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Darlington Raceway
April 09, 1978 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0-Mile 367 Laps/0 Miles |
| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 1st National City Travelers Checks Chevrolet | 367 | 180 | 14,450 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 88 | Darrell Waltrip | Gatorade Chevrolet | 367 | 175 | 12,375 | Running | |
| 3 | 5 | 54 | Lennie Pond | W.I.N. Oldsmobile | 366 | 165 | 6,355 | Running | |
| 4 | 7 | 2 | Dave Marcis | Shoney's Chevrolet | 365 | 165 | 4,850 | Running | |
| 5 | 10 | 43 | Richard Petty | STP Dodge | 364 | 155 | 8,000 | Running | |
| 6 | 9 | 27 | Buddy Baker | U.S. Army Chevrolet | 364 | 155 | 6,020 | Running | |
| 7 | 25 | 48 | Al Holbert | Southland Industries Chevrolet | 357 | 146 | 5,445 | Running | |
| 8 | 12 | 92 | Skip Manning | Stratagraph Chevrolet | 356 | 142 | 4,900 | Running | |
| 9 | 15 | 9 | Bill Elliott | Dahlonega Ford Sales Mercury | 355 | 138 | 2,995 | Running | |
| 10 | 18 | 22 | Ricky Rudd | 1st National City Travelers Checks Chevrolet | 349 | 139 | 5,290 | Running | |
| 12 | 33 | 52 | Jimmy Means | Bell Brothers Auto Parts Chevrolet | 337 | 127 | 3,710 | Running | |
| 13 | 21 | 17 | Roger Hamby | Hamby-Ellis Chevrolet | 334 | 124 | 2,720 | Running | |
| 14 | 1 | 15 | Bobby Allison | Norris Industries Ford | 324 | 126 | 6,120 | Running | |
| 15 | 13 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 1st National City Travelers Checks Oldsmobile | 321 | 128 | 7,345 | Engine | |
| 16 | 36 | 45 | Baxter Price | Chevrolet | 321 | 115 | 1,900 | Running | |
| 17 | 23 | 79 | Frank Warren | Native Tan Dodge | 321 | 112 | 3,000 | Running | |
| 18 | 17 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | Dodge | 320 | 109 | 2,790 | Running | |
| 19 | 27 | 39 | Blackie Wangerin | Mercury | 318 | 106 | 1,620 | Running | |
| 21 | 32 | 64 | Tommy Gale | Sunny King Ford & Honda Ford | 286 | 100 | 2,275 | Running | |
| 22 | 30 | 01 | Earle Canavan | Florence Dodge | 280 | 97 | 1,325 | Running | |
| 23 | 3 | 1 | Donnie Allison | Hawaiian Tropic Chevrolet | 268 | 99 | 1,275 | Spindle | |
| 24 | 34 | 18 | Joe Frasson | Chevrolet | 247 | 91 | 1,175 | Engine | |
| 25 | 28 | 41 | Grant Adcox | Krystal Chevrolet | 237 | 88 | 990 | Engine | |
| 26 | 35 | 61 | Joe Mihalic | Chevrolet | 222 | 85 | 945 | Valve | |
| 27 | 19 | 89 | Sam Sommers | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | 825 | Clutch | |
| 28 | 16 | 3 | Richard Childress | Kansas Jack Oldsmobile | 187 | 79 | 1,455 | Running | |
| 29 | 6 | 21 | David Pearson | Purolator Mercury | 181 | 81 | 1,310 | Valve | |
| 30 | 20 | 77 | Chuck Bown | Chevrolet | 108 | 73 | 805 | Accident | |
| 31 | 31 | 25 | Ronnie Thomas | Chevrolet | 104 | 70 | 1,430 | Accident | |
| 32 | 11 | 5 | Neil Bonnett | Armor All Dodge | 71 | 67 | 3,995 | Rear End | |
| 33 | 29 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | Transmissions Unlimited Chevrolet | 69 | 64 | 1,410 | Valve | |
| 34 | 22 | 30 | Tighe Scott | Scotty's Fashions Chevrolet | 18 | 61 | 1,385 | Accident | |
| 35 | 4 | 90 | Dick Brooks | Truxmore Ford | 9 | 58 | 1,280 | Accident | |
| 36 | 26 | 19 | Dick May | Chevrolet | 9 | 55 | 1,275 | Ignition |
Time of Race .: 3 Hours 55 Minutes 50 Seconds
Average Speed .:127.544
Margin of Victory .: 1.900 Seconds