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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 19th, 1978

Race #5 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 142.520 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 16
  • Lead Changes: 9
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
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 4 15 Bobby Allison Ford 185 175 10 328 261 Running
2 11 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 170 170 0 327 0 Running
3 8 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 170 165 5 327 3 Running
4 1 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 165 160 5 327 54 Running
5 6 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 160 155 5 327 2 Running
6 16 90 Dick Brooks Ford 150 150 0 325 0 Running
7 26 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 146 146 0 319 0 Running
8 32 49 Connie Saylor Dodge 142 142 0 316 0 Crash
9 15 05 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile 138 138 0 316 0 Running
10 23 68 Janet Guthrie Chevrolet 134 134 0 315 0 Running
11 21 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 130 130 0 314 0 Out of gas
12 37 89 Sam Sommers Chevrolet 127 127 0 314 0 Running
13 3 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 124 124 0 314 0 Running
14 28 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 121 121 0 313 0 Running
15 18 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 118 118 0 313 0 Running
16 35 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 115 115 0 312 0 Running
17 39 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 112 112 0 311 0 Running
18 10 98 Roland Wlodyka Chevrolet 109 109 0 311 0 Running
19 30 79 Frank Warren Dodge 106 106 0 310 0 Running
20 34 19 Woody Fisher Chevrolet 103 103 0 309 0 Running
21 2 21 David Pearson Mercury 100 100 0 303 0 Running
22 19 64 Tommy Gale Ford 97 97 0 298 0 Running
23 12 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 94 94 0 294 0 Running
24 33 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 91 91 0 290 0 Running
25 38 8 Ed Negre Dodge 88 88 0 289 0 Running
26 9 43 Richard Petty Dodge 85 85 0 278 0 Overheating
27 5 27 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 82 82 0 237 0 Engine
28 40 91 Billy McGinnis Chevrolet 79 79 0 221 0 Ignition
29 22 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 76 76 0 214 0 Engine
30 25 77 Chuck Bown Chevrolet 73 73 0 188 0 Engine
31 14 48 Al Holbert Chevrolet 70 70 0 182 0 Engine
32 20 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 67 67 0 163 0 Engine
33 31 5 Neil Bonnett Dodge 69 64 5 154 6 Engine
34 29 30 Tighe Scott Oldsmobile 61 61 0 152 0 Engine
35 7 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 63 58 5 146 2 Engine
36 27 75 Butch Hartman Chevrolet 55 55 0 121 0 Engine
37 24 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 52 52 0 97 0 Oil line
38 17 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 49 49 0 66 0 Engine
39 13 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 46 46 0 33 0 Engine
40 36 00 John Utsman Chevrolet 43 43 0 10 0 Oil leak