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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway

April 2nd, 1978

Race #6 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 29
  • Makes
    • Chevrolet (19)
    • Dodge (5)
    • Ford (3)
    • Oldsmobile (2)
  • Last Bristol Motor Speedway race (Volunteer 400)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#19 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 1st National City Travelers Checks Junior Johnson
15 Bobby Allison Ford Norris Industries Bud Moore
17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Hamby-Ellis Roger Hamby
19 Dick May Chevrolet Belden Asphalt Henley Gray
2 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Shoney's Rod Osterlund
24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet Transmissions Unlimited Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Don Robertson Don Robertson
3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile Kansas Jack Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet Scotty's Fashions Walter Ballard
35 Lynn Carroll Chevrolet -- --
40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich
43 Richard Petty Dodge STP Petty Enterprises
45 Baxter Price Chevrolet Baxter Price Baxter Price
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Chevrolet Southland Industries James Hylton
5 Neil Bonnett Dodge Armor All Jim Stacy
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Means Racing Jimmy Means
54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet W.I.N. Harry Ranier
61 Joe Mihalic Chevrolet Jim Norris Jim Norris
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Reid Trailer Sales Buddy Arrington
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 1st National City Travelers Checks L.G. DeWitt
74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak
79 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
8 Ed Negre Dodge N.H. Coal Company Ed Negre
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Dick Brooks Ford Truxmore Junie Donlavey
92 Skip Manning Chevrolet Stratagraph Billy Hagan
98 Roland Wlodyka Chevrolet Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund