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Winston 500 Race Results
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Talladega Superspeedway
May 14, 1978 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0-Mile 188 Laps/0 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 1st National City Travelers Checks Oldsmobile | 188 | 185 | 27,100 | Running | |
| 2 | 22 | 27 | Buddy Baker | TV-6 Oldsmobile | 188 | 175 | 17,000 | Running | |
| 4 | 4 | 92 | Skip Manning | Pitt Grill Restaurants Buick | 187 | 160 | 10,450 | Running | |
| 5 | 36 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Krystal Chevrolet | 186 | 155 | 7,000 | Running | |
| 6 | 20 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dahlonega Ford Sales Mercury | 185 | 150 | 6,500 | Running | |
| 7 | 5 | 6 | Ferrel Harris | Autowize Dodge | 185 | 0 | 6,075 | Running | |
| 8 | 9 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's Chevrolet | 184 | 142 | 5,500 | Running | |
| 9 | 23 | 3 | Richard Childress | CRC Chemicals Oldsmobile | 184 | 138 | 7,105 | Running | |
| 10 | 27 | 48 | James Hylton | Southland Industries Oldsmobile | 183 | 134 | 6,420 | Running | |
| 11 | 10 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Dodge | 183 | 135 | 7,700 | Running | |
| 12 | 29 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Sam Dell Dodge | 180 | 127 | 5,610 | Running | |
| 13 | 21 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Russ Togs Oldsmobile | 180 | 124 | 5,590 | Running | |
| 14 | 30 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Louise Smith Chevrolet | 180 | 121 | 5,430 | Running | |
| 15 | 6 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore Mercury | 179 | 118 | 4,470 | Running | |
| 16 | 26 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 178 | 115 | 4,060 | Running | |
| 18 | 25 | 49 | Claude Ballot-Lena | Lady & Son Auction Dodge | 177 | 0 | 2,800 | Running | |
| 19 | 24 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Hamby-Ellis Chevrolet | 175 | 106 | 2,700 | Fan | |
| 20 | 38 | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 172 | 103 | 2,500 | Running | |
| 21 | 7 | 54 | Lennie Pond | W.I.N. Chevrolet | 168 | 100 | 2,400 | Engine | |
| 22 | 18 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 165 | 102 | 8,600 | Engine | |
| 23 | 35 | 19 | Dick May | Belden Asphalt Chevrolet | 162 | 94 | 2,815 | Engine | |
| 24 | 17 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet | 158 | 96 | 3,550 | Engine | |
| 25 | 41 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited Chevrolet | 153 | 88 | 2,630 | Engine | |
| 26 | 33 | 10 | Jimmy Means | Tidewater Glass Ford | 151 | 85 | 1,685 | Running | |
| 27 | 13 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | 1st National City Travelers Checks Buick | 150 | 87 | 3,355 | Valve | |
| 28 | 34 | 8 | Ed Negre | Waltrip Racing Center Dodge | 146 | 79 | 2,185 | Running | |
| 29 | 16 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan Dodge | 134 | 76 | 2,035 | Running | |
| 30 | 11 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Mercury | 133 | 73 | 1,485 | Engine | |
| 31 | 8 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks Oldsmobile | 121 | 75 | 5,235 | Clutch | |
| 32 | 28 | 00 | John Utsman | Lady & Son Auction Chevrolet | 93 | 67 | 1,410 | Rocker Arm | |
| 33 | 32 | 77 | Chuck Bown | Holiday Campers Chevrolet | 80 | 64 | 1,385 | Engine | |
| 34 | 14 | 53 | Ron Hutcherson | Valvoline Buick | 77 | 61 | 1,355 | Transmission | |
| 35 | 15 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator Mercury | 51 | 58 | 1,830 | Overheating | |
| 36 | 31 | 05 | Bruce Hill | Bearfinder Oldsmobile | 38 | 55 | 1,305 | Valve Spring | |
| 37 | 39 | 02 | Frank Hill | Fife Chevrolet | 37 | 0 | 1,280 | Radiator | |
| 38 | 12 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Norris Industries Ford | 34 | 54 | 5,255 | Transmission | |
| 39 | 3 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | Armor All Oldsmobile | 31 | 46 | 4,630 | Valve | |
| 41 | 19 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | Cunningham-Kelley Chevrolet | 4 | 40 | 1,205 | Engine |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 7 Minutes 53 Seconds
Average Speed .:159.699
Margin of Victory .: 2.000 Seconds
