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1978 Champion Spark Plug 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 30 Sunday, August 20, 1978 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 3:05:14 Average speed: 129.566 mph Pole speed: 164.073 mph Cautions: 7 for 35 laps Margin of victory: .32 sec Attendance: 50000 Lead changes: 34 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 200 16025 running 56 180 2 3 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 200 14275 running 72 180 3 4 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 200 10950 running 43 170 4 7 2   Dave Marcis Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 200 6500 running 12 165 5 2 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 198 7550 running 4 160 6 12 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 198 4950 running 0 150 7 9 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 197 4330 running 3 151 8 15 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 196 5400 running 0 142 9 17 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Jim Stacy) Oldsmobile 195 5300 running 0 138 10 11 8   Ferrel Harris Autowize   (Robert Gee) Chevrolet 194 3820 running 0 134 11 28 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 194 3610 running 0 130 12 26 67   Buddy Arrington Falls Radiator   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 193 3390 running 0 127 13 5 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Oldsmobile 191 5550 running 7 129 14 14 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 190 5075 crash 0 121 15 31 52   Jimmy Means WIXC   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 190 2810 running 0 118 16 24 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 190 2370 running 0 115 17 33 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 189 2135 running 0 112 18 36 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 189 1050 running 0 109 19 27 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 187 1925 running 0 106 20 34 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 185 1000 running 0 103 21 30 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 183 1610 running 0 100 22 29 7   Joey Arrington Sam Dell   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 183 950 running 0 97 23 10 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 181 1555 running 1 99 24 35 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 170 1520 running 0 91 25 23 39   Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin Mercury 143 1330 engine 0 88 26 25 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 139 1405 engine 0 85 27 18 68   Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl   (Lynda Ferreri) Buick 128 780 engine 0   28 21 22   Ricky Rudd 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 113 2255 engine 1 84 29 19 1   Donnie Allison Grog Pond   (Pee Wee Griffin) Oldsmobile 96 740 engine 0 76 30 16 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 88 720 overheating 0 73 31 8 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 68 1195 engine 1 75 32 32 01   Earle Canavan Pepsi   (Earle Canavan) Dodge 59 685 transmission 0 67 33 20 92   Mel Larson ThermaSol   (Billy Hagan) Oldsmobile 31 1175 electrical 0 64 34 13 05   Bruce Hill Bearfinder   (Harry Clary) Oldsmobile 23 665 engine 0 61 35 22 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 17 1155 engine 0 58 36 6 27   Buddy Baker M.C. Anderson Racing   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 9 1130 engine 0 55

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 2 2   Bobby Allison 3 3 1   David Pearson 4 7 4   Bobby Allison 8 10 3   Dave Marcis 11 15 5   Darrell Waltrip 16 16 1   Cale Yarborough 17 18 2   Darrell Waltrip 19 19 1   Richard Childress 20 20 1   Benny Parsons 21 27 7   David Pearson 28 29 2   Cale Yarborough 30 35 6   Darrell Waltrip 36 36 1   Ricky Rudd 37 37 1   D.K. Ulrich 38 38 1   J.D. McDuffie 39 41 3   Cale Yarborough 42 43 2   David Pearson 44 44 1   Cale Yarborough 45 74 30   Darrell Waltrip 75 75 1   Cale Yarborough 76 76 1   David Pearson 77 84 8   Dave Marcis 85 88 4   Cale Yarborough 89 119 31   David Pearson 120 129 10   Darrell Waltrip 130 132 3   David Pearson 133 136 4   Darrell Waltrip 137 137 1   David Pearson 138 146 9   Darrell Waltrip 147 147 1   David Pearson 148 162 15   Darrell Waltrip 163 194 32   Dave Marcis 195 197 3   Darrell Waltrip 198 199 2   David Pearson 200 200 1 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 3162     2   Dave Marcis 2989   -173   3   Benny Parsons 2930   -232   4   Bobby Allison 2739   -423   5   Darrell Waltrip 2738   -424   6   Richard Petty 2636   -526   7   Lennie Pond 2533   -629   8   Buddy Arrington 2455   -707   9   Dick Brooks 2395   -767   10   Richard Childress 2353   -809   11   D.K. Ulrich 2238   -924   12   Tighe Scott 2213   -949   13   Neil Bonnett 2143   -1019   14   J.D. McDuffie 2104   -1058   15   David Pearson 2052   -1110   16   Frank Warren 2045   -1117   17   Dick May 1899   -1263   18   Jimmy Means 1826   -1336   19   Cecil Gordon 1781   -1381   20   Ronnie Thomas 1738   -1424   21   Skip Manning 1665   -1497