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1978 Winston Petaluma 100 Previous race results / Next race results                         Post NASCAR Winston West Series race number 5 of 22 Saturday, May 13, 1978 at Petaluma Speedway, Petaluma, CA 100 laps* on a 0.333 mile dirt track (33.300 miles) Time of race: 0:39:16 Average speed: 50.425 mph Pole speed: 62.344 mph (Pole won by Bill Schmitt ) Cautions: 6 for 28 laps Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston West Series results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 32   Ray Elder Midland Motor Homes   (Dave Hill) Dodge 99 1150 running 82 60 2 4 57   Ron Gautsche Tognotti's Auto World   (Don Guy) Chevrolet 99 800 running 0 49 3 3 2   Richard White Lindsay Auto Parts   (Mike White) Chevrolet 99 650 running 0 48 4 11 08   Rick McCray Bob's Paint & Body   (Rick McCray) Chevrolet 99 450 running 0 47 5 2 52   Don Graham City Tow   (Rodney Friesen) Buick 98 400 crash 17 46 6 8 73   Bill Schmitt Old Milwaukee   (Bill Schmitt) Pontiac 98 525 crash 0 45 7 14 35   Pat Mintey RES Electric   (Pat Mintey) Chevrolet 96 400 running 0 44 8 9 17   Harry Goularte Associated Concrete   (Harry Goularte) Chevrolet 94 275 running 0 43 9 7 55   Bill Baker Golden West Lumber   (Bill Baker) Chevrolet 94 260 running 0 42 10 12 9   J.C. Danielsen Danielson Distributing   (Jim Danielson) Dodge 92 230 engine 0 41 11 5 44   Gary Johnson Armstrong Electric   (Ted Armstrong) Pontiac 92 250 running 0 40 12 17 86   Dick Whalen Dean Enterprises   (Glenna Dean) Chevrolet 91 180 running 0 39 13 18 0   Steve Pfeifer McCluney Racing   (Michael McCluney) Oldsmobile 88 170 running 0 38 14 19 91   John Krebs Speedway Engineering   (John Krebs) Chevrolet 81 160 fuel pump 0 37 15 13 41   Ernie Stierly Allied Plating   (Ernie Stierly) Chevrolet 64 200 crash 0 36 16 15 02   Frank Bigelow Coventry Automotive   (R.F. Bigelow) Chevrolet 40 140 tire 0 35 17 16 03   Ron McGee Mc Productions   (Steve Temme) Chevrolet 35 135 crash 0 34 18 10 01   Jimmy Insolo Lake's Drywall   (Gerald Craker) Pontiac 10 130 overheating 0 33 19 6 81   John Borneman Borneman Plastering   (Arthur Godfrey) Pontiac 6 125 crash 0 32 20 20 7   John Soares, Jr. RPM Engineering Dodge 3 120 clutch 0 31 * Race shortened to 99 laps due to track conditions.

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Don Graham 1 14 14   Ray Elder 15 15 1   Don Graham 16 18 3   Ray Elder 19 99 81 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jimmy Insolo 242     2   Richard White 224   -18   3   Bill Schmitt 220   -22   4   Gary Johnson 218   -24   5   Ray Elder 216   -26   6   Rick McCray 202   -40   7   John Borneman 201   -41   8   Ernie Stierly 192   -50   9   Frank Bigelow 176   -66   10   Harry Goularte 166   -76   11   Ron Gautsche 163   -79   12   Bill Baker 156   -86   12   John Krebs 156   -86   14   Dick Whalen 152   -90   14   Pat Mintey 152   -90   16   Don Graham 148   -94   17   Ron McGee 142   -100   18   Steve Pfeifer 111   -131   19   Johnny Steele 108   -134   20   Mike Chase 79   -163   21   John Soares, Jr. 65   -177