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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Volunteer 500

Bristol Motor Speedway

August 26th, 1978

Race #21 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 266.5
  • Average Speed: 88.628 mph
  • Cautions: 10
  • Caution Laps: 59
  • Lead Changes: 16
#22 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: Joey Logano drives the #22 NASCAR Next Gen car in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 4 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 185 175 10 500 327 Running
2 3 72 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 175 170 5 500 65 Running
3 2 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 165 5 499 46 Running
4 12 90 Dick Brooks Ford 160 160 0 497 0 Running
5 11 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 160 155 5 495 2 Running
6 9 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 150 150 0 495 0 Running
7 13 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 151 146 5 494 24 Running
8 5 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 142 142 0 481 0 Running
9 10 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 138 138 0 477 0 Running
10 15 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 134 134 0 477 0 Running
11 7 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 130 130 0 476 0 Running
12 21 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 127 127 0 475 0 Running
13 26 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 124 124 0 469 0 Running
14 19 4 Gary Myers Chevrolet 121 121 0 465 0 Running
15 24 79 Frank Warren Dodge 118 118 0 458 0 Running
16 22 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 115 115 0 453 0 Running
17 16 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 112 112 0 438 0 Running
18 8 8 Ferrel Harris Chevrolet 109 109 0 425 0 Running
19 23 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 106 106 0 353 0 Ignition
20 14 5 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 103 103 0 287 0 Engine
21 20 64 Tommy Gale Ford 100 100 0 279 0 Engine
22 6 15 Bobby Allison Ford 102 97 5 253 6 Engine
23 17 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 94 94 0 232 0 Spindle
24 29 09 Nelson Oswald Chevrolet 91 91 0 195 0 Flagged
25 18 19 Dick May Chevrolet 88 88 0 123 0 Crash
26 1 54 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile 90 85 5 103 30 Handling
27 25 97 Ralph Jones Ford 82 82 0 37 0 Engine
28 27 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 79 79 0 13 0 Transmission
29 30 7 Ed Negre Dodge 76 76 0 3 0 Clutch
30 28 36 Bill Green Chevrolet 73 73 0 0 0 Crash