Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 19th, 1978

Race #2 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 159.730 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 24
  • Lead Changes: 37
#3 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: The #3 NASCAR Next Gen car is seen 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 33 15 Bobby Allison Ford 180 175 5 200 28 Running
2 1 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 175 170 5 200 43 Running
3 8 72 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 170 165 5 199 2 Running
4 2 53 Ron Hutcherson Buick 160 160 0 199 0 Running
5 32 90 Dick Brooks Mercury 155 155 0 198 0 Running
6 10 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 150 150 0 198 0 Running
7 31 27 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 156 146 10 196 76 Engine
8 9 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 142 142 0 195 0 Running
9 23 6 Ferrel Harris Dodge 138 138 0 195 0 Running
10 28 54 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile 134 134 0 195 0 Running
11 11 30 Tighe Scott Oldsmobile 130 130 0 194 0 Running
12 18 92 Skip Manning Buick 127 127 0 194 0 Running
13 19 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 124 124 0 194 0 Running
14 13 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 121 121 0 193 0 Running
15 30 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 118 118 0 193 0 Running
16 17 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 115 115 0 192 0 Running
17 40 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 112 112 0 192 0 Running
18 25 57 Dick May Ford 109 109 0 192 0 Running
19 15 98 Roland Wlodyka Buick 106 106 0 192 0 Running
20 26 28 Jerry Jolly Chevrolet 103 103 0 191 0 Running
21 41 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 100 100 0 191 0 Running
22 35 49 Claude Ballot-Lena Dodge 97 97 0 190 0 Running
23 27 26 Jimmy Lee Capps Chevrolet 94 94 0 189 0 Running
24 34 79 Frank Warren Dodge 91 91 0 188 0 Running
25 38 64 Tommy Gale Ford 88 88 0 185 0 Running
26 16 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 85 85 0 179 0 Running
27 12 5 Neil Bonnett Dodge 82 82 0 150 0 Engine
28 4 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 84 79 5 138 12 Running
29 14 48 Al Holbert Chevrolet 76 76 0 136 0 Engine
30 22 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 73 73 0 132 0 Running
31 21 61 Joe Mihalic Oldsmobile 70 70 0 110 0 Engine
32 3 51 AJ Foyt Buick 67 67 0 68 0 Crash
33 6 43 Richard Petty Dodge 69 64 5 60 39 Crash
34 5 21 David Pearson Mercury 61 61 0 60 0 Crash
35 39 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 58 58 0 41 0 Engine
36 29 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 55 55 0 30 0 Engine
37 36 22 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 52 52 0 21 0 Handling
38 24 89 Jim Vandiver Chevrolet 49 49 0 19 0 Engine
39 7 1 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile 46 46 0 9 0 Body dam
40 37 84 Morgan Shepherd Mercury 43 43 0 8 0 Engine
41 20 66 Harry Gant Buick 40 40 0 1 0 Engine