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1978 Gwyn Staley 400


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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 30
Sunday, April 16, 1978 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:42:26
Average speed: 92.345 mph
Pole speed: 108.51 mph		Cautions: 4 for 25 laps
Margin of victory: under caution
Attendance: 18000
Lead changes: 18

Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

PosSt#DriverCarLapsMoneyStatusLedPts
1 288   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing)Chevrolet40013075running146185
2 743   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises)Dodge4007950running129175
3 172   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt)Chevrolet3999300running120170
4 554   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier)Chevrolet3993175running1165
5 62   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Rod Osterlund)Chevrolet3981675running0155
6 315   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore)Ford3973950running1155
71470   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie)Chevrolet3902200running0146
8 990   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey)Ford3902050running0142
91092   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan)Chevrolet3891830running0138
10173   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress)Oldsmobile3881770running0134
111667   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington)Dodge3841625running0130
121248   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton)Chevrolet3821590running0127
131140   D.K. Ulrich D.K. UlrichChevrolet3751505running0124
142452   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means)Chevrolet3741320running0121
15238   Ed Negre Ed NegreDodge3721185running0118
162874   Joe Booher Bobby WawakChevrolet371550running0115
172224   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon)Chevrolet3701025running0112
182919   Dick May Henley GrayChevrolet354750running0109
192545   Baxter Price Baxter PriceChevrolet346525running0106
20214   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers)Chevrolet295500oil leak0103
212025   Ronnie Thomas Don RobertsonChevrolet2791225handling0100
221379   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren)Dodge245650wheel097
231917   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby)Chevrolet214430running094
24 85   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Jim Stacy)Dodge1872885engine196
251530   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard)Chevrolet150600overheating088
26 411   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson)Oldsmobile1204365overheating290
271864   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley)Ford79580engine082
282729   Bill Hollar Hollar Auto Parts   (Bill Hollar)Chevrolet76320quit079
29260   John Kennedy Avanti CB   (John Kennedy)Ford34360rear end076

Lap leader breakdown:
LeaderFrom
Lap		To
Lap		# Of
Laps
  Benny Parsons15353
  Cale Yarborough54541
  Bobby Allison55551
  Benny Parsons56649
  Richard Petty6510541
  Cale Yarborough1061061
  Darrell Waltrip1071093
  Lennie Pond1101101
  Benny Parsons11113323
  Darrell Waltrip13416734
  Neil Bonnett1681681
  Benny Parsons16920335
  Darrell Waltrip20421613
  Richard Petty21726852
  Darrell Waltrip2692779
  Richard Petty27829215
  Darrell Waltrip29331018
  Richard Petty31133121
  Darrell Waltrip33240069

Points Standings after this race:
RankDriverPointsDiff
1   Benny Parsons 1349    
2   Dave Marcis 1246   -103  
3   Cale Yarborough 1187   -162  
4   Bobby Allison 1144   -205  
5   Lennie Pond 1114   -235  
6   Darrell Waltrip 1051   -298  
7   Buddy Arrington 1003   -346  
8   Richard Childress 997   -352  
9   Skip Manning 989   -360  
10   Dick Brooks 968   -381  
11   Richard Petty 949   -400  
12   D.K. Ulrich 933   -416  
13   Frank Warren 902   -447  
14   Neil Bonnett 852   -497  
15   Cecil Gordon 794   -555  
16   J.D. McDuffie 792   -557  
17   Tighe Scott 782   -567  
18   Jimmy Means 728   -621  
19   Tommy Gale 679   -670  
20   Roger Hamby 670   -679  
21   David Pearson 597   -752