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1978 Dixie 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 30
Sunday, November 5, 1978 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles)

Time of race: 4:00:43
Average speed: 124.312 mph
Pole speed: 168.425 mph

Cautions: 7 for 63 laps
Margin of victory: 5 cl
Attendance: 40000
Lead changes: 25

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	13	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	328	19850	running	3	180
2	11	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	328	14750	running	61	175
3	9	2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Enterprises (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	328	9750	running	18	170
4	10	98	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Enterprises (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	327	7500	running	0	160
5	5	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Oldsmobile	327	9000	running	14	160
6	2	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	325	8200	running	3	155
7	8	12	Harry Gant	Black Diamond Coal (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	325	4800	running	0	146
8	1	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	323	9700	running	67	147
9	15	22	Ricky Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	322	5900	running	11	143
10	12	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	320	3100	running	0	134
11	30	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	319	2700	running	0	130
12	19	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	317	3330	crash	0	127
13	18	92	Terry Labonte	Duck Industries (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	317	3020	crash	0	124
14	16	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	317	2910	running	0	121
15	40	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	317	2740	running	0	118
16	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	317	3530	running	0	115
17	22	37	Dave Watson	Ams Oil (Dave Watson)	Chevrolet	316	1600	crash	0
18	28	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	316	1600	running	0	109
19	24	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	314	2320	running	0	106
20	34	8	Ferrel Harris	L.R. Cook (Robert Gee)	Chevrolet	314	1950	running	0	103
21	6	27	Buddy Baker	Griffin Marine (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	311	11565	engine	151	110
22	35	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	310	1505	running	0	97
23	21	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	310	1470	running	0	94
24	25	75	Butch Mock	Rahmoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	310	1125	running	0
25	32	84	Skip Manning	Valvoline (Blackie Wangerin)	Mercury	308	1050	running	0	88
26	36	81	Ed Negre	Jones Chrysler-Plymouth (Ed Negre)	Chrysler	303	960	running	0	85
27	26	4	Gary Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	299	900	running	0	82
28	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	298	4440	crash	0	79
29	29	97	Ralph Jones	Jones Racing (Ralph Jones)	Ford	298	830	running	0	76
30	17	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	285	1320	engine	0	73
31	37	74	Tommy Gale	Wawak Racing (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	253	700	engine	0	70
32	4	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	246	1190	oil line	0	67
33	38	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	172	1180	engine	0	64
34	14	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	137	4370	crash	0	61
35	23	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	119	1160	engine	0	58
36	31	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	Oldsmobile	92	940	engine	0	55
37	20	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Oldsmobile	80	630	engine	0	52
38	33	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	41	620	engine	0	49
39	3	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N., Inc. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	5	3810	rear end	0	46
40	39	0	John Kennedy	Spohn's Body Shop (John Kennedy)	Ford	0	600	did not start	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Elmo Langley	Ford

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	7	7
	8	34	27	car fires outside the track
	35	94	60
	95	103	9	#05,67 accident turn 4
	104	137	34
	138	144	7	#5 accident turn 2
	145	238	94
	239	246	8	#21 oil on track
	247	286	40
	287	290	4	#27,72 spun turn 3
	291	293	3	#3 spun turn 3
	294	319	26
	320	325	6	#37,72,88,90,92 accident turns 3/4
	326	328	3
Percent of race run under caution: 19.5% Average green flag run: 37.7 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	2	2
Cale Yarborough	3	31	29
Ricky Rudd	32	42	11
Richard Petty	43	60	18
Buddy Baker	61	74	14
Cale Yarborough	75	75	1
Buddy Baker	76	93	18
Bobby Allison	94	94	1
Richard Petty	95	96	2
Dave Marcis	97	97	1
Richard Petty	98	105	8
Cale Yarborough	106	139	34
Benny Parsons	140	153	14
Cale Yarborough	154	156	3
Buddy Baker	157	207	51
Dave Marcis	208	216	9
Buddy Baker	217	250	34
Richard Petty	251	251	1
Dave Marcis	252	252	1
Buddy Baker	253	285	33
Richard Petty	286	308	23
Buddy Baker	309	309	1
Richard Petty	310	318	9
Dave Marcis	319	325	7
Donnie Allison	326	328	3

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	4666
2	Dave Marcis	4253	-413
3	Benny Parsons	4203	-463
4	Darrell Waltrip	4202	-464
5	Bobby Allison	4182	-484
6	Richard Petty	3883	-783
7	Lennie Pond	3639	-1027
8	Dick Brooks	3631	-1035
9	Buddy Arrington	3568	-1098
10	Richard Childress	3436	-1230
11	J.D. McDuffie	3170	-1496
12	Tighe Scott	3110	-1556
13	Neil Bonnett	3077	-1589
14	Frank Warren	2942	-1724
15	Dick May	2866	-1800
16	David Pearson	2707	-1959
17	Ronnie Thomas	2660	-2006
18	Jimmy Means	2659	-2007
19	Tommy Gale	2527	-2139
20	Cecil Gordon	2523	-2143
21	Roger Hamby	2490	-2176