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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Richmond 400

Richmond Raceway

February 26th, 1978

Race #3 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 400
  • Miles: 300.0
  • Average Speed: 80.304 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 33
  • Lead Changes: 10
#22 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: Joey Logano drives the #22 NASCAR Next Gen car 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 3 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 180 175 5 400 109 Running
2 9 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 180 170 10 400 142 Running
3 7 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 170 165 5 399 69 Running
4 2 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 165 160 5 399 55 Running
5 5 90 Dick Brooks Ford 155 155 0 397 0 Running
6 4 15 Bobby Allison Ford 150 150 0 396 0 Running
7 6 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 146 146 0 395 0 Running
8 11 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 147 142 5 393 20 Running
9 1 5 Neil Bonnett Dodge 143 138 5 393 5 Running
10 19 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 134 134 0 389 0 Running
11 10 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 130 130 0 389 0 Running
12 18 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 127 127 0 385 0 Running
13 17 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 124 124 0 381 0 Running
14 23 79 Frank Warren Dodge 121 121 0 380 0 Running
15 21 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 118 118 0 380 0 Running
16 16 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 115 115 0 379 0 Running
17 20 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 112 112 0 379 0 Running
18 24 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 109 109 0 370 0 Running
19 25 26 Jimmy Lee Capps Chevrolet 106 106 0 369 0 Running
20 29 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 103 103 0 359 0 Running
21 14 8 Ed Negre Dodge 100 100 0 358 0 Running
22 8 43 Richard Petty Dodge 97 97 0 356 0 Rear end
23 15 64 Tommy Gale Ford 94 94 0 322 0 Running
24 27 01 Earle Canavan Dodge 91 91 0 299 0 Running
25 26 37 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 88 88 0 282 0 Running
26 12 98 Roland Wlodyka Chevrolet 85 85 0 177 0 Crash
27 13 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 82 82 0 154 0 Engine
28 28 19 Woody Fisher Chevrolet 79 79 0 74 0 Rear end
29 22 74 Dick May Chevrolet 76 76 0 71 0 Rear end
30 30 09 Nelson Oswald Chevrolet 73 73 0 50 0 Flagged