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1978 World 600

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 12 of 30
Sunday, May 28, 1978 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles)

Time of race: 4:20:12
Average speed: 138.355 mph
Pole speed: 160.551 mph

Cautions: 6 for 32 laps
Margin of victory: 2 sec
Attendance: 125000
Lead changes: 43

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	17	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	400	48608	running	144	185
2	14	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	400	27000	running	35	175
3	6	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	400	19695	running	1	170
4	2	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	400	31133	running	130	165
5	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	400	28135	running	85	160
6	12	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Oldsmobile	400	12185	running	5	155
7	10	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	399	9215	running	0	146
8	16	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	398	10140	running	0	142
9	7	14	Sterling Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	394	9765	running	0	138
10	24	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	Oldsmobile	393	8265	running	0	134
11	26	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	389	7065	running	0	130
12	33	84	Morgan Shepherd	Mr. B. Race Engines (Jim Makar)	Mercury	389	6465	running	0	127
13	40	57	Dick May	McClure Motors (Alfred McClure)	Ford	388	5815	running	0	124
14	23	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	387	5115	running	0	121
15	34	67	Buddy Arrington	Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	386	6765	running	0	118
16	29	00	John Utsman	Lady & Son Auction (Ed Whitaker)	Chevrolet	384	4015	running	0	115
17	28	96	Dale Earnhardt	Carolina Tractor (Will Cronkrite)	Ford	382	3415	running	0
18	31	4	Gary Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	380	3315	running	0	109
19	5	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	373	6245	running	0	106
20	22	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	372	4935	running	0	103
21	19	98	Roland Wlodyka	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	369	2665	running	0	100
22	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	369	4375	running	0	97
23	36	19	Frank Warren	Belden Asphalt (Frank Warren)	Dodge	369	4105	running	0	94
24	21	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	356	3795	running	0	91
25	38	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	355	2485	running	0	88
26	15	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	352	2710	running	0	85
27	35	89	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	Chevrolet	343	1555	engine	0	82
28	20	22	Ricky Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	331	3430	running	0	79
29	25	40	D.K. Ulrich	Pants Rack (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	323	2145	running	0	76
30	37	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	318	2190	steering	0	73
31	27	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	240	1985	engine	0	70
32	3	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	198	5940	engine	0	67
33	9	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N., Inc. (Harry Ranier)	Oldsmobile	195	1340	crash	0	64
34	18	49	Connie Saylor	Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	184	1315	engine	0	61
35	13	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Oldsmobile	157	4415	engine	0	58
36	4	12	Harry Gant	Black Diamond Coal (Kennie Childers)	Chevrolet	140	3190	overheating	0	55
37	39	52	Jimmy Means	Bell Brothers Auto Parts (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	129	1665	throttle	0	52
38	8	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Oldsmobile	113	1690	crash	0	49
39	11	51	Ron Hutcherson	Gilmore / Valvoline (A.J. Foyt)	Buick	112	1115	crash	0
40	32	28	Jerry Jolly	Ski Machine (Charles Dean)	Chevrolet	20	1090	suspension	0	43

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Earl Brooks
	Joe Mihalic				Oldsmobile
	Nelson Oswald				Chevrolet
	Bobby Wawak
	John Kennedy	0			Ford
	Satch Worley	47			Chevrolet
	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Frank Warren	Dodge

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	116	116
	117	129	13	#48,51,90,98 accident turn 2
	130	206	77
	207	211	5	#54 accident turn 2
	212	307	96
	308	313	6	#30 stalled turn 2
	314	370	57
	371	374	4	debris turn 4
	375	395	21
	396	398	3	#96 spun turn 3
	399	399	1
	400	400	1	#21,72 accident turn 2
Percent of race run under caution: 8.0% Average green flag run: 61.3 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	42	42
Darrell Waltrip	43	62	20
Donnie Allison	63	63	1
David Pearson	64	85	22
Darrell Waltrip	86	96	11
David Pearson	97	97	1
Darrell Waltrip	98	118	21
David Pearson	119	119	1
Darrell Waltrip	120	130	11
Donnie Allison	131	134	4
David Pearson	135	137	3
Cale Yarborough	138	138	1
David Pearson	139	140	2
Cale Yarborough	141	207	67
Benny Parsons	208	208	1
Cale Yarborough	209	214	6
David Pearson	215	219	5
Darrell Waltrip	220	223	4
David Pearson	224	224	1
Darrell Waltrip	225	225	1
Cale Yarborough	226	226	1
Darrell Waltrip	227	232	6
Cale Yarborough	233	254	22
Darrell Waltrip	255	255	1
Cale Yarborough	256	278	23
Benny Parsons	279	280	2
Darrell Waltrip	281	298	18
Cale Yarborough	299	308	10
Benny Parsons	309	309	1
Darrell Waltrip	310	313	4
David Pearson	314	321	8
Darrell Waltrip	322	332	11
Bobby Allison	333	333	1
Darrell Waltrip	334	335	2
Donnie Allison	336	342	7
Darrell Waltrip	343	343	1
Donnie Allison	344	351	8
Darrell Waltrip	352	354	3
Donnie Allison	355	368	14
Darrell Waltrip	369	371	3
Donnie Allison	372	372	1
Darrell Waltrip	373	377	5
Benny Parsons	378	378	1
Darrell Waltrip	379	400	22

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Benny Parsons	1862
2	Cale Yarborough	1832	-30
3	Dave Marcis	1738	-124
4	Darrell Waltrip	1683	-179
5	Bobby Allison	1665	-197
6	Lennie Pond	1562	-300
7	Richard Petty	1537	-325
8	Buddy Arrington	1527	-335
9	Skip Manning	1455	-407
10	Richard Childress	1444	-418
11	Dick Brooks	1412	-450
12	D.K. Ulrich	1360	-502
13	Neil Bonnett	1286	-576
14	Frank Warren	1251	-611
15	Tighe Scott	1194	-668
16	Jimmy Means	1111	-751
17	Cecil Gordon	1108	-754
18	Tommy Gale	1106	-756
19	David Pearson	1095	-767
20	J.D. McDuffie	1078	-784
21	Dick May	985	-877