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1978 Wilkes 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 26 of 30 Sunday, October 1, 1978 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:43:18 Average speed: 97.847 mph Pole speed: 109.397 mph Cautions: 1 for 4 laps Margin of victory: 14 sec Attendance: 20000 Lead changes: 1 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 400 14000 running 19 180 2 1 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 400 13450 running 381 180 3 6 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 399 6075 running 0 165 4 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Chevrolet 397 4875 running 0 160 5 5 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 397 4400 running 0 155 6 2 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 395 4000 running 0 150 7 4 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Chevrolet 395 3500 running 0 146 8 9 2   Dave Marcis Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 394 1975 running 0 142 9 7 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 388 2200 running 0 138 10 10 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 387 1955 running 0 134 11 14 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 385 1820 running 0 130 12 15 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 384 1275 running 0 127 13 13 67   Buddy Arrington Falls Radiator   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 380 1650 running 0 124 14 20 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 379 1615 running 0 121 15 27 24   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 376 1480 running 0 118 16 11 48   James Hylton Palatine Automotive Parts   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 373 1295 running 0 115 17 16 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 365 1260 running 0 112 18 25 09   Nelson Oswald Kountry Kitchen   (Nelson Oswald) Chevrolet 346 625 engine 0 109 19 12 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 345 1050 running 0 106 20 17 8   Ed Negre Jones Chrysler-Plymouth   (Ed Negre) Dodge 333 775 running 0 103 21 21 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 324 800 rear end 0 100 22 18 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 321 525 rear end 0 97 23 19 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 287 755 rear end 0 94 24 23 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 208 685 oil pump 0 91 25 24 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Buick 141 725 engine 0 88 26 22 29   Cecil Gordon Hollar Auto Parts   (Bill Hollar) Chevrolet 126 465 rear end 0 85 27 26 0   John Kennedy Spohn's Body Shop   (John Kennedy) Ford 112 455 rear end 0 82

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 151 151     152 155 4   #8 spun turn 2   156 400 245       Percent of race run under caution: 1.0%             Average green flag run: 198.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 381 381   Cale Yarborough 382 400 19 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 4232     2   Benny Parsons 3794   -438   3   Darrell Waltrip 3778   -454   4   Dave Marcis 3766   -466   5   Bobby Allison 3672   -560   6   Richard Petty 3466   -766   7   Lennie Pond 3292   -940   8   Dick Brooks 3210   -1022   9   Buddy Arrington 3194   -1038   10   Richard Childress 3091   -1141   11   Neil Bonnett 2873   -1359   12   J.D. McDuffie 2787   -1445   13   Tighe Scott 2781   -1451   14   Frank Warren 2675   -1557   15   Dick May 2488   -1744   16   Ronnie Thomas 2478   -1754   17   D.K. Ulrich 2452   -1780   18   Jimmy Means 2441   -1791   19   David Pearson 2384   -1848   20   Cecil Gordon 2296   -1936   21   Tommy Gale 2278   -1954