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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Carolina 500

North Carolina Speedway

March 5th, 1978

Race #4 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 36
  • Makes
    • Chevrolet (23)
    • Dodge (6)
    • Ford (4)
    • Mercury (1)
    • Oldsmobile (2)
  • Last North Carolina Speedway race (American 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - December 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
01 Earle Canavan Dodge Earle Canavan Earle Canavan
1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet Hawaiian Tropic Hoss Ellington
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
18 Joe Frasson Chevrolet Joe Frasson Joe Frasson
19 Woody Fisher Chevrolet Belden Asphalt Henley Gray
2 Dave Marcis Wausau, WI Chevrolet Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund
21 David Pearson Mercury Purolator Wood Brothers
24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet Transmissions Unlimited Cecil Gordon
25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet Hugh's Vette Shop Don Robertson
26 Jimmy Lee Capps Chevrolet Hearne Produce David Lee Sellers
27 Buddy Baker Chevrolet M.C. Anderson M.C. Anderson
3 Richard Childress Chevrolet Kansas Jack Richard Childress
30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet Scotty's Fashions Walter Ballard
40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet D.K. Ulrich D.K. Ulrich
41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet Krystal Herb Adcox
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 Howard's Machine Shop Jimmy Means
54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet W.I.N. Harry Ranier
61 Joe Mihalic Oldsmobile Jim Norris Jim Norris
64 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda Elmo Langley
67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington
70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie
72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 1st National City Travelers Checks L.G. DeWitt
74 Dick May Chevrolet Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak
79 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan Frank Warren
8 Ed Negre Dodge Ed Negre Ed Negre
88 Darrell Waltrip Franklin, TN Chevrolet Gatorade DiGard
90 Dick Brooks Ford Truxmore Junie Donlavey
92 Skip Manning Chevrolet Stratagraph Billy Hagan
97 Ralph Jones Ford Ralph Jones Ralph Jones
98 Roland Wlodyka Chevrolet Rod Osterlund Rod Osterlund