| Dover International Speedway
September 17, 1978 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 1-Mile Superspeedway 500 Laps/500 Miles |
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| Pos | Driver | Points | Starts | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Avg Fin |
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| 1 | Cale Yarborough | 3,867 | 24 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 6.1 |
| 2 | Dave Marcis | 3,482 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 19 | 8.5 |
| 3 | Benny Parsons | 3,479 | 24 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 9.5 |
| 4 | Darrell Waltrip | 3,423 | 24 | 6 | 14 | 15 | 11.2 |
| 5 | Bobby Allison | 3,361 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 10.9 |
| 6 | Richard Petty | 3,156 | 24 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 12.8 |
| 7 | Lennie Pond | 2,986 | 22 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 11.5 |
| 8 | Dick Brooks | 2,948 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 14.3 |
| 9 | Buddy Arrington | 2,936 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 13.8 |
| 10 | Richard Childress | 2,843 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15.6 |
| 11 | Tighe Scott | 2,571 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18.8 |
| 12 | Neil Bonnett | 2,558 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 20.1 |
| 13 | Frank Warren | 2,484 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.8 |
| 14 | David Pearson | 2,296 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 12.9 |
| 15 | Dick May | 2,288 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19.7 |
| 16 | Ronnie Thomas | 2,257 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.2 |
| 17 | Jimmy Means | 2,253 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20.2 |
| 18 | Cecil Gordon | 2,138 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20.4 |
| 19 | Tommy Gale | 2,084 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.6 |
| 20 | Baxter Price | 2,030 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.5 |
| 21 | Roger Hamby | 1,948 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21.9 |
| 22 | Skip Manning | 1,665 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 17.7 |
| 23 | Buddy Baker | 1,612 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 18.1 |
| 24 | Gary Myers | 1,415 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.6 |
| 25 | Donnie Allison | 1,370 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 19.9 |