Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Capital City 400

Richmond Raceway

September 10th, 1978

Race #23 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 400
  • Miles: 300.0
  • Average Speed: 79.568 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 27
  • Lead Changes: 16
#19 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 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 1 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 180 175 5 400 65 Running
2 2 15 Bobby Allison Ford 175 170 5 400 44 Running
3 3 5 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 175 165 10 400 276 Running
4 10 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 160 160 0 399 0 Running
5 7 90 Dick Brooks Ford 155 155 0 397 0 Running
6 6 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 150 150 0 397 0 Running
7 13 92 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 146 146 0 392 0 Running
8 12 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 142 142 0 391 0 Running
9 11 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 143 138 5 388 1 Running
10 14 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 134 134 0 388 0 Running
11 15 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 130 130 0 387 0 Running
12 9 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 132 127 5 384 1 Running
13 21 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 124 124 0 381 0 Running
14 17 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 121 121 0 381 0 Running
15 26 8 Dick May Dodge 118 118 0 379 0 Running
16 18 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 115 115 0 376 0 Running
17 25 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 112 112 0 375 0 Running
18 8 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 109 109 0 374 0 Running
19 27 19 Joey Arrington Chevrolet 106 106 0 364 0 Running
20 5 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 108 103 5 356 13 Rear end
21 19 4 Gary Myers Chevrolet 100 100 0 350 0 Running
22 20 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 97 97 0 317 0 Running
23 28 79 Frank Warren Dodge 94 94 0 256 0 Handling
24 22 64 Tommy Gale Ford 91 91 0 198 0 Engine
25 29 09 Nelson Oswald Chevrolet 88 88 0 172 0 Overheating
26 4 29 Dave Dion Ford 85 85 0 85 0 Rear end
27 16 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 82 82 0 49 0 Crash
28 23 81 Ferrel Harris Chevrolet 79 79 0 28 0 Overheating
29 30 80 Wayne Morgan Chevrolet 76 76 0 16 0 Overheating
30 24 1 Ed Negre Chrysler 73 73 0 6 0 Brakes