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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway

August 20th, 1978

Race #20 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Makes
    • Buick (1)
    • Chevrolet (16)
    • Dodge (5)
    • Ford (2)
    • Mercury (3)
    • Oldsmobile (9)
  • Last Michigan International Speedway race (Gabriel 400)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
01 Earle Canavan Dodge Pepsi Earle Canavan
05 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile Bearfinder Harry Clary
1 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile Grog Pond Pee Wee Griffin
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 Rod Osterlund 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
25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Louise Smith Don Robertson
27 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile M.C. Anderson M.C. Anderson
3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile Kansas Jack Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet Russ Togs Walter Ballard
39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury Blackie Wangerin Blackie Wangerin
4 Gary Myers Chevrolet Spencer's Baby Wear Gary Myers
40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet Midwestern Farm Lines D.K. Ulrich
43 Richard Petty Chevrolet STP Petty Enterprises
45 Baxter Price Chevrolet Baxter Price Baxter Price
48 James Hylton Roanoke, VA Chevrolet Palatine Automotive Parts James Hylton
5 Neil Bonnett Oldsmobile Armor All Jim Stacy
52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet WIXC Jimmy Means
54 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile W.I.N. Harry Ranier
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Falls Radiator Buddy Arrington
68 Janet Guthrie Buick Kelly Girl Lynda Ferreri
7 Joey Arrington Dodge Sam Dell 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
8 Ferrel Harris Chevrolet Autowize Robert Gee
8 Ed Negre Dodge Ed Negre Ed Negre
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Dick Brooks Mercury Truxmore Junie Donlavey
92 Mel Larson Oldsmobile ThermaSol Billy Hagan