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1978 Winston Western 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 30
Sunday, January 22, 1978 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.8 miles)

Time of race: 3:02:55
Average Speed: 102.269 mph
Pole Speed: 113.204 mph

Cautions: 4 for 17 laps
Margin of Victory: 1 sec
Attendance: 70,000
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1978 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks (Junior Johnson)	Oldsmobile	119	20,850	running	58	185
3	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	119	9,850	running	41	170
2	3	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	119	14,800	running	18	175
7	11	01	Jimmy Insolo	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Chevrolet	118	4,400	running	2	151
4	16	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Dodge	119	8,800	running	0	160
5	7	2	Dave Marcis	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	118	4,050	running	0	155
6	29	95	Hershel McGriff	George Jefferson	Ford	118	2,850	running	0	0
8	9	48	Al Holbert	Southland Cork & Rubber (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	117	4,250	running	0	142
9	20	29	Roy Smith	Mercury Marine (Dick Midgley)	Chevrolet	115	2,300	running	0	138
10	19	40	D.K. Ulrich	Pacific Coast (D.K. Ulrich)	Chevrolet	115	3,880	running	0	134
11	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Ford	114	3,470	running	0	130
12	34	08	Rick McCray	Rick McCray	Dodge	113	1,800	running	0	127
13	15	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	112	3,160	running	0	124
14	10	93	Norm Palmer	American (Norm Palmer)	Dodge	111	1,600	engine	0	121
15	25	64	Dick Brooks	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	111	2,840	running	0	118
16	5	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	104	5,100	rear end	0	115
17	22	51	Jim Thirkettle	Timec / Speedway Enginerring	Buick	104	1,350	running	0	112
18	31	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	103	2,530	running	0	109
19	23	41	Ernie Stierly	Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly)	Chevrolet	99	1,870	running	0	106
20	18	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	90	2,205	running	0	103
21	12	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	85	1,980	running	0	100
22	35	53	Jack Simpson	Don's Automotive (Chester Papienski)	Chevrolet	74	1,105	running	0	97
23	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	70	4,780	transmission	0	94
24	24	12	Richard White	Lindsay Auto Parts (Mike White)	Chevrolet	70	1,195	running	0	91
25	30	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	52	1,635	clutch	0	88
26	32	58	Rocky Moran	Daisy Shoppe (Rocky Moran)	Chevrolet	51	955	engine	0	85
27	13	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering (Arthur Godfrey)	Chevrolet	50	1,025	clutch	0	82
28	21	70	J.D. McDuffie	Simpson Safety Equipment (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	45	1,455	rear end	0	79
29	17	39	Vince Giamformaggio	Cal-French Bread (Sam Arakalian)	Chevrolet	41	805	overheating	0	76
30	6	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	40	4,455	engine	0	73
31	28	13	Don Puskarich	Oil Field Construction (Matt Puskarich)	Chevrolet	36	700	engine	0	70
32	8	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	Chevrolet	19	1,650	rear end	0	67
33	33	09	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing (Chester Papienski)	Chevrolet	15	600	driveshaft	0	64
34	26	32	Ray Elder	Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill)	Dodge	12	550	transmission	0	61
35	14	44	Gary Johnson	Armstrong Electric (Ted Armstrong)	Chevrolet	3	500	rear end	0	58

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	2	2
Cale Yarborough	3	22	20
David Pearson	23	27	5
Benny Parsons	28	29	2
David Pearson	30	62	33
Cale Yarborough	63	67	5
David Pearson	68	68	1
Jimmy Insolo	69	70	2
Cale Yarborough	71	73	3
Benny Parsons	74	78	5
Cale Yarborough	79	83	5
Benny Parsons	84	94	11
Cale Yarborough	95	119	25

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	185
2	Benny Parsons	175	-10
3	David Pearson	170	-15
4	Neil Bonnett	160	-25
5	Dave Marcis	155	-30
6	Jimmy Insolo	151	-34
7	Al Holbert	142	-43
8	Roy Smith	138	-47
9	D.K. Ulrich	134	-51
10	Buddy Arrington	130	-55
11	Rick McCray	127	-58
12	Frank Warren	124	-61
13	Norm Palmer	121	-64
14	Dick Brooks	118	-67
15	Richard Petty	115	-70
16	Jim Thirkettle	112	-73
17	Tighe Scott	109	-76
18	Ernie Stierly	106	-79
19	Richard Childress	103	-82
20	Skip Manning	100	-85

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