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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Los Angeles Times 500

Ontario Motor Speedway

November 19th, 1978

Race #30 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 137.783 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 17
  • Lead Changes: 30
#5 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Kyle Larson, driver of the #5 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 2 15 Bobby Allison Ford 185 175 10 200 134 Running
2 1 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 175 170 5 200 16 Running
3 5 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 170 165 5 200 2 Running
4 8 27 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 160 160 0 199 0 Running
5 4 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 160 155 5 199 13 Crash
6 9 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 155 150 5 198 1 Running
7 10 98 Jimmy Insolo Chevrolet 146 146 0 198 0 Running
8 7 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 147 142 5 197 1 Running
9 11 90 Dick Brooks Mercury 138 138 0 196 0 Running
10 16 51 Jim Thirkettle Buick 139 134 5 196 1 Running
11 14 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 130 130 0 196 0 Running
12 25 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 127 127 0 195 0 Running
13 15 68 Janet Guthrie Buick 124 124 0 194 0 Running
14 13 73 Bill Schmitt Oldsmobile 121 121 0 192 0 Running
15 38 24 Cecil Gordon Oldsmobile 118 118 0 190 0 Running
16 24 48 James Hylton Oldsmobile 115 115 0 190 0 Running
17 17 64 Tommy Gale Ford 112 112 0 190 0 Running
18 27 12 Richard White Chevrolet 114 109 5 188 2 Engine
19 33 8 Ferrel Harris Chevrolet 106 106 0 188 0 Running
20 34 58 Rocky Moran Buick 103 103 0 188 0 Running
21 36 18 Ed Negre Chrysler 100 100 0 186 0 Running
22 19 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 97 97 0 186 0 Running
23 18 79 Frank Warren Dodge 94 94 0 185 0 Running
24 40 4 Gary Myers Chevrolet 91 91 0 183 0 Running
25 26 81 John Borneman Chevrolet 88 88 0 181 0 Running
26 22 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 85 85 0 178 0 Running
27 12 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 82 82 0 177 0 Running
28 35 99 Don Noel Chevrolet 79 79 0 158 0 Engine
29 20 16 Mel Larson Buick 76 76 0 138 0 Ignition
30 32 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 73 73 0 129 0 Engine
31 31 19 Dick May Chevrolet 70 70 0 113 0 Running
32 39 0 Steve Pfeifer Chevrolet 67 67 0 98 0 Battery
33 37 7 Harry Goularte Chevrolet 64 64 0 97 0 Engine
34 3 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 66 61 5 83 30 Engine
35 28 67 Buddy Arrington Ford 58 58 0 83 0 Engine
36 29 37 Chuck Wahl Chevrolet 55 55 0 43 0 Overheating
37 21 5 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 52 52 0 42 0 Suspension
38 6 21 David Pearson Mercury 49 49 0 28 0 Engine
39 23 08 Rick McCray Chevrolet 46 46 0 15 0 Transmission
40 30 32 Ray Elder Dodge 43 43 0 2 0 Engine