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1978 Gwyn Staley 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet 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

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 400 13075 running 146 185 2 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 400 7950 running 129 175 3 1 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 399 9300 running 120 170 4 5 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 399 3175 running 1 165 5 6 2   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 398 1675 running 0 155 6 3 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 397 3950 running 1 155 7 14 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 390 2200 running 0 146 8 9 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 390 2050 running 0 142 9 10 92   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 389 1830 running 0 138 10 17 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 388 1770 running 0 134 11 16 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 384 1625 running 0 130 12 12 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 382 1590 running 0 127 13 11 40   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich Chevrolet 375 1505 running 0 124 14 24 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 374 1320 running 0 121 15 23 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 372 1185 running 0 118 16 28 74   Joe Booher Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 371 550 running 0 115 17 22 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 370 1025 running 0 112 18 29 19   Dick May Henley Gray Chevrolet 354 750 running 0 109 19 25 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 346 525 running 0 106 20 21 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 295 500 oil leak 0 103 21 20 25   Ronnie Thomas Don Robertson Chevrolet 279 1225 handling 0 100 22 13 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 245 650 wheel 0 97 23 19 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 214 430 running 0 94 24 8 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Jim Stacy) Dodge 187 2885 engine 1 96 25 15 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 150 600 overheating 0 88 26 4 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 120 4365 overheating 2 90 27 18 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 79 580 engine 0 82 28 27 29   Bill Hollar Hollar Auto Parts   (Bill Hollar) Chevrolet 76 320 quit 0 79 29 26 0   John Kennedy Avanti CB   (John Kennedy) Ford 34 360 rear end 0 76

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Benny Parsons 1 53 53   Cale Yarborough 54 54 1   Bobby Allison 55 55 1   Benny Parsons 56 64 9   Richard Petty 65 105 41   Cale Yarborough 106 106 1   Darrell Waltrip 107 109 3   Lennie Pond 110 110 1   Benny Parsons 111 133 23   Darrell Waltrip 134 167 34   Neil Bonnett 168 168 1   Benny Parsons 169 203 35   Darrell Waltrip 204 216 13   Richard Petty 217 268 52   Darrell Waltrip 269 277 9   Richard Petty 278 292 15   Darrell Waltrip 293 310 18   Richard Petty 311 331 21   Darrell Waltrip 332 400 69 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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