Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway

April 2nd, 1978

Race #6 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 266.5
  • Average Speed: 92.401 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 40
  • Lead Changes: 13
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 7 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 180 175 5 500 208 Running
2 2 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 180 170 10 499 253 Running
3 3 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 170 165 5 497 39 Running
4 6 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 160 160 0 494 0 Running
5 10 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 155 155 0 494 0 Running
6 4 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 150 150 0 484 0 Running
7 17 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 146 146 0 480 0 Running
8 26 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 142 142 0 478 0 Running
9 19 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 138 138 0 476 0 Running
10 23 8 Ed Negre Dodge 134 134 0 471 0 Running
11 12 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 130 130 0 471 0 Running
12 20 19 Dick May Chevrolet 127 127 0 469 0 Running
13 22 79 Frank Warren Dodge 124 124 0 462 0 Running
14 21 35 Lynn Carroll Chevrolet 121 121 0 445 0 Running
15 16 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 118 118 0 431 0 Running
16 27 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 115 115 0 422 0 Running
17 18 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 112 112 0 413 0 Running
18 28 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 109 109 0 401 0 Running
19 9 90 Dick Brooks Ford 106 106 0 400 0 Running
20 13 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 103 103 0 302 0 Engine
21 5 15 Bobby Allison Ford 100 100 0 293 0 Engine
22 29 64 Tommy Gale Ford 97 97 0 250 0 Rear end
23 15 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 94 94 0 187 0 Crash
24 25 61 Joe Mihalic Chevrolet 91 91 0 172 0 Engine
25 11 43 Richard Petty Dodge 88 88 0 47 0 Crash
26 1 5 Neil Bonnett Dodge 85 85 0 44 0 Crash
27 8 98 Roland Wlodyka Chevrolet 82 82 0 44 0 Crash
28 14 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 79 79 0 16 0 Rear end
29 24 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 76 76 0 8 0 Axle