RESULTS

1978 Official Race Results : Southern 500

Southern 500 | September 04, 1978 | Race 22 of 30

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

1	6	11	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	185/10	367	Running	26,200
2	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet	Gatorade	175/5	367	Running	15,390
3	9	43	Richard Petty	Chevrolet	STP	170/5	366	Running	10,775
4	19	92	Terry Labonte	Chevrolet	Duck Industries	160/0	356	Running	9,000
5	3	15	Bobby Allison	Ford	Norris Industries	160/5	355	Running	10,375
6	16	9	Bill Elliott	Mercury	Dahlonega Ford Sales	150/0	355	Running	5,200
7	25	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	Southland Industries	146/0	353	Running	7,000
8	29	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	Falls Radiator	142/0	350	Running	6,380
9	28	25	Ronnie Thomas *	Chevrolet	Autowize	138/0	349	Running	6,270
10	4	72	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	139/5	348	Running	7,650
11	35	52	Jimmy Means	Chevrolet	Means Racing	130/0	345	Running	5,260
12	40	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	Native Tan	127/0	340	Running	5,065
13	33	64	Tommy Gale	Ford	Sunny King Ford & Honda	124/0	337	Running	4,780
14	32	4	Gary Myers	Chevrolet	Spencer's Baby Wear	121/0	336	Running	3,150
15	31	45	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	Ray Cook	118/0	326	Engine Failure	4,320
16	14	96	Dale Earnhardt	Ford	Cardinal Tractor	115/0	313	Running	3,100
17	36	18	Joe Frasson	Chevrolet	Satterfield Racing	112/0	305	Running	2,850
18	39	97	Ralph Jones	Ford	Jones	109/0	303	Running	2,700
19	18	17	Roger Hamby	Chevrolet	Hamby / Ellis Automotive	106/0	297	Running	2,550
20	24	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	Bailey Excavating	103/0	281	Blown Head Gasket	3,460
21	34	8	Ed Negre	Chrysler	Jones	100/0	259	Running	3,175
22	38	19	Bob Burcham	Chevrolet	Belden Asphalt	97/0	243	Accident	2,790
23	23	30	Tighe Scott	Chevrolet	Scotty's Fashions	94/0	241	Running	2,730
24	7	1	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet	Hawaiian Tropic	96/5	224	Accident	3,725
25	11	90	Dick Brooks	Mercury	Truxmore	88/0	221	Broken Push Rod	2,645
26	5	54	Lennie Pond	Chevrolet	W.i.n.	85/0	215	Steering	4,950
27	21	3	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	Kansas Jack	82/0	179	Broken Valve	2,175
28	1	21	David Pearson	Mercury	Purolator	84/5	166	Accident	3,575
29	17	40	D.k. Ulrich	Chevrolet	Midwestern Farm Lines	76/0	163	Accident	2,275
30	15	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley	78/5	162	Accident	1,625
31	22	41	Grant Adcox	Chevrolet	Krystal	70/0	153	Accident	1,675
32	12	27	Buddy Baker	Chevrolet	U.S. Army	72/5	149	Engine Failure	2,175
33	37	39	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	Wangerin	64/0	142	Engine Failure	1,375
34	8	5	Neil Bonnett	Chevrolet	Armor All	61/0	124	Engine Failure	4,550
35	10	2	Dave Marcis	Chevrolet	Osterlund	58/0	122	Accident	1,325
36	13	22	Ricky Rudd	Chevrolet	1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks.	60/5	122	Accident	3,025
37	30	74	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	Wawak	52/0	112	Accident	1,335
38	26	57	Dick May	Ford	McClure Motors	49/0	101	Oil Pump	1,250
39	27	01	Earle Canavan	Dodge	Addy	46/0	84	Overheating	1,325
40	20	05	Bruce Hill	Oldsmobile	Bearfinder	43/0	80	Rear End	1,200