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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

November 5th, 1978

Race #29 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 124.312 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 63
  • Lead Changes: 25
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 13 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 180 175 5 328 3 Running
2 11 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 175 170 5 328 61 Running
3 9 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 170 165 5 328 18 Running
4 10 98 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 160 160 0 327 0 Running
5 5 72 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 160 155 5 327 14 Running
6 2 15 Bobby Allison Ford 155 150 5 325 3 Running
7 8 12 Harry Gant Chevrolet 146 146 0 325 0 Running
8 1 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 147 142 5 323 67 Running
9 15 22 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 143 138 5 322 11 Running
10 12 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 134 134 0 320 0 Running
11 30 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 130 130 0 319 0 Running
12 19 90 Dick Brooks Mercury 127 127 0 317 0 Crash
13 18 92 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 124 124 0 317 0 Crash
14 16 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 121 121 0 317 0 Running
15 40 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 118 118 0 317 0 Running
16 27 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 115 115 0 317 0 Running
17 22 37 Dave Watson Chevrolet 112 112 0 316 0 Crash
18 28 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 109 109 0 316 0 Running
19 24 19 Dick May Chevrolet 106 106 0 314 0 Running
20 34 8 Ferrel Harris Chevrolet 103 103 0 314 0 Running
21 6 27 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 110 100 10 311 151 Engine
22 35 30 Tighe Scott Oldsmobile 97 97 0 310 0 Running
23 21 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 94 94 0 310 0 Running
24 25 75 Butch Mock Chevrolet 91 91 0 310 0 Running
25 32 84 Skip Manning Mercury 88 88 0 308 0 Running
26 36 81 Ed Negre Chrysler 85 85 0 303 0 Running
27 26 4 Gary Myers Chevrolet 82 82 0 299 0 Running
28 7 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 79 79 0 298 0 Crash
29 29 97 Ralph Jones Ford 76 76 0 298 0 Running
30 17 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 73 73 0 285 0 Engine
31 37 74 Tommy Gale Chevrolet 70 70 0 253 0 Engine
32 4 21 David Pearson Mercury 67 67 0 246 0 Oil line
33 38 79 Frank Warren Dodge 64 64 0 172 0 Engine
34 14 5 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 61 61 0 137 0 Crash
35 23 48 Al Holbert Chevrolet 58 58 0 119 0 Engine
36 31 05 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile 55 55 0 92 0 Engine
37 20 9 Bill Elliott Oldsmobile 52 52 0 80 0 Engine
38 33 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 49 49 0 41 0 Engine
39 3 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 46 46 0 5 0 Rear end
40 0 0 John Kennedy Ford 43 43 0 0 0 Did not start