1978 Mason-Dixon 500

Race 11 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:21:38
Average speed of winner: 114.664 mph
Margin of victory: 12 sec.
Lead changes: 16 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 37 laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-24, Pearson 25-34, Waltrip 35-81, Baker 82, Allison 83, Yarborough 84, Waltrip 85-231, Marcis 232, Pond 233, Waltrip 234-281, Bonnett 282-283, Waltrip 284-332, Bonnett 333-356, Pearson 357-421, Parsons 422-426, Pond 427-428, Pearson 429-500

Race notes: Debut for Dave Dion and Wayne Morgan. Finale for Greg Heller. Benny Parsons took the points lead from Dave Marcis.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		500	3	167	running	11700	180
2	5	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		500	1	1	running	12700	175
3	4	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		499	2	3	running	6750	170
4	2	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		498	1	5	running	7400	165
5	10	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Dodge	Stacy			497	2	26	running	6200	160
6	7	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		497	4	271	running	6200	160
7	15	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		494	0	0	running	5700	146
8	9	Bobby Allison	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		493	1	1	running	5600	147
9	13	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			492	0	0	running	3800	138
10	14	Al Holbert	48	Southland Industries	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		492	0	0	running	3430	134
11	19	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Chevrolet	Ballard			489	0	0	running	3120	130
12	16	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Buick	Hagan			486	0	0	running	2960	127
13	21	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			485	0	0	running	2765	124
14	18	Satch Worley	47	Race Hill Farm	Chevrolet	Jack Beebe			481	0	0	running	1350	0
15	6	Dave Marcis	2	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		480	1	1	running	2005	123
16	17	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	Ulrich			477	0	0	running	2320	115
17	25	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Means			474	0	0	running	2135	112
18	23	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			470	0	0	running	1900	109
19	8	Bruce Hill	05	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	Clary			456	0	0	oil pump	1000	106
20	22	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			448	0	0	running	900	103
21	32	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			438	0	0	running	1440	100
22	34	Baxter Price	45	Tire King	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			379	0	0	engine	1405	97
23	1	Buddy Baker	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft	135.452	363	2	25	cylinder head	1845	99
24	36	Nestor Peles	34	Peles Racing	Chevrolet	Peles			360	0	0	fatigue	700	91
25	33	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			324	0	0	running	1275	88
26	27	Gary Myers	4	Spencer's Baby Wear	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			308	0	0	oil pump	650	85
27	31	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			302	0	0	engine	1125	82
28	35	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak	Chevrolet	Wawak			261	0	0	transmission	600	79
29	39	Greg Heller	85	Triangle Springs	Ford	Heller			250	0	0	overheating	575	0
30	29	Joe Mihalic	61	Norris	Chevrolet	Norris			215	0	0	engine	550	0
31	20	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			201	0	0	clutch	1040	70
32	26	Ronnie Thomas	25	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			75	0	0	engine	1030	67
33	11	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Oldsmobile	Childress			64	0	0	valve	1120	64
34	12	J.D. McDuffie	70	Perry's Steak House	Chevrolet	McDuffie			35	0	0	oil pump	1010	61
35	30	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			15	0	0	oil line	1000	58
36	37	Bill Hollar	29	Hollar	Chevrolet	Hollar			14	0	0	transmission	490	55
37	24	Elmo Langley		Gray	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			5	0	0	oil pressure	480	52
38	38	Nelson Oswald	09	Perfect Alignment	Chevrolet	Oswald			5	0	0	accident	470	49
39	40	Wayne Morgan	80	Wayne	Chevrolet	Wayne Morgan			3	0	0	head gasket	460	46
40	28	Dave Dion	28	Dion Racing	Ford	Dave Dion			0	0	0	engine	450	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Benny Parsons	1707	11	1	2	8	8
2	Dave Marcis	1671	11	0	0	6	9
3	Cale Yarborough	1667	11	3	2	7	7
4	Darrell Waltrip	1498	11	0	3	5	6
5	Lennie Pond	1498	10	1	0	7	8
6	Bobby Allison	1495	11	1	2	3	7
7	Buddy Arrington	1409	11	0	0	1	3
8	Richard Petty	1395	11	0	0	4	5
9	Skip Manning	1370	11	0	0	1	4
10	Richard Childress	1341	11	0	0	0	6
11	Dick Brooks	1306	11	0	0	2	5
12	D.K. Ulrich	1284	11	0	0	0	1
13	Neil Bonnett	1228	11	3	0	3	5
14	Frank Warren	1157	11	0	0	0	0
15	Tighe Scott	1124	11	0	0	0	2
16	Cecil Gordon	1108	11	0	0	0	1
17	Jimmy Means	1059	10	0	0	0	2
18	Tommy Gale	1015	10	0	0	0	0
19	J.D. McDuffie	981	11	0	0	0	1
20	Roger Hamby	967	10	0	0	0	0
21	David Pearson	935	8	1	2	3	3
22	Ronnie Thomas	888	9	0	0	0	0
23	Baxter Price	863	8	0	0	0	0
24	Dick May	861	9	0	0	0	0
25	James Hylton	806	6	0	0	0	3