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1978 Qualifying Race #2

NASCAR Daytona Qualifier race number 2
Thursday, February 16, 1978 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
50 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (125.0 miles)

Time of race: 0:44:12
Average Speed: 169.683 mph
Pole Speed: 186.425 mph

Cautions: 1 for 4 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 cl
Attendance: 55,000
Lead changes: 14

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
16	19	00	John Utsman	Ed Whitaker	Chevrolet	48	700	running	0
27	28	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	Dodge	1	125		0
25	30	07	Steve Stolarek	Jerry Hansen	Chevrolet	4	400		0
21	29	09	Nelson Oswald	Nelson Oswald	Chevrolet	13	575		0
8	5	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	50	925	running	0
15	20	17	Roger Hamby	Burger King (Hamby Automotive)	Chevrolet	48	725	running	0
28	23	19	Woody Fisher	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	1	115		0
5	21	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	50	1,000	running	0
20	9	22	Ricky Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	21	600	crash	0
18	24	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	32	650		0
13	14	28	Jerry Jolly	Ski Machine (Charles Dean)	Chevrolet	49	800	running	0
17	22	40	D.K. Ulrich	D.K. Ulrich	Chevrolet	48	675	running	0
2	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	50	5,000	running	26
7	13	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	50	950	running	0
6	17	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	50	975	running	0
4	1	53	Ron Hutcherson	Valvoline (A.J. Foyt)	Buick	50	2,000	running	1
14	12	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Oldsmobile	48	775	running	1
10	15	66	Harry Gant	C.C.C. (Emerson Racing)	Buick	49	875	running	0
19	10	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	28	625		0
11	8	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	49	850	running	0
3	3	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Oldsmobile	50	3,000	running	2
26	26	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	3	150		0
22	18	84	Morgan Shepherd	Makar Enterprises (Jim Makar)	Mercury	10	550		0
1	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	50	10,000	running	20
12	27	89	Jim Vandiver	O.L. Nixon	Chevrolet	49	825	running	0
23	6	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	5	525	engine	0
24	25	91	Earl Ross	Harold Miller	Chevrolet	5	500		0
9	7	92	Skip Manning	Valvoline (Billy Hagan)	Buick	50	900	running	0

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