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1978 World 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 12 of 30 Sunday, May 28, 1978 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 4:20:12 Average speed: 138.355 mph Pole speed: 160.551 mph Cautions: 6 for 32 laps Margin of victory: 2 sec Attendance: 125000 Lead changes: 43 Glossary    1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1978 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 17 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 400 48608 running 144 185 2 14 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 400 27000 running 35 175 3 6 15   Bobby Allison Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 400 19695 running 1 170 4 2 11   Cale Yarborough 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Junior Johnson) Oldsmobile 400 31133 running 130 165 5 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 400 28135 running 85 160 6 12 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Oldsmobile 400 12185 running 5 155 7 10 27   Buddy Baker M.C. Anderson Racing   (M.C. Anderson) Chevrolet 399 9215 running 0 146 8 16 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 398 10140 running 0 142 9 7 14   Sterling Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 394 9765 running 0 138 10 24 05   Bruce Hill Bearfinder   (Harry Clary) Oldsmobile 393 8265 running 0 134 11 26 41   Grant Adcox Krystal   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 389 7065 running 0 130 12 33 84   Morgan Shepherd Mr. B. Race Engines   (Jim Makar) Mercury 389 6465 running 0 127 13 40 57   Dick May McClure Motors   (Alfred McClure) Ford 388 5815 running 0 124 14 23 9   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) Mercury 387 5115 running 0 121 15 34 67   Buddy Arrington Sam Dell   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 386 6765 running 0 118 16 29 00   John Utsman Lady & Son Auction   (Ed Whitaker) Chevrolet 384 4015 running 0 115 17 28 96   Dale Earnhardt Carolina Tractor   (Will Cronkrite) Ford 382 3415 running 0   18 31 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 380 3315 running 0 109 19 5 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 373 6245 running 0 106 20 22 3   Richard Childress CRC Chemicals   (Richard Childress) Oldsmobile 372 4935 running 0 103 21 19 98   Roland Wlodyka Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 369 2665 running 0 100 22 30 70   J.D. McDuffie Bailey Excavating   (J.D. McDuffie) Chevrolet 369 4375 running 0 97 23 36 19   Frank Warren Belden Asphalt   (Frank Warren) Dodge 369 4105 running 0 94 24 21 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 356 3795 running 0 91 25 38 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 355 2485 running 0 88 26 15 92   Skip Manning Stratagraph   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 352 2710 running 0 85 27 35 89   Jim Vandiver O.L. Nixon Chevrolet 343 1555 engine 0 82 28 20 22   Ricky Rudd 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 331 3430 running 0 79 29 25 40   D.K. Ulrich Pants Rack   (D.K. Ulrich) Chevrolet 323 2145 running 0 76 30 37 25   Ronnie Thomas Louise Smith   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 318 2190 steering 0 73 31 27 30   Tighe Scott Russ Togs   (Walter Ballard) Oldsmobile 240 1985 engine 0 70 32 3 2   Dave Marcis Shoney's   (Rod Osterlund) Chevrolet 198 5940 engine 0 67 33 9 54   Lennie Pond W.I.N., Inc.   (Harry Ranier) Oldsmobile 195 1340 crash 0 64 34 18 49   Connie Saylor Lady & Son Auction   (G.C. Spencer) Dodge 184 1315 engine 0 61 35 13 5   Neil Bonnett Armor All   (Jim Stacy) Oldsmobile 157 4415 engine 0 58 36 4 12   Harry Gant Black Diamond Coal   (Kennie Childers) Chevrolet 140 3190 overheating 0 55 37 39 52   Jimmy Means Bell Brothers Auto Parts   (Jimmy Means) Chevrolet 129 1665 throttle 0 52 38 8 48   Al Holbert Southland Industries   (James Hylton) Oldsmobile 113 1690 crash 0 49 39 11 51   Ron Hutcherson Gilmore / Valvoline   (A.J. Foyt) Buick 112 1115 crash 0   40 32 28   Jerry Jolly Ski Machine   (Charles Dean) Chevrolet 20 1090 suspension 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Earl Brooks Joe Mihalic Oldsmobile Nelson Oswald Chevrolet Bobby Wawak John Kennedy 0 Ford Satch Worley 47 Chevrolet Frank Warren 79 Native Tan Frank Warren Dodge Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 116 116     117 129 13   #48,51,90,98 accident turn 2   130 206 77     207 211 5   #54 accident turn 2   212 307 96     308 313 6   #30 stalled turn 2   314 370 57     371 374 4   debris turn 4   375 395 21     396 398 3   #96 spun turn 3   399 399 1     400 400 1   #21,72 accident turn 2     Percent of race run under caution: 8.0%             Average green flag run: 61.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 42 42   Darrell Waltrip 43 62 20   Donnie Allison 63 63 1   David Pearson 64 85 22   Darrell Waltrip 86 96 11   David Pearson 97 97 1   Darrell Waltrip 98 118 21   David Pearson 119 119 1   Darrell Waltrip 120 130 11   Donnie Allison 131 134 4   David Pearson 135 137 3   Cale Yarborough 138 138 1   David Pearson 139 140 2   Cale Yarborough 141 207 67   Benny Parsons 208 208 1   Cale Yarborough 209 214 6   David Pearson 215 219 5   Darrell Waltrip 220 223 4   David Pearson 224 224 1   Darrell Waltrip 225 225 1   Cale Yarborough 226 226 1   Darrell Waltrip 227 232 6   Cale Yarborough 233 254 22   Darrell Waltrip 255 255 1   Cale Yarborough 256 278 23   Benny Parsons 279 280 2   Darrell Waltrip 281 298 18   Cale Yarborough 299 308 10   Benny Parsons 309 309 1   Darrell Waltrip 310 313 4   David Pearson 314 321 8   Darrell Waltrip 322 332 11   Bobby Allison 333 333 1   Darrell Waltrip 334 335 2   Donnie Allison 336 342 7   Darrell Waltrip 343 343 1   Donnie Allison 344 351 8   Darrell Waltrip 352 354 3   Donnie Allison 355 368 14   Darrell Waltrip 369 371 3   Donnie Allison 372 372 1   Darrell Waltrip 373 377 5   Benny Parsons 378 378 1   Darrell Waltrip 379 400 22 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Benny Parsons 1862     2   Cale Yarborough 1832   -30   3   Dave Marcis 1738   -124   4   Darrell Waltrip 1683   -179   5   Bobby Allison 1665   -197   6   Lennie Pond 1562   -300   7   Richard Petty 1537   -325   8   Buddy Arrington 1527   -335   9   Skip Manning 1455   -407   10   Richard Childress 1444   -418   11   Dick Brooks 1412   -450   12   D.K. Ulrich 1360   -502   13   Neil Bonnett 1286   -576   14   Frank Warren 1251   -611   15   Tighe Scott 1194   -668   16   Jimmy Means 1111   -751   17   Cecil Gordon 1108   -754   18   Tommy Gale 1106   -756   19   David Pearson 1095   -767   20   J.D. McDuffie 1078   -784   21   Dick May 985   -877