Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

American 500

North Carolina Speedway

October 22nd, 1978

Race #28 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 117.288 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 52
  • Lead Changes: 19
#23 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 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 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 185 175 10 492 376 Running
2 4 15 Bobby Allison Ford 170 170 0 490 0 Running
3 3 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 165 5 488 23 Running
4 12 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 165 160 5 486 11 Running
5 8 90 Dick Brooks Ford 160 155 5 486 1 Running
6 11 43 Richard Petty Chevrolet 155 150 5 485 18 Running
7 5 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 151 146 5 485 13 Running
8 10 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 147 142 5 484 2 Running
9 21 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 138 138 0 473 0 Running
10 24 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 134 134 0 472 0 Running
11 14 92 Dick May Chevrolet 130 130 0 471 0 Running
12 20 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 132 127 5 468 1 Running
13 23 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 124 124 0 465 0 Running
14 13 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 126 121 5 464 10 Running
15 26 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 118 118 0 459 0 Running
16 28 79 Frank Warren Dodge 115 115 0 448 0 Running
17 27 4 Gary Myers Chevrolet 112 112 0 444 0 Running
18 18 64 Tommy Gale Ford 109 109 0 444 0 Running
19 30 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 106 106 0 441 0 Running
20 2 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 108 103 5 423 12 Driver ill
21 17 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 105 100 5 374 3 Spindle
22 7 27 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 102 97 5 324 14 Engine
23 25 18 Joe Frasson Buick 94 94 0 293 0 Engine
24 16 21 David Pearson Mercury 96 91 5 284 8 Clutch
25 6 22 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 88 88 0 262 0 Engine
26 19 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 85 85 0 215 0 Engine
27 36 31 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 82 82 0 214 0 Engine
28 33 95 Junior Miller Chevrolet 79 79 0 122 0 Quit
29 29 19 Elmo Langley Chevrolet 76 76 0 88 0 Engine
30 32 87 Johnny Halford Chevrolet 73 73 0 84 0 Engine
31 9 5 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 70 70 0 76 0 Engine
32 34 59 Charlie Blanton Chevrolet 67 67 0 52 0 Ignition
33 22 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 64 64 0 34 0 Engine
34 31 81 Ferrel Harris Chevrolet 61 61 0 6 0 Crash
35 15 8 Ed Negre Dodge 58 58 0 4 0 Engine
36 35 29 Bill Hollar Chevrolet 55 55 0 0 0 Quit