough	127	128	2
Richard Petty	129	130	2
Dave Marcis	131	134	4
Bobby Allison	135	157	23
David Pearson	158	158	1
Bobby Allison	159	169	11
Cale Yarborough	170	179	10
David Pearson	180	180	1
Dick Brooks	181	203	23
Benny Parsons	204	223	20
Cale Yarborough	224	225	2
Benny Parsons	226	245	20
Cale Yarborough	246	267	22
David Pearson	268	433	166
Bobby Allison	434	434	1
David Pearson	435	449	15
Bobby Allison	450	452	3
Benny Parsons	453	457	5
David Pearson	458	492	35

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Benny Parsons	695
2	Cale Yarborough	644	-51
3	Dave Marcis	586	-109
4	Bobby Allison	578	-117
5	Neil Bonnett	535	-160
6	Richard Childress	516	-179
7	Dick Brooks	512	-183
8	Buddy Arrington	501	-194
9	Skip Manning	497	-198
10	Lennie Pond	469	-226
11	Frank Warren	463	-232
12	Darrell Waltrip	448	-247
13	Richard Petty	446	-249
13	D.K. Ulrich	446	-249
15	Tighe Scott	434	-261
16	David Pearson	416	-279
17	Cecil Gordon	397	-298
18	J.D. McDuffie	322	-373
19	Jimmy Means	319	-376
20	Tommy Gale	303	-392
21	Dick May	297	-398