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1978 NAPA 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 30 Sunday, June 11, 1978 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 95 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (248.900 miles) Time of race: 2:23:10 Average speed: 104.311 mph Pole speed: 112.882 mph Cautions: 1 for 4 laps Margin of victory: 28.8 sec Attendance: 28000 Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 4 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 95 22750 running 26 180 2 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 95 14200 running 4 175 3 5 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 95 10050 running 12 170 4 3 2   Dave Marcis Kelly Girl   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 95 5850 running 3 165 5 2 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 94 8400 running 47 165 6 12 32   Ray Elder Midland Motor Homes   (Dave Hill) Dodge 94 4000 running 0 150 7 23 54   Lennie Pond Belden Asphalt   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 94 3230 running 0 146 8 9 73   Bill Schmitt Old Milwaukee   (Bill Schmitt) Oldsmobile 93 3820 running 0 142 9 13 51   Jim Thirkettle Allied Box & Crate   (Jim Thirkettle) Buick 93 2760 running 0 138 10 10 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Jim Stacy) Dodge 92 4900 running 0 134 11 18 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 92 2940 running 0 130 12 30 24   Cecil Gordon Chuck Walters   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 92 2730 running 0 127 13 29 08   Rick McCray Bob's Paint & Body   (Rick McCray) Chevrolet 92 2020 running 0 124 14 16 40   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich Chevrolet 91 2310 running 0 121 15 15 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 91 2025 running 0 118 16 21 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 91 4725 running 0 115 17 11 48   Hershel McGriff Warner Hodgdon 200   (Hershel McGriff) Chevrolet 90 1640 running 0 112 18 27 67   Buddy Arrington Reid Trailer Sales   (Buddy Arrington) Ford 89 1605 running 0 109 19 28 12   Richard White Lindsay Auto Parts   (Mike White) Chevrolet 88 1070 running 0 106 20 34 17   Harry Goularte Associated Concrete   (Harry Goularte) Chevrolet 88 1025 running 0 103 21 31 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 86 1400 running 0 100 22 22 52   Don Graham Herbert's Perf. / City Tow / ABC Brake   (Rodney Friesen) Chevrolet 75 875 wheel bearing 0 97 23 14 81   John Borneman Borneman Plastering   (John Borneman) Chevrolet 74 850 transmission 0 94 24 19 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 72 1325 transmission 0 91 25 24 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 70 1800 transmission 0 88 26 20 64   Dick Brooks Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 67 1275 engine 0 85 27 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 66 1650 overheating 0 82 28 35 37   Chuck Wahl Excel Trailer   (DuWayne Wahl) Chevrolet 59 725 oil leak 0 79 29 26 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 57 1200 running 0 76 30 25 58   Rocky Moran Daisy Shoppe   (Rocky Moran) Buick 50 675 engine 0 73 31 32 41   Ernie Stierly Allied Plating   (Ernie Stierly) Chevrolet 42 650 transmission 0 70 32 6 01   Jimmy Insolo Lake's Drywall   (Gerald Craker) Oldsmobile 29 625 engine 3 72 33 17 99   Don Noel Noel's Welding   (Don Noel) Chevrolet 22 600 transmission 0   34 33 55   Bill Baker Golden West Lumber   (Bill Baker) Buick 20 550 oil leak 0 61 35 8 93   Norm Palmer Norm Palmer Dodge 8 500 crash 0 58

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 36 Gary Johnson 44 Armstrong Electric Ted Armstrong Chevrolet 37 Mike Brockman 50 Michael Brockman Chevrolet 38 John Dineen 18 George Stark Ford 39 Steve Pfeifer 0 Leisure Living Michael McCluney Chevrolet 40 Dick Whalen 86 Glenna Dean Chevrolet 41 Ed Hale 20 Richard Peralta Chevrolet 42 Hal Callentine 74 Hal Callentine Chevrolet DC Vince Giamformaggio 19 Belden Asphalt Henley Gray Chevrolet DC Gary Matthews 41 Allied Plating Ernie Stierly Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 8 8     9 12 4   #93 accident turn 9   13 95 83       Percent of race run under caution: 4.2%             Average green flag run: 45.5 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 9 9   Jimmy Insolo 10 12 3   Dave Marcis 13 15 3   Cale Yarborough 16 39 24   Benny Parsons 40 40 1   Cale Yarborough 41 54 14   Richard Petty 55 58 4   Benny Parsons 59 66 8   Bobby Allison 67 78 12   Benny Parsons 79 95 17 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 2182     2   Benny Parsons 2145   -37   3   Dave Marcis 2063   -119   4   Bobby Allison 1935   -247   5   Darrell Waltrip 1883   -299   6   Lennie Pond 1878   -304   7   Richard Petty 1877   -305   8   Buddy Arrington 1774   -408   9   Richard Childress 1704   -478   10   Dick Brooks 1618   -564   11   D.K. Ulrich 1615   -567   12   Neil Bonnett 1575   -607   13   Tighe Scott 1470   -712   14   Skip Manning 1455   -727   15   Frank Warren 1442   -740   16   Cecil Gordon 1341   -841   17   J.D. McDuffie 1296   -886   18   Dick May 1194   -988   19   Jimmy Means 1184   -998   20   David Pearson 1177   -1005   21   Ronnie Thomas 1167   -1015