Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway

August 6th, 1978

Race #19 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 188
  • Miles: 500.1
  • Average Speed: 174.700 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 17
  • Lead Changes: 67
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 5 54 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile 180 175 5 188 22 Running
2 9 1 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile 175 170 5 188 4 Running
3 2 72 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 170 165 5 188 9 Running
4 1 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 170 160 10 188 79 Running
5 3 21 David Pearson Mercury 160 155 5 187 6 Running
6 20 15 Bobby Allison Ford 150 150 0 186 0 Running
7 6 43 Richard Petty Dodge 151 146 5 186 5 Running
8 14 5 Neil Bonnett Chevrolet 147 142 5 183 2 Running
9 15 90 Dick Brooks Mercury 138 138 0 182 0 Running
10 17 30 Tighe Scott Oldsmobile 134 134 0 181 0 Running
11 24 8 Ferrel Harris Chevrolet 130 130 0 181 0 Running
12 27 96 Dale Earnhardt Ford 127 127 0 180 0 Running
13 19 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 124 124 0 179 0 Running
14 25 2 Dave Marcis Oldsmobile 121 121 0 176 0 Running
15 29 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 118 118 0 175 0 Running
16 34 19 Dick May Chevrolet 115 115 0 172 0 Running
17 23 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 112 112 0 172 0 Running
18 38 42 Marty Robbins Dodge 109 109 0 171 0 Running
19 41 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 106 106 0 168 0 Running
20 30 64 Tommy Gale Ford 103 103 0 168 0 Running
21 31 4 Gary Myers Chevrolet 100 100 0 167 0 Running
22 33 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 97 97 0 165 0 Running
23 32 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 94 94 0 165 0 Running
24 35 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 91 91 0 164 0 Running
25 18 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 88 88 0 164 0 Running
26 8 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 85 85 0 158 0 Engine
27 40 73 Steve Moore Chevrolet 82 82 0 150 0 Running
28 4 27 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 84 79 5 149 57 Engine
29 12 68 Janet Guthrie Buick 76 76 0 129 0 Crash
30 28 48 Al Holbert Oldsmobile 73 73 0 124 0 Engine
31 39 01 Earle Canavan Dodge 70 70 0 119 0 Running
32 36 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 67 67 0 118 0 Crash
33 13 79 Frank Warren Dodge 64 64 0 110 0 Running
34 11 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 66 61 5 105 4 Engine
35 21 05 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile 58 58 0 96 0 Axle
36 37 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 55 55 0 94 0 Clutch
37 16 49 Claude Ballot-Lena Dodge 52 52 0 48 0 Engine
38 10 92 Skip Manning Buick 49 49 0 46 0 Engine
39 7 22 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 46 46 0 22 0 Engine
40 26 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 43 43 0 9 0 Engine
41 22 12 James Hylton Buick 40 40 0 1 0 Transmission