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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Firecracker 400

Daytona International Speedway

July 4th, 1978

Race #16 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 160
  • Miles: 400.0
  • Average Speed: 154.340 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 21
  • Lead Changes: 29
#23 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 3 21 David Pearson Mercury 185 175 10 160 57 Running
2 1 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 175 170 5 160 56 Running
3 8 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 165 5 159 14 Running
4 7 43 Richard Petty Dodge 165 160 5 159 4 Running
5 14 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 160 155 5 158 2 Running
6 9 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 155 150 5 158 4 Running
7 28 96 Dale Earnhardt Ford 146 146 0 157 0 Running
8 33 81 Ferrel Harris Chevrolet 142 142 0 157 0 Running
9 23 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 138 138 0 157 0 Running
10 22 30 Tighe Scott Oldsmobile 134 134 0 156 0 Running
11 36 68 Janet Guthrie Chevrolet 130 130 0 154 0 Running
12 20 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 127 127 0 153 0 Running
13 40 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 124 124 0 152 0 Running
14 34 18 Joe Frasson Chevrolet 121 121 0 152 0 Running
15 29 64 Tommy Gale Ford 118 118 0 152 0 Running
16 30 19 Dick May Chevrolet 115 115 0 151 0 Running
17 26 79 Frank Warren Dodge 112 112 0 151 0 Running
18 37 47 Satch Worley Oldsmobile 109 109 0 150 0 Running
19 35 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 106 106 0 149 0 Running
20 31 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 103 103 0 146 0 Running
21 25 22 Ricky Rudd Buick 100 100 0 143 0 Engine
22 18 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 97 97 0 142 0 Engine
23 15 5 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 94 94 0 140 0 Clutch
24 19 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 91 91 0 136 0 Running
25 38 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 88 88 0 129 0 Running
26 2 72 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 90 85 5 92 11 Engine
27 10 15 Bobby Allison Ford 87 82 5 75 8 Crash
28 32 82 Paul Fess Chevrolet 79 79 0 75 0 Transmission
29 21 16 Raymond Williams Buick 76 76 0 74 0 Engine
30 12 48 Al Holbert Oldsmobile 73 73 0 69 0 Engine
31 16 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 70 70 0 61 0 Engine
32 39 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 67 67 0 57 0 Engine
33 13 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 69 64 5 55 1 Steering
34 24 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 61 61 0 55 0 Engine
35 27 49 Claude Ballot-Lena Dodge 58 58 0 45 0 Oil cooler
36 11 90 Dick Brooks Mercury 55 55 0 35 0 Throttle
37 4 27 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 57 52 5 28 3 Engine
38 6 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 49 49 0 22 0 Engine
39 5 92 Skip Manning Buick 46 46 0 9 0 Crash
40 17 05 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile 43 43 0 9 0 Crash