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1978 Southeastern 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 30
Sunday, April 2, 1978 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles)

Time of race: 2:53:03
Average speed: 92.401 mph
Pole speed: 110.409 mph

Cautions: 4 for 40 laps
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 29000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	500	19200	running	208	180
2	2	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Oldsmobile	499	15300	running	253	180
3	3	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	497	4510	running	39	170
4	6	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	494	6850	running	0	160
5	10	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N., Inc. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	494	2000	running	0	155
6	4	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	484	3550	running	0	150
7	17	48	James Hylton	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	480	3050	running	0	146
8	26	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	478	3130	running	0	142
9	19	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	476	2320	running	0	138
10	23	8	Ed Negre	N.H. Coal Company (Ed Negre)	Dodge	471	2150	running	0	134
11	12	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	471	1855	running	0	130
12	20	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	469	1680	running	0	127
13	22	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	462	1520	running	0	124
14	21	35	Lynn Carroll	Hartwell Fence Company (Lynn Carroll)	Chevrolet	445	650	running	0
15	16	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	431	1335	running	0	118
16	27	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	422	600	running	0	115
17	18	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Oldsmobile	413	1075	running	0	112
18	28	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	401	1100	running	0	109
19	9	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	400	785	running	0	106
20	13	25	Ronnie Thomas	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	302	1070	engine	0	103
21	5	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	293	3205	engine	0	100
22	29	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	250	740	rear end	0	97
23	15	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	187	725	crash	0	94
24	25	61	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris	Chevrolet	172	460	engine	0	91
25	11	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	47	3150	crash	0	88
26	1	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	44	3890	crash	0	85
27	8	98	Roland Wlodyka	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	44	430	crash	0	82
28	14	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	16	770	rear end	0	79
29	24	74	Bobby Wawak	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	8	410	axle	0	76

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Benny Parsons	1	47	47
Dave Marcis	48	48	1
Darrell Waltrip	49	49	1
Benny Parsons	50	195	146
Darrell Waltrip	196	260	65
Dave Marcis	261	261	1
Darrell Waltrip	262	277	16
Dave Marcis	278	314	37
Darrell Waltrip	315	337	23
Benny Parsons	338	396	59
Darrell Waltrip	397	397	1
Benny Parsons	398	398	1
Darrell Waltrip	399	500	102

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Benny Parsons	999
2	Cale Yarborough	969	-30
3	Dave Marcis	926	-73
4	Bobby Allison	863	-136
5	Lennie Pond	784	-215
5	Richard Childress	784	-215
7	Dick Brooks	768	-231
8	Buddy Arrington	764	-235
9	Skip Manning	709	-290
10	D.K. Ulrich	706	-293
11	Frank Warren	693	-306
12	Darrell Waltrip	691	-308
13	Neil Bonnett	689	-310
14	Tighe Scott	633	-366
15	Richard Petty	619	-380
16	Cecil Gordon	618	-381
17	David Pearson	516	-483
17	J.D. McDuffie	516	-483
19	Tommy Gale	497	-502
20	Jimmy Means	480	-519
21	Roger Hamby	452	-547