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1978 Nashville 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 30 Saturday, July 15, 1978 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:48:54 Average speed: 88.924 mph Pole speed: 104.257 mph Cautions: 3 for 15 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 16500 Lead changes: 5 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 26 1 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 171 795 engine 0 85 1 2 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 420 11240 running 411 185 28 3 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 50 3125 clutch 0 79 5 4 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 413 2445 running 1 160 4 5 2   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 414 2690 running 0 160 6 6 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 412 3865 running 0 150 25 7 14   Sterling Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 197 555 brakes 0 88 2 8 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 418 6715 running 1 175 3 9 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 415 3860 running 7 170 14 10 05   Bruce Hill Bearfinder   (Harry Clary) Oldsmobile 394 815 running 0 121 7 11 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 411 2765 running 0 146 23 12 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 341 3025 engine 0 94 8 13 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 409 1985 running 0 142 24 14 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 201 565 ignition 0 91 9 15 81   Ferrel Harris Autowize   (Robert Gee) Chevrolet 405 1115 running 0   22 16 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 357 585 running 0 97 13 17 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 396 1420 running 0 124 12 18 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington Dodge 402 1505 running 0 127 17 19 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 383 1005 running 0 112 29 20 71   Bobby Fisher Tuborg Gold   (Bobby Fisher) Chevrolet 30 515 crash 0 0 20 21 40   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 377 600 running 0 103 27 22 45   Baxter Price Price Racing   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 91 535 engine 0 82 15 23 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 390 765 running 0 118 11 24 41   Grant Adcox Krystal   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 405 915 running 0 130 16 25 64   Elmo Langley Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 389 1165 running 0 115 10 26 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 405 2265 running 0 134 21 27 97   Ralph Jones Jones Supply   (Ralph Jones) Ford 372 595 running 0 100 19 28 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 379 610 running 0 106 18 29 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 380 850 running 0 109 30 30 48   Walter Ballard Belden Alphalt   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 0 505 did not start 0 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 37 37   Darrell Waltrip 38 38 1   J.D. McDuffie 39 39 1   Richard Childress 40 46 7   Cale Yarborough 47 420 374 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 2722     2   Benny Parsons 2555   -167   3   Dave Marcis 2543   -179   4   Darrell Waltrip 2317   -405   5   Richard Petty 2286   -436   6   Bobby Allison 2264   -458   7   Lennie Pond 2211   -511   8   Richard Childress 2099   -623   9   Buddy Arrington 2089   -633   10   Dick Brooks 1961   -761   11   D.K. Ulrich 1945   -777   12   Tighe Scott 1831   -891   13   Neil Bonnett 1803   -919   14   Frank Warren 1781   -941   15   J.D. McDuffie 1707   -1015   16   Cecil Gordon 1626   -1096   17   Skip Manning 1616   -1106   18   David Pearson 1537   -1185   19   Dick May 1524   -1198   20   Jimmy Means 1517   -1205   21   Ronnie Thomas 1498   -1224