Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 4th, 1978

Race #22 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 367
  • Miles: 501.3
  • Average Speed: 116.828 mph
  • Cautions: 9
  • Caution Laps: 72
  • Lead Changes: 21
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 6 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 185 175 10 367 203 Running
2 2 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 175 170 5 367 44 Running
3 9 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 170 165 5 366 1 Running
4 19 92 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 160 160 0 356 0 Running
5 3 15 Bobby Allison Ford 160 155 5 355 21 Running
6 16 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 150 150 0 355 0 Running
7 25 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 146 146 0 353 0 Running
8 29 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 142 142 0 350 0 Running
9 28 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 138 138 0 349 0 Running
10 4 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 139 134 5 348 12 Running
11 35 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 130 130 0 345 0 Running
12 40 79 Frank Warren Dodge 127 127 0 340 0 Running
13 33 64 Tommy Gale Ford 124 124 0 337 0 Running
14 32 4 Gary Myers Chevrolet 121 121 0 336 0 Running
15 31 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 118 118 0 326 0 Engine
16 14 96 Dale Earnhardt Ford 115 115 0 313 0 Running
17 36 18 Joe Frasson Chevrolet 112 112 0 305 0 Running
18 39 97 Ralph Jones Ford 109 109 0 303 0 Running
19 18 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 106 106 0 297 0 Running
20 24 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 103 103 0 281 0 Engine
21 34 8 Ed Negre Chrysler 100 100 0 259 0 Running
22 38 19 Bob Burcham Chevrolet 97 97 0 243 0 Crash
23 23 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 94 94 0 241 0 Running
24 7 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 96 91 5 224 59 Crash
25 11 90 Dick Brooks Mercury 88 88 0 221 0 Engine
26 5 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 85 85 0 215 0 Steering
27 21 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 82 82 0 179 0 Engine
28 1 21 David Pearson Mercury 84 79 5 166 14 Crash
29 17 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 76 76 0 163 0 Crash
30 15 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 78 73 5 162 1 Crash
31 22 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 70 70 0 153 0 Crash
32 12 27 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 72 67 5 149 11 Engine
33 37 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 64 64 0 142 0 Engine
34 8 5 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 61 61 0 124 0 Engine
35 10 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 58 58 0 122 0 Crash
36 13 22 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 60 55 5 122 1 Crash
37 30 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 52 52 0 112 0 Crash
38 26 57 Dick May Ford 49 49 0 101 0 Oil pump
39 27 01 Earle Canavan Dodge 46 46 0 84 0 Overheating
40 20 05 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile 43 43 0 80 0 Rear end