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1978 Daytona 500 Qualifying Race #1 Qualifying Race #2 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 2 of 30 Sunday, February 19, 1978 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:07:49 Average speed: 159.73 mph Pole speed: 187.536 mph Cautions: 5 for 24 laps Margin of victory: 33.2 sec Attendance: 140000 Lead changes: 37 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 4 2 53   Ron Hutcherson Valvoline   (A.J. Foyt) Buick 199 22250 running 0 160 12 18 92   Skip Manning Valvoline   (Billy Hagan) Buick 194 9560 running 0 127 19 15 98   Roland Wlodyka Rod Osterlund Buick 192 4150 running 0 106 32 3 51   A.J. Foyt Valvoline   (A.J. Foyt) Buick 68 12675 crash 0   41 20 66   Harry Gant C.C.C.   (Ray Emerson) Buick 1 1975 engine 0 40 6 10 2   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 198 15600 running 0 150 14 13 41   Grant Adcox Krystal   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 193 6370 running 0 121 15 30 17   Roger Hamby Burger King   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 193 6185 running 0 118 17 40 40   D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich Chevrolet 192 6150 running 0 112 20 26 28   Jerry Jolly Ski Machine   (Charles Dean) Chevrolet 191 3720 running 0 103 21 41 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 191 4110 running 0 100 23 27 26   Jimmy Lee Capps Hearne Produce   (David Lee Sellers) Chevrolet 189 2805 running 0 94 26 16 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 179 2425 running 0 85 28 4 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 138 16050 running 12 84 29 14 48   Al Holbert Southland Industries   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 136 3065 engine 0 76 30 22 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 132 2880 running 0 73 35 39 52   Jimmy Means Howard's Machine Shop   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 41 2395 engine 0 58 37 36 22   Ricky Rudd 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 21 4375 handling 0 52 38 24 89   Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon Chevrolet 19 1975 engine 0 49 9 23 6   Ferrel Harris Autowize   (Jim Stacy) Dodge 195 11175 running 0 138 16 17 67   Buddy Arrington Rossmeyer   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 192 6845 running 0 115 22 35 49   Claude Ballot-Lena JMS   (G.C. Spencer) Dodge 190 2835 running 0   24 34 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 188 3125 running 0 91 27 12 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Jim Stacy) Dodge 150 5750 engine 0 82 33 6 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 60 11600 crash 39 69 1 33 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 200 56300 running 28 180 18 25 57   Dick May McClure Motors   (Alfred McClure) Ford 192 4410 running 0 109 25 38 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 185 3350 running 0 88 5 32 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Mercury 198 19925 running 0 155 8 9 9   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) Mercury 195 12085 running 0 142 34 5 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 60 6775 crash 0 61 36 29 39   Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin Mercury 30 1950 engine 0 55 40 37 84   Morgan Shepherd Makar Enterprises   (Jim Makar) Mercury 8 1650 engine 0 43 2 1 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 200 41900 running 43 175 3 8 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Oldsmobile 199 31865 running 2 170 7 31 27   Buddy Baker M.C. Anderson Racing   (M.C. Anderson) Oldsmobile 196 16395 engine 76 156 10 28 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 195 10285 running 0 134 11 11 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 194 10605 running 0 130 13 19 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 194 8665 running 0 124 31 21 61   Joe Mihalic Jim Norris Oldsmobile 110 2200 engine 0 70 39 7 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Oldsmobile 9 4325 body dam 0 46

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car John Utsman 00 Ed Whitaker Chevrolet Earle Canavan 01 Earle Canavan Dodge Bruce Hill 05 Bearfinder Harry Clary Oldsmobile Steve Stolarek 07 Auto Parts Unlimited Jerry Hansen Chevrolet Ed Negre 8 Ed Negre Dodge Nelson Oswald 09 Perfect Alignment Nelson Oswald Chevrolet Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson Dodge Woody Fisher 19 Belden Asphalt Henley Gray Chevrolet Sam Sommers 25 Hearne's Vette Shop Don Robertson Chevrolet Jim Hurtubise 33 Moran Electric Jeff Handy Chevrolet Nestor Peles 34 Steve Peles Chevrolet Baxter Price 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet Tommy Robbs 59 Porter & Queen Chevrolet Tom Frank 60 Lou Viglione Chevrolet Janet Guthrie 68 Kelly Girl Lynda Ferreri Chevrolet Bobby Wawak 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet Claude Aubin 83 Ray Racing Chevrolet Earl Ross 91 Valvoline of Canada Harold Miller Chevrolet DC Hoss Ellington 1 Hawaiian Tropic Hoss Ellington Pontiac DD Terry Link 66 I.A.F.F. Mike Link Pontiac WD Fred Lovell Carl's Johnnie on the Spot Carl Colicher Chevrolet WD John Dineen George Starks Ford WD John Haver Ed Trahan Chevrolet WD John Kennedy 0 Avanti CB John Kennedy Ford WD Gary Myers 4 Gary Myers Pontiac WD A.J. Reno 10 Bill Champion Ford WD Larry LaMay 23 Schlitz Larry LaMay Chevrolet WD Bill Hollar 29 Bill Hollar Auto Parts Bill Hollar Chevrolet WD Jim Vandiver 31 Jim Vandiver Dodge WD Paul Dean Holt 39 Sports Shop C.C. Holt Ford WD Travis Tiller 46 Little B Coal Co. Travis Tiller Dodge WD Jim Bray 56 Jim Bray Chevrolet WD Jocko Maggiacomo 63 Jocko's Racing Jocko Maggiacomo Matador WD Butch Hartman 75 Richard Hartman Chevrolet WD Ralph Jones 97 Ralph Jones Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 4 4   Darrell Waltrip 5 5 1   Cale Yarborough 6 6 1   Darrell Waltrip 7 7 1   Cale Yarborough 8 9 2   Darrell Waltrip 10 10 1   Richard Petty 11 17 7   Darrell Waltrip 18 20 3   Cale Yarborough 21 22 2   Darrell Waltrip 23 28 6   Richard Petty 29 60 32   Cale Yarborough 61 61 1   Buddy Baker 62 63 2   Cale Yarborough 64 67 4   Benny Parsons 68 69 2   Cale Yarborough 70 71 2   Bobby Allison 72 73 2   Buddy Baker 74 80 7   Cale Yarborough 81 81 1   Buddy Baker 82 84 3   Cale Yarborough 85 85 1   Buddy Baker 86 86 1   Cale Yarborough 87 92 6   Buddy Baker 93 94 2   Cale Yarborough 95 97 3   Buddy Baker 98 99 2   Bobby Allison 100 100 1   Cale Yarborough 101 102 2   Buddy Baker 103 106 4   Cale Yarborough 107 117 11   Buddy Baker 118 133 16   Cale Yarborough 134 136 3   Buddy Baker 137 167 31   Bobby Allison 168 168 1   Buddy Baker 169 173 5   Bobby Allison 174 186 13   Buddy Baker 187 189 3   Bobby Allison 190 200 11 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 360     2   Benny Parsons 345   -15   3   Dave Marcis 305   -55   4   Dick Brooks 273   -87   5   Bobby Allison 253   -107   6   D.K. Ulrich 246   -114   7   Buddy Arrington 245   -115   8   Neil Bonnett 242   -118   9   Tighe Scott 239   -121   10   David Pearson 231   -129   11   Skip Manning 227   -133   11   Richard Childress 227   -133   13   Al Holbert 218   -142   14   Frank Warren 215   -145   15   Cecil Gordon 188   -172   16   Richard Petty 184   -176   17   Darrell Waltrip 178   -182   18   Ron Hutcherson 160   -200   19   Buddy Baker 156   -204   20   J.D. McDuffie 152   -208   21   Jimmy Insolo 151   -209