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1978 Winston 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 10 of 30
Sunday, May 14, 1978 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 3:07:53
Average Speed: 155.699 mph
Pole Speed: 191.904 mph

Cautions: 5 for 30 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 55,000
Lead changes: 44

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	188	34,300	running	81	185
2	22	27	Buddy Baker	TV-6 (M.C. Anderson)	Oldsmobile	188	21,900	running	15	175
3	2	51	A.J. Foyt	Valvoline (A.J. Foyt)	Buick	187	12,200	running	0
4	4	92	Skip Manning	Pitt Grill Restaurants (Billy Hagan)	Buick	187	11,350	running	0	160
5	36	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	186	7,650	running	0	155
6	20	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	185	6,500	running	0	150
7	5	6	Ferrel Harris	Autowize (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	185	6,075	running	0
8	9	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	184	5,500	running	0	142
9	23	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	184	7,105	running	0	138
10	27	48	James Hylton	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Oldsmobile	183	6,420	running	0	134
11	10	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	183	7,700	running	2	135
12	29	67	Buddy Arrington	Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	180	5,610	running	0	127
13	21	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	180	5,590	running	0	124
14	30	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	180	5,430	running	0	121
15	6	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	179	4,470	running	0	118
16	26	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	178	4,060	running	0	115
17	37	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	177	3,800	running	0	112
18	25	49	Claude Ballot-Lena	Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	177	2,800	running	0
19	24	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	175	2,700	fan blade	0	106
20	38	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	172	2,500	running	0	103
21	7	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Chevrolet	168	2,400	engine	0	100
22	18	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	165	8,600	engine	49	102
23	35	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	162	2,815	engine	0	94
24	17	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	158	3,550	engine	34	96
25	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	153	2,630	engine	0	88
26	33	10	Jimmy Means	Tidewater Glass (Bill Champion)	Ford	151	1,685	running	0	85
27	13	22	Ricky Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd)	Buick	150	3,355	engine	1	87
28	34	8	Ed Negre	Waltrip Racing Center (Ed Negre)	Dodge	146	2,185	running	0	79
29	16	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	134	2,035	running	0	76
30	11	39	Blackie Wangerin	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	133	1,485	engine	0	73
31	8	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Oldsmobile	121	5,235	clutch	1	75
32	28	00	John Utsman	Lady & Son Auction (Ed Whitaker)	Chevrolet	93	1,410	engine	0	67
33	32	77	Chuck Bown	Holiday Campers (Johnny Ray)	Chevrolet	80	1,385	engine	0	64
34	14	53	Ron Hutcherson	Valvoline (A.J. Foyt)	Buick	77	1,355	transmission	0	61
35	15	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	51	1,830	overheating	0	58
36	31	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	Oldsmobile	38	1,305	engine	0	55
37	39	02	Frank Hill	Fife	Chevrolet	37	1,280	radiator	0
38	12	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	34	5,255	transmission	5	54
39	3	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Oldsmobile	31	4,630	engine	0	46
40	40	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	5	1,705	engine	0	43
41	19	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	4	1,205	engine	0	40

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Benny Parsons	1	1	1
Cale Yarborough	2	14	13
Darrell Waltrip	15	16	2
Bobby Allison	17	19	3
Darrell Waltrip	20	21	2
Cale Yarborough	22	24	3
Donnie Allison	25	29	5
Bobby Allison	30	31	2
Donnie Allison	32	33	2
Darrell Waltrip	34	36	3
Ricky Rudd	37	37	1
Darrell Waltrip	38	39	2
Donnie Allison	40	40	1
Cale Yarborough	41	46	6
Donnie Allison	47	49	3
Darrell Waltrip	50	55	6
Cale Yarborough	56	70	15
Darrell Waltrip	71	71	1
Cale Yarborough	72	77	6
Donnie Allison	78	81	4
Cale Yarborough	82	83	2
Donnie Allison	84	85	2
Cale Yarborough	86	88	3
Darrell Waltrip	89	89	1
Donnie Allison	90	90	1
Cale Yarborough	91	107	17
Donnie Allison	108	108	1
Cale Yarborough	109	109	1
Donnie Allison	110	110	1
Cale Yarborough	111	116	6
Darrell Waltrip	117	122	6
Donnie Allison	123	124	2
Darrell Waltrip	125	133	9
Donnie Allison	134	136	3
Darrell Waltrip	137	137	1
Donnie Allison	138	146	9
Buddy Baker	147	149	3
Darrell Waltrip	150	165	16
Richard Petty	166	166	1
Buddy Baker	167	167	1
Richard Petty	168	168	1
Cale Yarborough	169	176	8
Buddy Baker	177	187	11
Cale Yarborough	188	188	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dave Marcis	1548
2	Benny Parsons	1542	-6
3	Cale Yarborough	1492	-56
4	Bobby Allison	1348	-200
5	Darrell Waltrip	1338	-210
6	Lennie Pond	1328	-220
7	Buddy Arrington	1285	-263
8	Richard Childress	1277	-271
9	Richard Petty	1249	-299
10	Skip Manning	1243	-305
11	D.K. Ulrich	1169	-379
12	Dick Brooks	1168	-380
13	Frank Warren	1075	-473
14	Neil Bonnett	1068	-480
15	Cecil Gordon	1020	-528
16	Tighe Scott	994	-554
17	Jimmy Means	947	-601
18	J.D. McDuffie	920	-628
19	Tommy Gale	906	-642
20	Roger Hamby	897	-651

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