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1978 Arizona NAPA 250

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NASCAR Winston West Series race number 22 of 22
Sunday, November 26, 1978 at Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, AZ
156 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (156.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:46:13
Average speed: 88.121 mph
Pole speed: 116.39 mph

Cautions: 4 for 28 laps
Margin of victory: 9 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 16

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston West Series results / 1978 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Chevrolet	156	4090	running	109	60
2	5	01	Jimmy Insolo	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Pontiac	156	2560	running	6	49
3	3	1	Bobby Allison	Summit Transport	Matador	156	1650	running	5	48
4	2	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	155	1490	running	19	47
5	4	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	Oldsmobile	155	1400	running	0	46
6	12	17	Harry Goularte	Summit (Harry Goularte)	Pontiac	154	1000	running	0	45
7	7	32	Ray Elder	Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill)	Dodge	154	900	running	0	44
8	9	44	Gary Johnson	Armstrong Electric (Ted Armstrong)	Pontiac	153	850	running	0	43
9	10	29	Roy Smith	Tropical Rent-a-Car (Dick Midgley)	Chevrolet	153	700	running	0	42
10	20	10	Tim Williamson	Plamer Glass (Tim Williamson)	Chevrolet	153	740	running	9	41
11	26	41	Ernie Stierly	Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly)	Chevrolet	152	1150	running	0	40
12	15	2	Richard White	Boulevard Automotive (Mike White)	Oldsmobile	150	600	running	0	39
13	16	74	Hal Callentine	Cal-Four (Hal Callentine)	Chevrolet	150	500	running	0	38
14	11	86	Dick Whalen	Dean Enterprises (Glenna Dean)	Chevrolet	149	425	valve	0	37
15	23	35	Pat Mintey	Stick Only (Pat Mintey)	Chevrolet	149	475	running	0	36
16	24	07	Earle Canavan	Pepsi-Cola (Earle Canavan)	Dodge	148	350	running	0	35
17	27	13	Rusty Sanders	Puskarich Racing (Matt Puskarich)	Chevrolet	145	335	running	0	34
18	25	52	Don Graham	City Tow (Rodney Friesen)	Buick	135	325	running	0	33
19	19	21	Jim Bown	Rose Auto Wrecking	Plymouth	117	315	engine	0	32
20	30	91	John Krebs	Tom's Union 76 (John Krebs)	Chevrolet	112	300	ignition	0	31
21	28	38	Duke Hoenshell	Wertz Furniture (Don Waterman)	Pontiac	110	290	valve	0	30
22	6	12	David Pearson	G&W (J.A. Cook)	Ford	102	320	ignition	4	29
23	8	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	93	270	engine	0	28
24	14	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering (Arthur Godfrey)	Pontiac	80	300	transmission	4	27
25	13	78	Jim Robinson	Hammer Security (Jim Robinson)	Chevrolet	52	250	differential	0	26
26	22	0	Mel Larson	Riviera Whirlpool (Michael McCluney)	Oldsmobile	46	240	tie rod	0	0
27	18	08	Rick McCray	Action Engineering (Rick McCray)	Pontiac	33	230	crash	0	24
28	17	3	Wally Lambert	Old Milwaukee	Pontiac	24	220	suspension	0	0
29	29	88	Marc Vogel	V&W Diversified (Richard Elder)	Dodge	16	210	oil pan	0	22
30	21	58	Billy Clarkson	City Tow (Kayla Moran)	Chevrolet	0	200	did not start	0	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Steve Pfeifer	0	Leisure Living	Michael McCluney	Chevrolet
	Pappy Pryor	06
	Raymond Williams	16
	St. James Davis	22		LaDonna Davis	Dodge
	Chris Monoleos	92	Kendall Buckstaff Racing	Kendall Buckstaff	Chevrolet
	Ray Cline	94

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Richard Petty	1	36	36
Neil Bonnett	37	37	1
Bobby Allison	38	38	1
John Borneman	39	42	4
Tim Williamson	43	44	2
Neil Bonnett	45	47	3
Richard Petty	48	60	13
David Pearson	61	64	4
Neil Bonnett	65	66	2
Bobby Allison	67	70	4
Neil Bonnett	71	73	3
Richard Petty	74	74	1
Neil Bonnett	75	84	10
Tim Williamson	85	91	7
Richard Petty	92	125	34
Jimmy Insolo	126	131	6
Richard Petty	132	156	25

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Jimmy Insolo	1089
2	Bill Schmitt	1016	-73
3	Ray Elder	966	-123
4	Richard White	957	-132
5	John Borneman	906	-183
6	Harry Goularte	895	-194
7	Rick McCray	837	-252
8	Don Graham	785	-304
9	Pat Mintey	753	-336
10	John Krebs	731	-358
11	Gary Johnson	668	-421
12	Steve Pfeifer	664	-425
13	Bill Baker	541	-548
14	Ernie Stierly	445	-644
15	Jack Jeffery	391	-698
16	Frank Bigelow	375	-714
17	Roy Smith	259	-830
18	Ron Gautsche	243	-846
19	Dick Whalen	218	-871
20	Chris Monoleos	207	-882
21	Jim Thirkettle	190	-899