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Race Results : Dover Motor Speedway

Mason-Dixon 500

Dover Motor Speedway , Dover, DE

Sunday, May 21st, 1978 Race 11 of 30 1978 Season
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  • Drivers Entered: 40
  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Margin of Victory: N/A Seconds
  • Time of Race: N/A
  • Average Speed: 114.664
  • Cautions: 6 for 37 laps
  • Lead Changes: 17
  • Green Flag Passes: N/A
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Entry List
Mason-Dixon 500 at Dover Motor Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS LAPS LED X LED STATUS
1 3 21 David Pearson Mercury 180 175 500 147 0 running
2 5 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 175 170 500 1 0 running
3 4 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 170 165 499 3 0 running
4 2 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 165 160 498 5 0 running
5 10 5 Neil Bonnett Dodge 160 155 497 26 0 running
6 7 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 160 150 497 291 0 running
7 15 43 Richard Petty Dodge 146 146 494 0 0 running
8 9 15 Bobby Allison Ford 147 142 493 1 0 running
9 13 90 Dick Brooks Ford 138 138 492 0 0 running
10 14 48 Al Holbert Chevrolet 134 134 492 0 0 running
11 19 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 130 130 489 0 0 running
12 16 92 Skip Manning Buick 127 127 486 0 0 running
13 21 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 124 124 485 0 0 running
14 18 47 Satch Worley Chevrolet 121 121 481 0 0 running
15 6 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 123 118 480 1 0 running
16 17 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 115 115 477 0 0 running
17 25 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 112 112 474 0 0 running
18 23 64 Tommy Gale Ford 109 109 470 0 0 running
19 8 05 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile 106 106 456 0 0 oil pump
20 22 01 Earle Canavan Dodge 103 103 448 0 0 running
21 32 19 Dick May Chevrolet 100 100 438 0 0 running
22 34 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 97 97 379 0 0 engine
23 1 27 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 99 94 363 25 0 engine
24 36 34 Nestor Peles Chevrolet 91 91 360 0 0 fatigue
25 33 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 88 88 324 0 0 running
26 27 4 Gary Myers Chevrolet 85 85 308 0 0 oil pump
27 31 79 Frank Warren Dodge 82 82 302 0 0 engine
28 35 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 79 79 261 0 0 transmission
29 39 85 Greg Heller Ford 76 76 250 0 0 overheating
30 29 61 Joe Mihalic Chevrolet 73 73 215 0 0 engine
31 20 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 70 70 201 0 0 clutch
32 26 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 67 67 75 0 0 engine
33 11 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 64 64 64 0 0 engine
34 12 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 61 61 35 0 0 oil pan
35 30 8 Ed Negre Dodge 58 58 15 0 0 oil line
36 37 29 Bill Hollar Chevrolet 55 55 14 0 0 transmission
37 24 19 Elmo Langley Chevrolet 52 52 5 0 0 engine
38 38 09 Nelson Oswald Chevrolet 49 49 5 0 0 crash
39 40 80 Wayne Morgan Chevrolet 46 46 3 0 0 engine
40 28 28 Dave Dion Ford 43 43 0 0 0 engine

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