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1978 Carolina 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 30 Sunday, March 5, 1978 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:17:17 Average speed: 116.681 mph Pole speed: 141.94 mph Cautions: 8 for 62 laps Margin of victory: 1.3 sec Attendance: 35000 Lead changes: 24 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 6 1 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Jim Stacy) Dodge 483 6870 running 0 150 21 2 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 352 4720 overheating 33 105 2 3 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 492 14570 running 124 175 18 4 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 407 6270 running 36 114 31 5 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 119 545 engine 0 70 3 6 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 492 11220 running 45 170 28 7 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 243 1230 engine 23 84 11 8 2   Dave Marcis Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 461 1970 running 4 135 1 9 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 492 16665 running 219 185 4 10 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 490 8470 running 2 165 5 11 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 489 3920 running 0 155 7 12 92   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 481 5020 running 0 146 26 13 40   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich Chevrolet 260 1290 engine 0 85 15 14 48   James Hylton Southland Industries   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 444 2490 running 6 123 8 15 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 477 4570 running 0 142 33 16 27   Buddy Baker M.C. Anderson Racing   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 70 1210 engine 0 64 32 17 98   Roland Wlodyka Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 79 590 ignition 0 67 25 18 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 266 1550 engine 0 88 30 19 41   Grant Adcox Krystal   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 145 550 engine 0 73 34 20 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 30 1030 crash 0 61 14 21 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 445 2700 running 0 121 29 22 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 167 1195 engine 0 76 27 23 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 259 625 oil pump 0 82 13 24 25   Ronnie Thomas Hugh's Vette Shop   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 457 3440 running 0 124 10 25 52   Jimmy Means Howard's Machine Shop   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 464 3690 running 0 134 36 26 19   Woody Fisher Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 0 1010 crash 0 55 16 27 18   Joe Frasson Joe Frasson Chevrolet 439 1270 running 0 115 22 28 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 352 1760 engine 0 97 35 29 26   Jimmy Lee Capps Hearne Produce   (David Lee Sellers) Chevrolet 28 525 crash 0 58 9 30 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington Dodge 476 4100 running 0 138 12 31 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 460 3230 running 0 127 19 32 61   Joe Mihalic Jim Norris Oldsmobile 398 970 running 0 106 24 33 01   Earle Canavan Earle Canavan Dodge 280 700 engine 0 91 17 34 74   Dick May Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 429 1170 running 0 112 20 35 97   Ralph Jones Ralph Jones Ford 378 900 engine 0 103 23 36 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 328 725 running 0 94

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 33 33   Bobby Allison 34 34 1   James Hylton 35 40 6   Bobby Allison 41 125 85   David Pearson 126 126 1   Cale Yarborough 127 128 2   Richard Petty 129 130 2   Dave Marcis 131 134 4   Bobby Allison 135 157 23   David Pearson 158 158 1   Bobby Allison 159 169 11   Cale Yarborough 170 179 10   David Pearson 180 180 1   Dick Brooks 181 203 23   Benny Parsons 204 223 20   Cale Yarborough 224 225 2   Benny Parsons 226 245 20   Cale Yarborough 246 267 22   David Pearson 268 433 166   Bobby Allison 434 434 1   David Pearson 435 449 15   Bobby Allison 450 452 3   Benny Parsons 453 457 5   David Pearson 458 492 35 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Benny Parsons 695     2   Cale Yarborough 644   -51   3   Dave Marcis 586   -109   4   Bobby Allison 578   -117   5   Neil Bonnett 535   -160   6   Richard Childress 516   -179   7   Dick Brooks 512   -183   8   Buddy Arrington 501   -194   9   Skip Manning 497   -198   10   Lennie Pond 469   -226   11   Frank Warren 463   -232   12   Darrell Waltrip 448   -247   13   Richard Petty 446   -249   13   D.K. Ulrich 446   -249   15   Tighe Scott 434   -261   16   David Pearson 416   -279   17   Cecil Gordon 397   -298   18   J.D. McDuffie 322   -373   19   Jimmy Means 319   -376   20   Tommy Gale 303   -392   21   Dick May 297   -398