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1978 Delaware 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 30
Sunday, September 17, 1978 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE
500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:11:20
Average speed: 119.323 mph
Pole speed: 135.48 mph

Cautions: 3 for 18 laps
Margin of victory: 19.7 sec
Attendance: 30000
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	500	19500	running	267	185
2	8	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	500	15100	running	221	175
3	6	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	499	8700	running	1	170
4	5	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	498	4600	running	0	160
5	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	497	7000	running	1	160
6	14	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	496	4300	running	0	150
7	12	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N., Inc. (Harry Ranier)	Oldsmobile	493	5300	running	0	146
8	10	2	Dave Marcis	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	493	3130	running	0	142
9	13	1	Donnie Allison	Grog Pond (Pee Wee Griffin)	Oldsmobile	489	1800	running	0	138
10	15	92	Dick May	Duck Industries (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	485	3220	running	0	134
11	16	25	Ronnie Thomas	Autowize (Norman Negre)	Chevrolet	483	3560	running	0	130
12	3	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	482	3340	running	0	127
13	18	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	472	2655	running	0	124
14	27	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	468	2470	running	0	121
15	29	8	Ed Negre	Jones Chrysler-Plymouth (Ed Negre)	Dodge	467	2285	running	0	118
16	26	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	Dodge	460	1200	running	0
17	20	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	458	1975	running	0	112
18	22	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	457	1050	running	0	109
19	31	34	Nestor Peles	Steve Peles	Chevrolet	439	1000	running	0	106
20	21	4	Gary Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	438	900	engine	0	103
21	32	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	438	1440	running	0	100
22	23	67	Buddy Arrington	Lafayette Radio (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	432	1405	running	0	97
23	30	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	420	1345	running	0	94
24	36	09	Nelson Oswald	G & S Truck Service (Nelson Oswald)	Chevrolet	335	700	engine	0	91
25	19	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	320	1275	oil pan	0	88
26	9	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	311	4350	engine	0	85
27	11	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	269	4525	ignition	0	82
28	25	29	Dave Dion	Green Mountain (Dave Dion)	Ford	238	600	engine	0	79
29	4	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Rod Osterlund)	Oldsmobile	220	3775	crash	0	76
30	28	97	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones	Ford	186	550	engine	0	73
31	33	19	Joey Arrington	Rossmeyer (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	143	1040	rear end	0	70
32	24	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	140	1030	engine	0	67
33	1	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	80	1520	engine	10	69
34	17	18	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	10	510	quit	0
35	37	35	Louis Gatto	L & J Automotive (Louis Gatto)	Chevrolet	5	500	flagged	0	58
36	34	61	Ferrel Harris	Jones Chrysler-Plymouth (Ed Negre)	Chrysler	3	490	quit	0
37	35	81	Jabe Thomas	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	1	480	quit	0	52

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	109	109
	110	112	3	#34 spun turn 2
	113	212	100
	213	220	8	#97 engine
	221	223	3
	224	230	7	#2,5,67,72,90 accident turn 3
	231	500	270
Percent of race run under caution: 3.6% Average green flag run: 120.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
J.D. McDuffie	1	10	10
Bobby Allison	11	20	10
Cale Yarborough	21	97	77
Darrell Waltrip	98	98	1
Cale Yarborough	99	242	144
Bobby Allison	243	317	75
Buddy Baker	318	318	1
Bobby Allison	319	500	182

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	3867
2	Dave Marcis	3482	-385
3	Benny Parsons	3479	-388
4	Darrell Waltrip	3423	-444
5	Bobby Allison	3361	-506
6	Richard Petty	3156	-711
7	Lennie Pond	2986	-881
8	Dick Brooks	2948	-919
9	Buddy Arrington	2936	-931
10	Richard Childress	2843	-1024
11	Tighe Scott	2571	-1296
12	J.D. McDuffie	2560	-1307
13	Neil Bonnett	2558	-1309
14	Frank Warren	2484	-1383
15	D.K. Ulrich	2452	-1415
16	David Pearson	2296	-1571
17	Dick May	2288	-1579
18	Ronnie Thomas	2257	-1610
19	Jimmy Means	2253	-1614
20	Cecil Gordon	2138	-1729
21	Tommy Gale	2084	-1783