RESULTS

1978 Official Race Results : Atlanta 500

Atlanta 500 | March 19, 1978 | Race 5 of 30

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

1	4	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Norris	185/10	328	Running	26,900
2	11	2	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Shoney's	170/0	327	Running	13,600
3	8	1	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	Hawaiian Tropic	170/5	327	Running	9,000
4	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	165/5	327	Running	22,900
5	6	54	Lennie Pond	Chevrolet	W.i.n.	160/5	327	Running	5,600
6	16	90	Dick Brooks	Ford	Truxmore	150/0	325	Running	7,250
7	26	41	Grant Adcox	Chevrolet	Krystal	146/0	319	Running	4,100
8	32	49	Connie Saylor	Dodge	Lady & Son	142/0	316	Accident	4,010
9	15	05	Bruce Hill	Oldsmobile	Bearfinder	138/0	316	Running	3,110
10	23	68	Janet Guthrie	Chevrolet	Kelly Girl	134/0	315	Running	5,125
11	21	40	D.k. Ulrich	Chevrolet	Howard Johnson	130/0	314	Out Of Gas	4,520
12	37	89	Sam Sommers	Chevrolet	Sommers	127/0	314	Running	2,365
13	3	72	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	124/0	314	Running	5,940
14	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Sam Dell	121/0	313	Running	4,035
15	18	3	Richard Childress	Oldsmobile	Kansas Jack	118/0	313	Running	3,800
16	35	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating	115/0	312	Running	3,455
17	39	24	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	Transmissions Unlimited	112/0	311	Running	3,220
18	10	98	Roland Wlodyka	Chevrolet	Osterlund	109/0	311	Running	1,615
19	30	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	106/0	310	Running	2,810
20	34	19	Woody Fisher	Chevrolet	Gray	103/0	309	Running	2,525
21	2	21	David Pearson	Mercury	Purolator	100/0	303	Broken Steering Arm	1,715
22	19	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	97/0	298	Running	2,070
23	12	92	Skip Manning	Chevrolet	Stratagraph	94/0	294	Running	1,765
24	33	25	Ronnie Thomas *	Chevrolet	Robertson Racing	91/0	290	Running	1,710
25	38	8	Ed Negre	Dodge	Negre	88/0	289	Running	1,655
26	9	43	Richard Petty	Dodge	STP	85/0	278	Overheating	4,665
27	5	27	Buddy Baker	Oldsmobile	Wqxi Radio	82/0	237	Engine Failure	1,520
28	40	91	Billy Mcginnis	Chevrolet	Valvoline	79/0	221	Ignition	875
29	22	39	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	Wangerin	76/0	214	Broken Push Rod	830
30	25	77	Chuck Bown	Chevrolet	Ray	73/0	188	Engine Failure	785
31	14	48	Al Holbert	Chevrolet	Southland Industries	70/0	182	Engine Failure	1,240
32	20	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Bell Brothers Auto Parts	67/0	163	Engine Failure	1,220
33	31	5	Neil Bonnett	Dodge	Armor All	69/5	154	Engine Failure	4,905
34	29	30	Tighe Scott	Oldsmobile	Scotty's Fashions	61/0	152	Broken Valve	1,190
35	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Gatorade	63/5	146	Broken Valve	4,375
36	27	75	Butch Hartman	Chevrolet	Hartman	55/0	121	Broken Valve Spring	640
37	24	17	Roger Hamby	Chevrolet	Hamby / Ellis Automotive	52/0	97	Engine Failure	630
38	17	9	Bill Elliott	Mercury	Aaron's Automatic Trans.	49/0	66	Engine Failure	620
39	13	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley	46/0	33	Engine Failure	1,610
40	36	00	John A. Utsman	Chevrolet	Bristol Raceway	41/0	10	Oil Leak	600