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1978 Talladega 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 19 of 30
Sunday, August 6, 1978 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.1 miles)

Time of race: 2:51:43
Average Speed: 174.7 mph
Pole Speed: 192.917 mph

Cautions: 4 for 17 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 60,000
Lead changes: 67

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	5	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N. (Harry Ranier)	Oldsmobile	188	26,025	running	22	180
4	1	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	188	17,850	running	79	170
2	9	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Oldsmobile	188	16,250	running	4	175
3	2	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Oldsmobile	188	15,350	running	9	170
6	20	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	186	8,440	running	0	150
7	6	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	186	7,740	running	5	151
8	14	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All (Rod Osterlund)	Chevrolet	183	6,640	running	2	147
5	3	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	187	6,400	running	6	160
9	15	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Mercury	182	5,490	running	0	138
34	11	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	105	5,205	engine	4	66
10	17	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs (Walter Ballard)	Oldsmobile	181	5,070	running	0	134
28	4	27	Buddy Baker	Howell Heflin (M.C. Anderson)	Oldsmobile	149	5,040	engine	57	84
11	24	8	Ferrel Harris	Autowize (Robert Gee)	Chevrolet	181	4,785	running	0	130
15	29	67	Buddy Arrington	Sam Dell (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	175	4,130	running	0	118
16	34	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	172	3,870	running	0	115
24	35	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	164	3,870	running	0	91
14	25	2	Dave Marcis	Rod Osterlund	Oldsmobile	176	3,850	running	0	121
17	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	172	3,635	running	0	112
19	41	40	D.K. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	168	3,250	running	0	106
20	30	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	168	2,940	running	0	103
12	27	96	Dale Earnhardt	Cardinal Tractor (Will Cronkrite)	Ford	180	2,740	running	0	127
13	19	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	179	2,640	running	0	124
39	7	22	Ricky Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	22	2,580	engine	0	46
23	32	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	165	2,430	running	0	94
25	18	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Oldsmobile	164	2,310	running	0	88
18	38	42	Marty Robbins	Marty Robbins	Dodge	171	2,240	running	0	109
29	12	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Buick	129	1,990	crash	0	76
30	28	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries (James Hylton)	Oldsmobile	124	1,930	engine	0	73
21	31	4	Gary Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	167	1,890	running	0	100
22	33	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	165	1,840	running	0	97
32	36	52	Jimmy Means	WIXC (Jimmy Means)	Chevrolet	118	1,755	crash	0	67
33	13	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	110	1,730	running	0	64
26	8	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	158	1,640	engine	0	85
38	10	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Buick	46	1,605	engine	0	49
27	40	73	Steve Moore	Willard Moore	Chevrolet	150	1,590	running	0	82
35	21	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder (Harry Clary)	Oldsmobile	96	1,480	axle	0	58
31	39	01	Earle Canavan	Pepsi (Earle Canavan)	Dodge	119	1,280	running	0
36	37	17	Roger Hamby	Kockums (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	94	1,155	clutch	0	55
37	16	49	Claude Ballot-Lena	JMS (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	48	1,130	engine	0
41	22	12	James Hylton	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Buick	1	1,130	transmission	0
40	26	39	Blackie Wangerin	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	9	980	engine	0	43

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	2	2
Buddy Baker	3	3	1
Cale Yarborough	4	4	1
David Pearson	5	5	1
Buddy Baker	6	9	4
Cale Yarborough	10	11	2
Darrell Waltrip	12	12	1
Buddy Baker	13	14	2
Cale Yarborough	15	15	1
Buddy Baker	16	19	4
Cale Yarborough	20	22	3
Buddy Baker	23	25	3
Cale Yarborough	26	28	3
Buddy Baker	29	35	7
Darrell Waltrip	36	38	3
Richard Petty	39	39	1
Buddy Baker	40	40	1
Benny Parsons	41	42	2
David Pearson	43	43	1
Benny Parsons	44	44	1
David Pearson	45	45	1
Cale Yarborough	46	46	1
David Pearson	47	47	1
Cale Yarborough	48	48	1
Richard Petty	49	49	1
Cale Yarborough	50	50	1
Neil Bonnett	51	52	2
Donnie Allison	53	53	1
Richard Petty	54	55	2
Buddy Baker	56	63	8
Cale Yarborough	64	64	1
Buddy Baker	65	65	1
Cale Yarborough	66	66	1
Buddy Baker	67	67	1
Cale Yarborough	68	69	2
Buddy Baker	70	71	2
Cale Yarborough	72	73	2
Buddy Baker	74	78	5
Cale Yarborough	79	79	1
Lennie Pond	80	81	2
Buddy Baker	82	84	3
Cale Yarborough	85	85	1
Buddy Baker	86	86	1
Cale Yarborough	87	88	2
Lennie Pond	89	91	3
Cale Yarborough	92	101	10
Lennie Pond	102	106	5
Cale Yarborough	107	110	4
Lennie Pond	111	111	1
Cale Yarborough	112	112	1
Lennie Pond	113	113	1
Cale Yarborough	114	122	9
Lennie Pond	123	123	1
Richard Petty	124	124	1
Benny Parsons	125	126	2
David Pearson	127	127	1
Lennie Pond	128	128	1
David Pearson	129	129	1
Buddy Baker	130	135	6
Donnie Allison	136	136	1
Buddy Baker	137	141	5
Donnie Allison	142	143	2
Cale Yarborough	144	145	2
Buddy Baker	146	148	3
Cale Yarborough	149	176	28
Lennie Pond	177	179	3
Benny Parsons	180	183	4
Lennie Pond	184	188	5

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	2982
2	Dave Marcis	2824	-158
3	Benny Parsons	2801	-181
4	Bobby Allison	2579	-403
5	Darrell Waltrip	2568	-414
6	Richard Petty	2515	-467
7	Lennie Pond	2391	-591
8	Buddy Arrington	2328	-654
9	Richard Childress	2278	-704
10	Dick Brooks	2245	-737
11	D.K. Ulrich	2139	-843
12	Tighe Scott	2107	-875
13	Neil Bonnett	2005	-977
14	Frank Warren	1954	-1028
15	J.D. McDuffie	1953	-1029
16	David Pearson	1872	-1110
17	Dick May	1769	-1213
18	Jimmy Means	1708	-1274
19	Cecil Gordon	1669	-1313
20	Skip Manning	1665	-1317

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