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1978 Music City USA 420

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 13 of 30
Saturday, June 3, 1978 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN
420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles)

Time of race: 2:51:34
Average speed: 87.541 mph
Pole speed: 105.094 mph

Cautions: 2 for 22 laps
Margin of victory: 2 laps +
Attendance: 16500
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	420	11215	running	420	185
2	1	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N., Inc. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	418	5315	running	0	170
3	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	416	5265	running	0	165
4	4	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	415	2465	running	0	160
5	9	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	413	3715	running	0	155
6	13	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	409	1165	running	0	150
7	21	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	408	2145	running	0	146
8	17	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	405	1985	running	0	142
9	16	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	401	1815	running	0	138
10	18	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	395	1705	running	0	134
11	15	48	James Hylton	James Hylton	Chevrolet	390	1495	running	0	130
12	11	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	388	1285	running	0	127
13	29	74	Bobby Wawak	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	387	590	running	0	124
14	24	64	Dick Brooks	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	387	1125	running	0	121
15	19	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	386	1465	running	0	118
16	26	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	386	745	running	0	115
17	22	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	383	695	running	0	112
18	30	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	382	650	running	0	109
19	28	24	Cecil Gordon	Chuck Walters (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	381	610	running	0	106
20	5	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	378	3050	running	0	103
21	6	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	321	3045	engine	0	100
22	8	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	310	335	engine	0	97
23	25	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	300	325	overheating	0	94
24	23	97	Ralph Jones	Jones Supply (Ralph Jones)	Ford	297	315	running	0	91
25	10	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	Oldsmobile	276	305	electrical	0	88
26	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	227	3095	rear end	0	85
27	14	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	135	535	overheating	0	82
28	20	4	Gary Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	128	275	engine	0	79
29	27	86	Richard Waters	Newbern (Richard Waters)	Chevrolet	13	265	ignition	0	76
30	12	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	12	505	ignition	0	73

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	134	134
	135	148	14	#4 accident turn 3
	149	318	170
	319	328	10	#14 engine
	329	420	92
Percent of race run under caution: 5.7% Average green flag run: 132.0 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	420	420

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	2017
2	Benny Parsons	1965	-52
3	Dave Marcis	1898	-119
4	Darrell Waltrip	1768	-249
5	Bobby Allison	1765	-252
6	Lennie Pond	1732	-285
7	Richard Petty	1702	-315
8	Buddy Arrington	1665	-352
9	Richard Childress	1586	-431
10	Dick Brooks	1533	-484
11	D.K. Ulrich	1494	-523
12	Skip Manning	1455	-562
13	Neil Bonnett	1441	-576
14	Frank Warren	1366	-651
15	Tighe Scott	1340	-677
16	Cecil Gordon	1214	-803
17	J.D. McDuffie	1205	-812
18	Jimmy Means	1184	-833
19	Tommy Gale	1106	-911
20	David Pearson	1095	-922
21	Dick May	1094	-923