RESULTS

1978 Official Race Results : American 500

American 500 | October 22, 1978 | Race 28 of 30

FIN	ST	CAR	DRIVER	MAKE	SPONSOR	PTS/BNS	LAPS	STATUS	WINNINGS

1	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	185/10	492	Running	17,310
2	4	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Norris Industries	170/0	490	Running	11,650
3	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Gatorade	170/5	488	Running	9,550
4	12	72	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	165/5	486	Running	7,900
5	8	90	Dick Brooks	Ford	Truxmore	160/5	486	Running	6,050
6	11	43	Richard Petty	Chevrolet	STP	155/5	485	Running	7,000
7	5	54	Lennie Pond	Chevrolet	W.i.n.	151/5	485	Running	6,100
8	10	2	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Osterlund	147/5	484	Running	4,200
9	21	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Falls Radiator	138/0	473	Running	4,230
10	24	3	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	Kansas Jack	134/0	472	Running	4,320
11	14	92	Dick May	Chevrolet	Duck Industries	130/0	471	Running	3,560
12	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating	132/5	468	Running	3,240
13	23	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Means Racing	124/0	465	Running	2,960
14	13	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	Palatine Automotive	126/5	464	Running	2,720
15	26	24	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	Transmissions Unlimited	118/0	459	Running	2,510
16	28	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	115/0	448	Running	2,250
17	27	4	Gary Myers	Chevrolet	Spencer's Baby Wear	112/0	444	Running	1,300
18	18	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	109/0	444	Running	1,865
19	30	45	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	Price Racing	106/0	441	Running	1,730
20	2	1	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	Hawaiian Tropic	108/5	423	Driver Sick	1,250
21	17	30	Tighe Scott	Chevrolet	Russ Togs	105/5	374	Broken Spindle	1,495
22	7	27	Buddy Baker	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	102/5	324	Cracked Cylinder Head	1,400
23	25	18	Joe Frasson	Buick	Frasson Racing	94/0	293	Engine Failure	775
24	16	21	David Pearson	Mercury	Purolator	96/5	284	Clutch	1,325
25	6	22	Ricky Rudd	Chevrolet	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	88/0	262	Broken Valve	2,225
26	19	17	Roger Hamby	Chevrolet	Hamby / Ellis Automotive	85/0	215	Blown Head Gasket	1,200
27	36	31	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	Jim Norris	82/0	214	Engine Failure	675
28	33	95	Junior Miller	Chevrolet	Miller Roofing	79/0	122	Quit	630
29	29	19	Elmo Langley	Chevrolet	Belden Asphalt	76/0	88	Engine Failure	1,120
30	32	87	Johnny Halford	Chevrolet	Satterfield Heating	PE	84	Engine Failure	610
31	9	5	Neil Bonnett	Chevrolet	Armor All	70/0	76	Engine Failure	4,300
32	34	59	Charlie Blanton	Chevrolet	Danny Queen	PE	52	Ignition	590
33	22	25	Ronnie Thomas *	Chevrolet	Louise Smith	64/0	34	Engine Failure	1,080
34	31	81	Ferrel Harris	Chevrolet	L.R. Cook	61/0	6	Accident	570
35	15	8	Ed Negre	Dodge	D&d Medial	58/0	4	Engine Failure	1,060
36	35	29	Bill Hollar	Chevrolet	Hollar Auto Parts	55/0	0	Quit	550