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1978 Official Race Results : Daytona 500

Daytona 500 | February 19, 1978 | Race 2 of 30
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FIN ST CAR DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR PTS/BNS LAPS STATUS WINNINGS
13315 Bobby Allison Ford Norris 180/5 200Running 44,300
2111 Cale Yarborough Oldsmobile 1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks. 175/5 200Running 39,550
3872 Benny Parsons Oldsmobile 1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks. 170/5 199Running 26,550
4253 Ron Hutcherson Buick Valvolline 160/0 199Running 19,950
53290 Dick Brooks Mercury Truxmore 155/0 198Running 18,275
6102 Dave Marcis Chevrolet Shoney's 150/0 198Running 14,450
73127 Buddy Baker Oldsmobile M.C. Anderson 156/10 196Engine Failure 16,395
899 Bill Elliott Mercury Dahlonega Equipment 142/0 195Running 11,935
9236 Ferrel Harris Dodge Autowize 138/0 195Running 11,025
102854 Lennie Pond Oldsmobile W.i.n., Inc. 134/0 195Running 10,035
111130 Tighe Scott Oldsmobile Scotty's Fashions 130/0 194Running 10,605
121892 Skip Manning Buick Valvoline 127/0 194Running 9,560
13193 Richard Childress Oldsmobile CRC 124/0 194Running 8,665
141341 Grant Adcox Chevrolet Krystal 121/0 193Running 6,370
153017 Roger Hamby Chevrolet Burger King 118/0 193Running 6,185
161767 Buddy Arrington Dodge Rossmeyer 115/0 192Running 6,845
174040 D.k. Ulrich Chevrolet Ulrich 112/0 192Running 6,150
182557 Dick May Ford McClure Motors 109/0 192Running 4,410
191598 Roland Wlodyka Buick Osterlund 106/0 192Running 4,150
202628 Jerry Jolly Chevrolet Ski Machine 103/0 191Running 3,720
214124 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet Transmissions Unlimited 100/0 191Running 4,110
223549 Claude Ballott-Lena Dodge Jms PE190Running 2,835
232726 Jimmy Lee Capps Chevrolet Hearn Produce 94/0 189Running 2,805
243479 Frank Warren Dodge Native Tan 91/0 188Running 3,125
253864 Tommy Gale Ford Sunny King Ford & Honda 88/0 185Running 3,350
261614 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet Cunningham-Kelley 85/0 179Running 2,425
27125 Neil Bonnett Dodge Armor All 82/0 150Engine Failure 5,750
28488 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet Gatorade 84/5 138Running 15,450
291448 Al Holbert Chevrolet Southland Industries 76/0 136No Oil Pressure 3,065
302270 J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet Bailey Excavating 73/0 132Running 2,880
312161 Joe Mihalic Oldsmobile Norris 70/0 110Blown Head Gasket 2,200
32351 AJ Foyt Buick Valvoline PE68Accident 12,075
33643 Richard Petty Dodge STP 69/5 60Accident 11,600
34521 David Pearson Mercury Purolator 61/0 60Accident 6,775
353952 Jimmy Means Chevrolet Howard's Machine Shop 58/0 41Engine Failure 2,395
362939 Blackie Wangerin Mercury Wangerin 55/0 30Broken Piston 1,950
373622 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 1st Nat'l City Trav. Cks. 52/0 21Not Handling 3,375
382489 Jim Vandiver Chevrolet O.l. Nixon 49/0 19Engine Failure 1,975
3971 Donnie Allison Oldsmobile Hawaiian Tropic 46/0 9Left Front Fender 4,325
403784 Morgan Shepherd Mercury Makar 43/0 8Blown Head Gasket 1,650
412066 Harry Gant Buick C.c.c. 40/0 1Burned Piston 1,975
* Denotes Rookie

RACE FACTS

Average Speed: 159.73 mph
Margin of Victory: 33.2 seconds
Time of Race: 03:07:49
Lead Changes: 37
Cautions: 5 for 24 laps.

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