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1978 Rebel 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 30
Sunday, April 9, 1978 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.3 miles)

Time of race: 3:55:50
Average Speed: 127.544 mph
Pole Speed: 151.862 mph

Cautions: 7 for 44 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.9 sec
Attendance: 62,000
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	8	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	367	21,700	running	83	180
2	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	367	16,550	running	33	175
3	5	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Oldsmobile	366	8,755	running	0	165
4	7	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	365	5,700	running	21	165
5	10	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	364	8,500	running	0	155
6	9	27	Buddy Baker	U.S. Army (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	364	6,020	running	1	155
7	25	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	357	5,455	running	0	146
8	12	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	356	4,900	running	0	142
9	15	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	355	2,995	running	0	138
10	18	22	Ricky Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	349	5,290	running	2	139
11	24	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	342	4,030	running	0	130
12	33	52	Jimmy Means	Bell Brothers Auto Parts (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	337	3,710	running	0	127
13	21	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	334	2,720	running	0	124
14	1	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	324	6,120	running	11	126
15	13	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	321	7,345	engine	171	128
16	36	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	321	1,900	running	0	115
17	23	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	321	3,000	running	0	112
18	17	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	320	2,790	running	0	109
19	27	39	Blackie Wangerin	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	318	1,620	running	0	106
20	14	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	286	2,530	rear end	0	103
21	32	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	286	2,275	running	0	100
22	30	01	Earle Canavan	Florence (Earle Canavan)	Dodge	280	1,325	running	0	97
23	3	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	268	1,275	spindle	40	99
24	34	18	Joe Frasson	Joe Frasson	Chevrolet	247	1,175	engine	0	91
25	28	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	237	990	engine	0	88
26	35	61	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris	Chevrolet	222	945	engine	0	85
27	19	89	Sam Sommers	O.L. Nixon	Chevrolet	198	825	clutch	0
28	16	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	187	1,455	running	0	79
29	6	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	181	1,310	engine	5	81
30	20	77	Chuck Bown	Johnny Ray	Chevrolet	108	805	crash	0	73
31	31	25	Ronnie Thomas	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	104	1,430	crash	0	70
32	11	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	71	3,995	rear end	0	67
33	29	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	69	1,410	engine	0	64
34	22	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	18	1,385	crash	0	61
35	4	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	9	1,280	crash	0	58
36	26	19	Dick May	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	9	1,275	ignition	0	55

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	11	11
Darrell Waltrip	12	19	8
David Pearson	20	23	4
Dave Marcis	24	37	14
Ricky Rudd	38	39	2
Cale Yarborough	40	78	39
Donnie Allison	79	93	15
Cale Yarborough	94	108	15
David Pearson	109	109	1
Buddy Baker	110	110	1
Cale Yarborough	111	141	31
Benny Parsons	142	159	18
Darrell Waltrip	160	170	11
Dave Marcis	171	171	1
Donnie Allison	172	196	25
Cale Yarborough	197	243	47
Darrell Waltrip	244	245	2
Dave Marcis	246	251	6
Cale Yarborough	252	289	38
Benny Parsons	290	300	11
Darrell Waltrip	301	308	8
Benny Parsons	309	310	2
Darrell Waltrip	311	314	4
Cale Yarborough	315	315	1
Benny Parsons	316	367	52

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Benny Parsons	1179
2	Cale Yarborough	1097	-82
3	Dave Marcis	1091	-88
4	Bobby Allison	989	-190
5	Lennie Pond	949	-230
6	Buddy Arrington	873	-306
7	Darrell Waltrip	866	-313
8	Richard Childress	863	-316
9	Skip Manning	851	-328
10	Dick Brooks	826	-353
11	D.K. Ulrich	809	-370
12	Frank Warren	805	-374
13	Richard Petty	774	-405
14	Neil Bonnett	756	-423
15	Tighe Scott	694	-485
16	Cecil Gordon	682	-497
17	J.D. McDuffie	646	-533
18	Jimmy Means	607	-572
19	Tommy Gale	597	-582
20	David Pearson	597	-582

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