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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 19th, 1978

Race #2 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 41
  • Makes
    • Buick (5)
    • Chevrolet (14)
    • Dodge (6)
    • Ford (3)
    • Mercury (5)
    • Oldsmobile (8)
  • Last Daytona International Speedway race (Firecracker 400)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
2022 NASCAR Next Gen Ford Mustang
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
1 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile Hawaiian Tropic Hoss Ellington
11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 1st National City Travelers Checks Junior Johnson
14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet Cunningham-Kelley H.B. Cunningham
15 Bobby Allison Ford Norris Industries Bud Moore
17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Burger King Roger Hamby
2 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Shoney's Rod Osterlund
21 David Pearson Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
22 Ricky Rudd Chesapeake, VA Chevrolet 1st National City Travelers Checks Al Rudd
24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet Transmissions Unlimited Cecil Gordon
26 Jimmy Lee Capps Chevrolet Hearne Produce David Lee Sellers
27 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile M.C. Anderson M.C. Anderson
28 Jerry Jolly Chevrolet Ski Machine Charles Dean
3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile CRC Chemicals Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Oldsmobile Scotty's Fashions Walter Ballard
39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin
40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich
41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet Krystal Herb Adcox
43 Richard Petty Dodge STP Petty Enterprises
48 Al Holbert Chevrolet Southland Industries James Hylton
49 Claude Ballot-Lena Dodge JMS G.C. Spencer
5 Neil Bonnett Dodge Armor All Jim Stacy
51 AJ Foyt Buick Valvoline A.J. Foyt
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Howard's Machine Shop Jimmy Means
53 Ron Hutcherson Buick Valvoline A.J. Foyt
54 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile W.I.N. Harry Ranier
57 Dick May Ford McClure Motors Alfred McClure
6 Ferrel Harris Dodge Autowize Jim Stacy
61 Joe Mihalic Oldsmobile Jim Norris Jim Norris
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
66 Harry Gant Buick C.C.C. Ray Emerson
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Rossmeyer Buddy Arrington
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating J.D. McDuffie
72 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 1st National City Travelers Checks L.G. DeWitt
79 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
84 Morgan Shepherd Conover, NC Mercury Makar Enterprises Jim Makar
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
89 Jim Vandiver Chevrolet O.L. Nixon O.L. Nixon
9 Bill Elliott Dawsonville, GA Mercury Dahlonega Ford Sales George Elliott
90 Dick Brooks Mercury Truxmore Junie Donlavey
92 Skip Manning Buick Valvoline Billy Hagan
98 Roland Wlodyka Buick Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund