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1978 Coca-Cola 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 18 of 30
Sunday, July 30, 1978 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:30:28
Average Speed: 142.54 mph
Pole Speed: 149.235 mph

Cautions: 1 for 3 laps
Margin of Victory: 0.7 sec
Attendance: 70,000
Lead changes: 37

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	200	20,890	running	125	185
2	3	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	200	11,165	running	66	175
3	9	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	199	10,965	running	0	165
4	6	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	197	6,665	running	0	160
5	5	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	197	5,615	running	0	155
6	17	22	Ricky Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	197	5,745	running	0	150
7	7	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	197	4,135	running	0	146
8	19	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	194	3,775	running	0	142
9	25	47	Satch Worley	Race Hill Farm (Jack Beebe)	Oldsmobile	194	2,215	running	0	138
10	18	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	194	3,455	running	0	134
11	14	57	Dick May	McClure Motors (Alfred McClure)	Ford	194	1,915	running	0	130
12	15	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	190	3,045	running	0	127
13	16	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	189	2,835	running	0	124
14	23	67	Buddy Arrington	Falls Radiator (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	187	2,625	running	0	121
15	20	39	Blackie Wangerin	Crane's Parts (Blackie Wangerin)	Mercury	186	2,015	running	0	118
16	24	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	186	2,265	running	0	115
17	13	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	Oldsmobile	184	1,295	engine	0	112
18	32	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	184	1,910	running	0	109
19	34	4	Gary Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	183	1,245	running	0	106
20	31	8	Ferrel Harris	Autowize (Robert Gee)	Chevrolet	181	1,850	running	0	103
21	40	34	Nestor Peles	Steve Peles	Chevrolet	180	1,180	running	0	100
22	33	19	Joe Booher	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	178	1,775	running	0	97
23	26	84	Kenny Brightbill	Arnold Enterprises (Jim Makar)	Mercury	177	1,130	running	0
24	12	3	Richard Childress	CRC Chemicals (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	177	1,705	running	0	91
25	10	40	D.K. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	166	1,580	engine	0	88
26	2	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	166	6,255	running	4	90
27	27	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	166	1,030	running	0	82
28	28	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	165	1,505	running	0	79
29	1	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	154	5,080	running	0	76
30	8	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	152	4,655	engine	5	78
31	22	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Buick	117	1,430	engine	0	70
32	39	61	Joe Mihalic	DuraBond (Jim Norris)	Chevrolet	99	905	engine	0	67
33	29	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	69	1,380	rear end	0	64
34	38	85	Bobby Wawak	Heller Spring (Greg Heller)	Ford	65	850	engine	0	61
35	11	1	Donnie Allison	Grog Pond (Pee Wee Griffin)	Oldsmobile	59	840	engine	0
36	21	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	45	4,020	engine	0	55
37	37	63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Miron Products (Jocko Maggiacomo)	Matador	45	815	engine	0	52
38	35	29	Dave Dion	Green Mountain (Dave Dion)	Ford	12	810	transmission	0	49
39	30	18	James Hylton	Palatine Automotive Parts (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	5	805	engine	0
40	36	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	3	1,300	engine	0	43

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	7	7
Cale Yarborough	8	8	1
David Pearson	9	10	2
Darrell Waltrip	11	12	2
David Pearson	13	15	3
Darrell Waltrip	16	16	1
Cale Yarborough	17	17	1
Darrell Waltrip	18	18	1
Cale Yarborough	19	19	1
David Pearson	20	33	14
Darrell Waltrip	34	38	5
David Pearson	39	50	12
Darrell Waltrip	51	51	1
Cale Yarborough	52	52	1
Darrell Waltrip	53	54	2
Richard Petty	55	55	1
David Pearson	56	57	2
Richard Petty	58	61	4
Darrell Waltrip	62	66	5
David Pearson	67	72	6
Darrell Waltrip	73	73	1
David Pearson	74	74	1
Darrell Waltrip	75	76	2
David Pearson	77	78	2
Darrell Waltrip	79	118	40
David Pearson	119	119	1
Darrell Waltrip	120	123	4
David Pearson	124	125	2
Darrell Waltrip	126	132	7
David Pearson	133	133	1
Darrell Waltrip	134	136	3
David Pearson	137	145	9
Darrell Waltrip	146	177	32
David Pearson	178	178	1
Darrell Waltrip	179	184	6
David Pearson	185	187	3
Darrell Waltrip	188	200	13

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	2812
2	Dave Marcis	2703	-109
3	Benny Parsons	2631	-181
4	Darrell Waltrip	2502	-310
5	Bobby Allison	2429	-383
6	Richard Petty	2364	-448
7	Lennie Pond	2211	-601
8	Buddy Arrington	2210	-602
9	Richard Childress	2190	-622
10	Dick Brooks	2107	-705
11	D.K. Ulrich	2033	-779
12	Tighe Scott	1973	-839
13	Frank Warren	1890	-922
14	Neil Bonnett	1858	-954
15	J.D. McDuffie	1841	-971
16	David Pearson	1712	-1100
17	Cecil Gordon	1669	-1143
18	Dick May	1654	-1158
19	Jimmy Means	1641	-1171
20	Skip Manning	1616	-1196

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