Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Rebel 500

Darlington Raceway

April 9th, 1978

Race #7 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 367
  • Miles: 501.3
  • Average Speed: 127.544 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 44
  • Lead Changes: 24
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 8 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 180 175 5 367 83 Running
2 2 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 175 170 5 367 33 Running
3 5 54 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile 165 165 0 366 0 Running
4 7 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 165 160 5 365 21 Running
5 10 43 Richard Petty Dodge 155 155 0 364 0 Running
6 9 27 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 155 150 5 364 1 Running
7 25 48 Al Holbert Chevrolet 146 146 0 357 0 Running
8 12 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 142 142 0 356 0 Running
9 15 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 138 138 0 355 0 Running
10 18 22 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 139 134 5 349 2 Running
11 24 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 130 130 0 342 0 Running
12 33 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 127 127 0 337 0 Running
13 21 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 124 124 0 334 0 Running
14 1 15 Bobby Allison Ford 126 121 5 324 11 Running
15 13 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 128 118 10 321 171 Engine
16 36 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 115 115 0 321 0 Running
17 23 79 Frank Warren Dodge 112 112 0 321 0 Running
18 17 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 109 109 0 320 0 Running
19 27 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 106 106 0 318 0 Running
20 14 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 103 103 0 286 0 Rear end
21 32 64 Tommy Gale Ford 100 100 0 286 0 Running
22 30 01 Earle Canavan Dodge 97 97 0 280 0 Running
23 3 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 99 94 5 268 40 Spindle
24 34 18 Joe Frasson Chevrolet 91 91 0 247 0 Engine
25 28 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 88 88 0 237 0 Engine
26 35 61 Joe Mihalic Chevrolet 85 85 0 222 0 Engine
27 19 89 Sam Sommers Chevrolet 82 82 0 198 0 Clutch
28 16 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 79 79 0 187 0 Running
29 6 21 David Pearson Mercury 81 76 5 181 5 Engine
30 20 77 Chuck Bown Chevrolet 73 73 0 108 0 Crash
31 31 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 70 70 0 104 0 Crash
32 11 5 Neil Bonnett Dodge 67 67 0 71 0 Rear end
33 29 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 64 64 0 69 0 Engine
34 22 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 61 61 0 18 0 Crash
35 4 90 Dick Brooks Ford 58 58 0 9 0 Crash
36 26 19 Dick May Chevrolet 55 55 0 9 0 Ignition