Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Carolina 500

North Carolina Speedway

March 5th, 1978

Race #4 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 116.681 mph
  • Cautions: 8
  • Caution Laps: 62
  • Lead Changes: 24
Kyle Larson his wife, son and daughter
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 9 21 David Pearson Mercury 185 175 10 492 219 Running
2 3 15 Bobby Allison Ford 175 170 5 492 124 Running
3 6 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 170 165 5 492 45 Running
4 10 43 Richard Petty Dodge 165 160 5 490 2 Running
5 11 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 155 155 0 489 0 Running
6 1 5 Neil Bonnett Dodge 150 150 0 483 0 Running
7 12 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 146 146 0 481 0 Running
8 15 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 142 142 0 477 0 Running
9 30 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 138 138 0 476 0 Running
10 25 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 134 134 0 464 0 Running
11 8 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 135 130 5 461 4 Running
12 31 79 Frank Warren Dodge 127 127 0 460 0 Running
13 24 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 124 124 0 457 0 Running
14 21 64 Tommy Gale Ford 121 121 0 445 0 Running
15 14 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 123 118 5 444 6 Running
16 27 18 Joe Frasson Chevrolet 115 115 0 439 0 Running
17 34 74 Dick May Chevrolet 112 112 0 429 0 Running
18 4 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 114 109 5 407 36 Running
19 32 61 Joe Mihalic Oldsmobile 106 106 0 398 0 Running
20 35 97 Ralph Jones Ford 103 103 0 378 0 Engine
21 2 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 105 100 5 352 33 Overheating
22 28 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 97 97 0 352 0 Engine
23 36 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 94 94 0 328 0 Running
24 33 01 Earle Canavan Dodge 91 91 0 280 0 Engine
25 18 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 88 88 0 266 0 Engine
26 13 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 85 85 0 260 0 Engine
27 23 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 82 82 0 259 0 Oil pump
28 7 90 Dick Brooks Ford 84 79 5 243 23 Engine
29 22 8 Ed Negre Dodge 76 76 0 167 0 Engine
30 19 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 73 73 0 145 0 Engine
31 5 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 70 70 0 119 0 Engine
32 17 98 Roland Wlodyka Chevrolet 67 67 0 79 0 Ignition
33 16 27 Buddy Baker Chevrolet 64 64 0 70 0 Engine
34 20 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 61 61 0 30 0 Crash
35 29 26 Jimmy Lee Capps Chevrolet 58 58 0 28 0 Crash
36 26 19 Woody Fisher Chevrolet 55 55 0 0 0 Crash