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1978 Gabriel 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 15 of 30 Sunday, June 18, 1978 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI 200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.000 miles) Time of race: 2:40:28 Average speed: 149.563 mph Pole speed: 163.036 mph Cautions: 1 for 8 laps Margin of victory: 12 sec Attendance: 60000 Lead changes: 25 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 200 21555 running 60 180 2 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 200 12580 running 18 175 3 2 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Oldsmobile 200 10880 running 24 170 4 7 2   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 200 6830 running 5 165 5 5 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 199 4060 running 1 160 6 12 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 199 6690 running 0 150 7 13 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 198 5030 running 0 146 8 10 27   Buddy Baker M.C. Anderson Racing   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 198 4610 running 0 142 9 11 22   Ricky Rudd 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 195 5400 running 0 138 10 19 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 194 4190 running 0 134 11 20 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 193 3870 running 0 130 12 21 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington Dodge 192 3610 running 0 127 13 28 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 191 3000 running 0 124 14 23 40   D.K. Ulrich Ulrich Racing   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 190 2715 running 0 121 15 29 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 189 2480 running 0 118 16 15 92   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 188 2110 engine 0 115 17 33 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 187 1900 running 0 112 18 24 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 184 2345 running 0 109 19 25 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 182 1795 running 0 106 20 27 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 180 1670 running 0 103 21 31 64   Tommy Gale Belden Asphalt   (Elmo Langley) Ford 179 1645 running 0 100 22 18 41   Grant Adcox Krystal   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 172 1120 electrical 0 97 23 26 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 169 1085 engine 0 94 24 4 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 168 4885 engine 4 96 25 9 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 152 1035 engine 0 88 26 34 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 142 1510 running 0 85 27 17 17   Roger Hamby Radar Scrambler   (Roger Hamby) Oldsmobile 130 985 engine 0 82 28 6 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 129 4660 engine 88 89 29 8 05   Bruce Hill Bearfinder   (Harry Clary) Oldsmobile 127 945 engine 0 76 30 32 0   John Kennedy Avanti CB   (John Kennedy) Ford 122 925 transmission 0 73 31 14 48   Al Holbert Southland Industries   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 108 1410 crash 0 70 32 16 39   Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin Mercury 106 900 crash 0 67 33 35 01   Earle Canavan Earle Canavan Dodge 82 890 engine 0 64 34 36 74   Joe Booher Booher Farms   (Bobby Wawak) Chevrolet 46 880 engine 0 61 35 30 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 30 1370 rear end 0 58 36 22 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Jim Stacy) Dodge 24 4060 engine 0 55

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 112 112     113 120 8   #39,48 accident turn 2   121 200 80       Percent of race run under caution: 4.0%             Average green flag run: 96.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Benny Parsons 1 1 1   David Pearson 2 2 1   Bobby Allison 3 3 1   David Pearson 4 6 3   Darrell Waltrip 7 9 3   Benny Parsons 10 19 10   Bobby Allison 20 21 2   Dave Marcis 22 22 1   Bobby Allison 23 23 1   Darrell Waltrip 24 47 24   Dave Marcis 48 48 1   Darrell Waltrip 49 99 51   Dave Marcis 100 102 3   Benny Parsons 103 108 6   Darrell Waltrip 109 110 2   David Pearson 111 113 3   Donnie Allison 114 114 1   Darrell Waltrip 115 120 6   Benny Parsons 121 124 4   Darrell Waltrip 125 126 2   Benny Parsons 127 129 3   David Pearson 130 131 2   Cale Yarborough 132 132 1   David Pearson 133 141 9   Cale Yarborough 142 200 59 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 2362     2   Benny Parsons 2315   -47   3   Dave Marcis 2228   -134   4   Bobby Allison 2031   -331   5   Richard Petty 2027   -335   6   Darrell Waltrip 1972   -390   7   Lennie Pond 1966   -396   8   Buddy Arrington 1901   -461   9   Richard Childress 1838   -524   10   Dick Brooks 1764   -598   11   D.K. Ulrich 1736   -626   12   Neil Bonnett 1630   -732   13   Tighe Scott 1600   -762   14   Skip Manning 1570   -792   15   Frank Warren 1545   -817   16   Cecil Gordon 1453   -909   17   J.D. McDuffie 1420   -942   18   David Pearson 1352   -1010   19   Jimmy Means 1302   -1060   20   Dick May 1300   -1062   21   Ronnie Thomas 1276   -1086