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1978 Coca-Cola 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 18 of 30 Sunday, July 30, 1978 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:30:28 Average speed: 142.54 mph Pole speed: 149.235 mph Cautions: 1 for 3 laps Margin of victory: .7 sec Attendance: 70000 Lead changes: 37 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 200 20890 running 125 185 2 3 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 200 11165 running 66 175 3 9 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 199 10965 running 0 165 4 6 2   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 197 6665 running 0 160 5 5 27   Buddy Baker M.C. Anderson Racing   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 197 5615 running 0 155 6 17 22   Ricky Rudd 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 197 5745 running 0 150 7 7 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 197 4135 running 0 146 8 19 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 194 3775 running 0 142 9 25 47   Satch Worley Race Hill Farm   (Jack Beebe) Oldsmobile 194 2215 running 0 138 10 18 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 194 3455 running 0 134 11 14 57   Dick May McClure Motors   (Alfred McClure) Ford 194 1915 running 0 130 12 15 48   Al Holbert Southland Industries   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 190 3045 running 0 127 13 16 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 189 2835 running 0 124 14 23 67   Buddy Arrington Falls Radiator   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 187 2625 running 0 121 15 20 39   Blackie Wangerin Crane's Parts   (Blackie Wangerin) Mercury 186 2015 running 0 118 16 24 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 186 2265 running 0 115 17 13 05   Bruce Hill Bearfinder   (Harry Clary) Oldsmobile 184 1295 engine 0 112 18 32 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 184 1910 running 0 109 19 34 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 183 1245 running 0 106 20 31 8   Ferrel Harris Autowize   (Robert Gee) Chevrolet 181 1850 running 0 103 21 40 34   Nestor Peles Steve Peles Chevrolet 180 1180 running 0 100 22 33 19   Joe Booher Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 178 1775 running 0 97 23 26 84   Kenny Brightbill Arnold Enterprises   (Jim Makar) Mercury 177 1130 running 0   24 12 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 177 1705 running 0 91 25 10 40   D.K. Ulrich Midwestern Farm Lines   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 166 1580 engine 0 88 26 2 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 166 6255 running 4 90 27 27 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 166 1030 running 0 82 28 28 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 165 1505 running 0 79 29 1 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 154 5080 running 0 76 30 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 152 4655 engine 5 78 31 22 68   Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl   (Lynda Ferreri) Buick 117 1430 engine 0 70 32 39 61   Joe Mihalic Duro-Bond   (Jim Norris) Chevrolet 99 905 engine 0 67 33 29 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 69 1380 rear end 0 64 34 38 85   Bobby Wawak Heller Spring   (Greg Heller) Ford 65 850 engine 0 61 35 11 1   Donnie Allison Grog Pond   (Pee Wee Griffin) Oldsmobile 59 840 engine 0   36 21 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 45 4020 engine 0 55 37 37 63   Jocko Maggiacomo Miron Products   (Jocko Maggiacomo) Matador 45 815 engine 0 52 38 35 29   Dave Dion Green Mountain   (Dave Dion) Ford 12 810 transmission 0 49 39 30 18   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 5 805 engine 0   40 36 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 3 1300 engine 0 43

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 50 50     51 53 3     54 200 147       Percent of race run under caution: 1.5%             Average green flag run: 98.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 7 7   Cale Yarborough 8 8 1   David Pearson 9 10 2   Darrell Waltrip 11 12 2   David Pearson 13 15 3   Darrell Waltrip 16 16 1   Cale Yarborough 17 17 1   Darrell Waltrip 18 18 1   Cale Yarborough 19 19 1   David Pearson 20 33 14   Darrell Waltrip 34 38 5   David Pearson 39 50 12   Darrell Waltrip 51 51 1   Cale Yarborough 52 52 1   Darrell Waltrip 53 54 2   Richard Petty 55 55 1   David Pearson 56 57 2   Richard Petty 58 61 4   Darrell Waltrip 62 66 5   David Pearson 67 72 6   Darrell Waltrip 73 73 1   David Pearson 74 74 1   Darrell Waltrip 75 76 2   David Pearson 77 78 2   Darrell Waltrip 79 118 40   David Pearson 119 119 1   Darrell Waltrip 120 123 4   David Pearson 124 125 2   Darrell Waltrip 126 132 7   David Pearson 133 133 1   Darrell Waltrip 134 136 3   David Pearson 137 145 9   Darrell Waltrip 146 177 32   David Pearson 178 178 1   Darrell Waltrip 179 184 6   David Pearson 185 187 3   Darrell Waltrip 188 200 13 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 2812     2   Dave Marcis 2703   -109   3   Benny Parsons 2631   -181   4   Darrell Waltrip 2502   -310   5   Bobby Allison 2429   -383   6   Richard Petty 2364   -448   7   Lennie Pond 2211   -601   8   Buddy Arrington 2210   -602   9   Richard Childress 2190   -622   10   Dick Brooks 2107   -705   11   D.K. Ulrich 2033   -779   12   Tighe Scott 1973   -839   13   Frank Warren 1890   -922   14   Neil Bonnett 1858   -954   15   J.D. McDuffie 1841   -971   16   David Pearson 1712   -1100   17   Cecil Gordon 1669   -1143   18   Dick May 1654   -1158   19   Jimmy Means 1641   -1171   20   Skip Manning 1616   -1196   21   Ronnie Thomas 1562   -1250