Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway

May 14th, 1978

Race #10 of the 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 188
  • Miles: 500.1
  • Average Speed: 155.699 mph
  • Cautions: 5
  • Caution Laps: 30
  • Lead Changes: 44
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 11 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 185 175 10 188 81 Running
2 22 27 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile 175 170 5 188 15 Running
3 2 51 AJ Foyt Buick 165 165 0 187 0 Running
4 4 92 Skip Manning Buick 160 160 0 187 0 Running
5 36 41 Grant Adcox Chevrolet 155 155 0 186 0 Running
6 20 9 Bill Elliott Mercury 150 150 0 185 0 Running
7 5 6 Ferrel Harris Dodge 146 146 0 185 0 Running
8 9 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 142 142 0 184 0 Running
9 23 3 Richard Childress Oldsmobile 138 138 0 184 0 Running
10 27 48 James Hylton Oldsmobile 134 134 0 183 0 Running
11 10 43 Richard Petty Dodge 135 130 5 183 2 Running
12 29 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 127 127 0 180 0 Running
13 21 30 Tighe Scott Oldsmobile 124 124 0 180 0 Running
14 30 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 121 121 0 180 0 Running
15 6 90 Dick Brooks Mercury 118 118 0 179 0 Running
16 26 64 Tommy Gale Ford 115 115 0 178 0 Running
17 37 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 112 112 0 177 0 Running
18 25 49 Claude Ballot-Lena Dodge 109 109 0 177 0 Running
19 24 17 Roger Hamby Chevrolet 106 106 0 175 0 Fan blade
20 38 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 103 103 0 172 0 Running
21 7 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 100 100 0 168 0 Engine
22 18 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 102 97 5 165 49 Engine
23 35 19 Dick May Chevrolet 94 94 0 162 0 Engine
24 17 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 96 91 5 158 34 Engine
25 41 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 88 88 0 153 0 Engine
26 33 10 Jimmy Means Ford 85 85 0 151 0 Running
27 13 22 Ricky Rudd Buick 87 82 5 150 1 Engine
28 34 8 Ed Negre Dodge 79 79 0 146 0 Running
29 16 79 Frank Warren Dodge 76 76 0 134 0 Running
30 11 39 Blackie Wangerin Mercury 73 73 0 133 0 Engine
31 8 72 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 75 70 5 121 1 Clutch
32 28 00 John Utsman Chevrolet 67 67 0 93 0 Engine
33 32 77 Chuck Bown Chevrolet 64 64 0 80 0 Engine
34 14 53 Ron Hutcherson Buick 61 61 0 77 0 Transmission
35 15 21 David Pearson Mercury 58 58 0 51 0 Overheating
36 31 05 Bruce Hill Oldsmobile 55 55 0 38 0 Engine
37 39 02 Frank Hill Chevrolet 52 52 0 37 0 Radiator
38 12 15 Bobby Allison Ford 54 49 5 34 5 Transmission
39 3 5 Neil Bonnett Oldsmobile 46 46 0 31 0 Engine
40 40 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 43 43 0 5 0 Engine
41 19 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 40 40 0 4 0 Engine