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1978 Winston Western 500

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NASCAR Winston West Series race number 1 of 22
Combination race with Winston Cup drivers
An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn External page

Sunday, January 22, 1978 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.780 miles)

Time of race: 3:02:55
Average speed: 102.269 mph
Pole speed: 113.204 mph

Cautions: 4 for 17 laps
Margin of victory: 1 sec
Attendance: 70000
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston West Series results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	11	Cale Yarborough (Cup)	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	119	20850	running	58	0
3	1	21	David Pearson (Cup)	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	119	9850	running	41	0
2	3	72	Benny Parsons (Cup)	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	119	14800	running	18	0
7	11	01	Jimmy Insolo	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Chevrolet	118	4400	running	2	60
4	16	5	Neil Bonnett (Cup)	Jim Stacy	Dodge	119	8800	running	0	0
5	7	2	Dave Marcis (Cup)	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	118	4050	running	0	0
6	29	95	Hershel McGriff (Cup)	George Jefferson	Ford	118	2850	running	0	0
8	9	48	Al Holbert (Cup)	Southland Cork & Rubber (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	117	4250	running	0	0
9	20	29	Roy Smith	Mercury Marine (Dick Midgley)	Chevrolet	115	2300	running	0	49
10	19	40	D.K. Ulrich (Cup)	Pacific Coast (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	115	3880	running	0	0
11	27	67	Buddy Arrington (Cup)	Buddy Arrington	Ford	114	3470	running	0	0
12	34	08	Rick McCray	Rick McCray	Dodge	113	1800	running	0	48
13	15	79	Frank Warren (Cup)	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	112	3160	running	0	0
14	10	93	Norm Palmer	American (Norm Palmer)	Dodge	111	1600	engine	0	47
15	25	64	Dick Brooks (Cup)	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	111	2840	running	0	0
16	5	43	Richard Petty (Cup)	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	104	5100	rear end	0	0
17	22	51	Jim Thirkettle	Timec / Speedway Engineering (Jim Thirkettle)	Buick	104	1350	running	0	46
18	31	30	Tighe Scott (Cup)	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	103	2530	running	0	0
19	23	41	Ernie Stierly	Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly)	Chevrolet	99	1870	running	0	45
20	18	3	Richard Childress (Cup)	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	90	2205	running	0	0
21	12	92	Skip Manning (Cup)	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	85	1980	running	0	0
22	35	53	Jack Simpson	Don's Automotive (Chester Papienski)	Chevrolet	74	1105	running	0	44
23	2	88	Darrell Waltrip (Cup)	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	70	4780	transmission	0	0
24	24	12	Richard White	Lindsay Auto Parts (Mike White)	Chevrolet	70	1195	running	0	43
25	30	24	Cecil Gordon (Cup)	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	52	1635	clutch	0	0
26	32	58	Rocky Moran (Cup)	Daisy Shoppe (Rocky Moran)	Chevrolet	51	955	engine	0	0
27	13	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering (Arthur Godfrey)	Chevrolet	50	1025	clutch	0	42
28	21	70	J.D. McDuffie (Cup)	Simpson Safety Equipment (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	45	1455	rear end	0	0
29	17	39	Vince Giamformaggio (Cup)	Cal-French Bread (Sam Arakalian)	Chevrolet	41	805	overheating	0	0
30	6	15	Bobby Allison (Cup)	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	40	4455	engine	0	0
31	28	13	Don Puskarich	Oil Field Construction (Matt Puskarich)	Chevrolet	36	700	engine	0	41
32	8	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	Chevrolet	19	1650	rear end	0	40
33	33	09	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing (Chester Papienski)	Chevrolet	15	600	drive shaft	0	39
34	26	32	Ray Elder	Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill)	Dodge	12	550	transmission	0	38
35	14	44	Gary Johnson	Armstrong Electric (Ted Armstrong)	Chevrolet	3	500	rear end	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	John Kennedy	0	Avanti CB	John Kennedy	Ford
	Steve Pfeifer	0	McCluney Racing	Michael McCluney	Chevrolet
	Ron McGee	03	M.C. Productions	Steve Temme	Chevrolet
	Pappy Pryor	06	Yakima Ambulance		Dodge
	John Soares	7	RPM Engineering		Plymouth
	Ed Negre	8		Ed Negre	Dodge
	Evan Noyes, Jr.	10	Eagle Creek Aviation		Chevrolet
	Dick Kranzler	14	Parnelli Jones Enterprises		Chevrolet
	Bennie Vaught	16			Chevrolet
	Harry Goularte	17	Associated Concrete	Harry Goularte	Chevrolet
	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby-Ellis	Roger Hamby	Chevrolet
	John Dineen	18	Dineen Racing	George Stark	Ford
	Ronnie Thomas	25		Don Robertson	Chevrolet
	Glenn Francis	33	Excel Trailer	Trent Francis	Chevrolet
	Chuck Wahl	37	Excel Trailer	DuWayne Wahl	Chevrolet
	Mike Brockman	50	Brockmore Associates	Michael Brockman	Chevrolet
	Bob Switzer	51	Switzer Construction	Bob Switzer	Ford
	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Harry Ranier	Chevrolet
	Bill Baker	55	Golden West Lumber	Bill Baker	Chevrolet
	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Jocko's Racing	Jocko Maggiacomo	Matador
	Mike Kempton	69	Jayhawk Sports	Mike Kempton	Chevrolet
	Bob Brown	74	United		Chevrolet
	Dick Whalen	86	Dean Enterprises	Glenna Dean	Chevrolet
	Roland Wlodyka	98		Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	38	38
	39	42	4	#40 accident turn 9
	43	71	29
	72	76	5	#88 stalled turn 6
	77	81	5
	82	87	6	#44 accident turn 1
	88	106	19
	107	110	4	#43 stalled turn 6
	111	119	9
Percent of race run under caution: 16.0% Average green flag run: 20.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	2	2
Cale Yarborough	3	22	20
David Pearson	23	27	5
Benny Parsons	28	29	2
David Pearson	30	62	33
Cale Yarborough	63	67	5
David Pearson	68	68	1
Jimmy Insolo	69	70	2
Cale Yarborough	71	73	3
Benny Parsons	74	78	5
Cale Yarborough	79	83	5
Benny Parsons	84	94	11
Cale Yarborough	95	119	25

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Jimmy Insolo	60
2	Roy Smith	49	-11
3	Rick McCray	48	-12
4	Norm Palmer	47	-13
5	Jim Thirkettle	46	-14
6	Ernie Stierly	45	-15
7	Jack Simpson	44	-16
8	Richard White	43	-17
9	John Borneman	42	-18
10	Don Puskarich	41	-19
11	Bill Schmitt	40	-20
12	Eddie Bradshaw	39	-21
13	Ray Elder	38	-22
14	Gary Johnson	37	-23