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1978 NAPA National 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 30
Sunday, October 8, 1978 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:31:57
Average speed: 141.826 mph
Pole speed: 161.355 mph

Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
Margin of victory: 30.2 sec
Attendance: 80000
Lead changes: 40

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	334	40000	running	108	185
2	10	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	334	23575	running	4	175
3	12	2	Dave Marcis	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	334	20050	running	5	170
4	5	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	334	16775	running	15	165
5	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	333	23750	running	35	160
6	4	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N., Inc. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	330	10315	running	0	150
7	6	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	330	6560	running	3	151
8	34	57	Dick May	McClure Motors (Alfred McClure)	Ford	326	4665	running	0	142
9	19	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	325	6540	running	0	138
10	14	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	325	6020	fuel pump	0	134
11	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	324	5760	running	0	130
12	36	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	322	5550	running	0	127
13	15	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	Oldsmobile	321	3640	running	0	124
14	33	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	321	5230	running	0	121
15	37	48	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	320	4920	running	0	118
16	32	49	Connie Saylor	Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	320	3790	running	0	115
17	26	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	319	3240	engine	0	112
18	35	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	318	3140	running	0	109
19	7	12	Harry Gant	Autosense (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	317	3115	engine	0
20	23	16	Glenn Jarrett	Bealer Wholesale / Budweiser (Jimmy Edwards)	Oldsmobile	317	2940	running	0	103
21	38	81	Ed Negre	Jones Chrysler-Plymouth (Ed Negre)	Chrysler	311	1790	running	0	100
22	2	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	311	14015	running	59	102
23	13	22	Ricky Rudd	Busch (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	308	3710	running	0	94
24	16	92	Terry Labonte	Duck Industries (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	293	2475	engine	0	91
25	27	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	278	2190	transmission	0	88
26	40	75	Butch Mock	Rahmoc Enterprises	Chevrolet	254	1265	running	0	85
27	9	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	220	11440	ignition	102	87
28	3	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Oldsmobile	186	5365	crash	3	84
29	25	96	Baxter Price	Cardinal Tractor (Will Cronkrite)	Ford	179	1165	engine	0	76
30	17	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	172	4865	transmission	0	73
31	24	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	159	1680	engine	0	70
32	20	00	John Utsman	Lady & Son Auction (Ed Whitaker)	Chevrolet	125	1015	crash	0	67
33	29	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	116	1000	crash	0	64
34	11	27	Buddy Baker	NAPA (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	110	1615	ignition	0	61
35	31	68	Janet Guthrie	Kings Mountain Truck Plaza (Lynda Ferreri)	Buick	110	995	steering	0	58
36	39	28	Jerry Jolly	Ski Machine (Charles Dean)	Buick	96	930	crash	0	55
37	18	19	Bill Dennis	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	66	1560	clutch	0	52
38	28	8	Skip Manning	Autowize (Robert Gee)	Chevrolet	59	1525	engine	0	49
39	30	99	Dick Trickle	Puro Racing (Delbert Puro)	Ford	24	910	engine	0	46
40	21	71	Bobby Fisher	Stroh's Beer (Bobby Fisher)	Chevrolet	3	895	engine	0	43

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	4	4
	5	7	3	#05 spun turn 2
	8	105	98
	106	111	6	#28 accident backstretch
	112	130	19
	131	135	5	#00,41 accident
	136	187	52
	188	194	7	#72,75,92 accident frontstretch
	195	334	140
Percent of race run under caution: 6.3% Average green flag run: 62.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	2	2
Cale Yarborough	3	3	1
David Pearson	4	16	13
Benny Parsons	17	19	3
Cale Yarborough	20	68	49
Dave Marcis	69	69	1
Coo Coo Marlin	70	72	3
Richard Petty	73	106	34
Dave Marcis	107	107	1
Richard Petty	108	113	6
Donnie Allison	114	126	13
Richard Petty	127	127	1
Donnie Allison	128	129	2
Richard Petty	130	132	3
Bobby Allison	133	133	1
Darrell Waltrip	134	136	3
Richard Petty	137	138	2
David Pearson	139	139	1
Cale Yarborough	140	142	3
Richard Petty	143	143	1
Cale Yarborough	144	145	2
Richard Petty	146	149	4
Bobby Allison	150	150	1
Richard Petty	151	154	4
Cale Yarborough	155	157	3
Richard Petty	158	189	32
Darrell Waltrip	190	190	1
Richard Petty	191	198	8
Cale Yarborough	199	199	1
Richard Petty	200	204	5
Bobby Allison	205	205	1
Richard Petty	206	206	1
Bobby Allison	207	216	10
Richard Petty	217	217	1
Bobby Allison	218	221	4
David Pearson	222	222	1
Bobby Allison	223	252	30
David Pearson	253	257	5
Dave Marcis	258	260	3
David Pearson	261	273	13
Bobby Allison	274	334	61

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	4334
2	Darrell Waltrip	3953	-381
3	Dave Marcis	3936	-398
4	Benny Parsons	3878	-456
5	Bobby Allison	3857	-477
6	Richard Petty	3553	-781
7	Lennie Pond	3442	-892
8	Dick Brooks	3344	-990
9	Buddy Arrington	3315	-1019
10	Richard Childress	3229	-1105
11	Neil Bonnett	2946	-1388
12	J.D. McDuffie	2917	-1417
13	Tighe Scott	2908	-1426
14	Frank Warren	2763	-1571
15	Dick May	2630	-1704
16	David Pearson	2544	-1790
17	Ronnie Thomas	2478	-1856
18	D.K. Ulrich	2452	-1882
19	Jimmy Means	2441	-1893
20	Tommy Gale	2348	-1986
21	Baxter Price	2312	-2022