1978 Gabriel 400

Race 15 of 30

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:40:28
Average speed of winner: 149.563 mph
Margin of victory: 12 sec.
Lead changes: 25 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 8 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson pole, Parsons 1, Pearson 2, B. Allison 3, Pearson 4-6, Waltrip 7-9, Parsons 10-19, B. Allison 20-21, Marcis 22, B. Allison 23, Waltrip 24-47, Marcis 48, Waltrip 49-99, Marcis 100-102, Parsons 103-108, Waltrip 109-110, Pearson 111-113, D. Allison 114, Waltrip 115-120, Parsons 121-124, Waltrip 125-126, Parsons 127-129, Pearson 130-131, Yarborough 132, Pearson 133-141, Yarborough 142-200

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		200	2	60	running	16055	180
2	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	163.936	200	5	18	running	9280	175
3	2	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		200	5	24	running	9780	170
4	7	Dave Marcis	2	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		200	3	5	running	6230	165
5	5	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		199	1	1	running	3780	160
6	12	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		199	0	0	running	6680	150
7	13	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			198	0	0	running	5030	146
8	10	Buddy Baker	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		198	0	0	running	4610	142
9	11	Ricky Rudd	22	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Al Rudd			195	0	0	running	5400	138
10	19	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Oldsmobile	Childress			194	0	0	running	4190	134
11	20	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Oldsmobile	Ballard			193	0	0	running	3870	130
12	21	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			192	0	0	running	3610	127
13	28	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			191	0	0	running	3000	124
14	23	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	Ulrich			190	0	0	running	2715	121
15	29	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Means			189	0	0	running	2480	118
16	15	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			188	0	0	engine	2110	115
17	33	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			187	0	0	running	1900	112
18	24	Ronnie Thomas	25	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			184	0	0	running	2345	109
19	25	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			182	0	0	running	1795	106
20	27	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			180	0	0	running	1670	103
21	31	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			179	0	0	running	1645	100
22	18	Grant Adcox	41	Krystal	Chevrolet	Adcox			172	0	0	battery	1120	97
23	26	Gary Myers	4	Spencer's Baby Wear	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			169	0	0	engine	1085	94
24	4	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries	Ford	Moore	Moore		168	3	4	engine	4885	96
25	9	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Oldsmobile	Ranier	Wilson		152	0	0	engine	1035	88
26	34	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			142	0	0	running	1510	85
27	17	Roger Hamby	17	Radar Scrambler	Oldsmobile	Hamby			130	0	0	engine	985	82
28	6	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		129	6	88	engine	4660	89
29	8	Bruce Hill	05	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	Clary			127	0	0	engine	945	76
30	32	John Kennedy	0	Avanti CB	Ford	John Kennedy			122	0	0	transmission	925	73
31	14	Al Holbert	48	Southland Industries	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		108	0	0	accident	1410	70
32	16	Blackie Wangerin	39	Wangerin	Mercury	Wangerin			106	0	0	accident	900	67
33	35	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			82	0	0	accident	890	64
34	36	Joe Booher	74	Booher Farms	Chevrolet	Wawak			46	0	0	engine	880	61
35	30	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			30	0	0	engine	1370	58
36	22	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Dodge	Stacy			24	0	0	rear end	4060	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	2362	15	3	4	11	11
2	Benny Parsons	2315	15	1	3	10	11
3	Dave Marcis	2228	15	0	0	9	12
4	Bobby Allison	2031	15	1	2	5	9
5	Richard Petty	2027	15	0	0	6	9
6	Darrell Waltrip	1972	15	0	4	6	7
7	Lennie Pond	1966	14	2	0	8	10
8	Buddy Arrington	1901	15	0	0	1	4
9	Richard Childress	1838	15	0	0	0	8
10	Dick Brooks	1764	15	0	0	2	6
11	D.K. Ulrich	1736	15	0	0	0	2
12	Neil Bonnett	1630	15	3	0	4	7
13	Tighe Scott	1600	15	0	0	0	3
14	Skip Manning	1570	13	0	0	1	4
15	Frank Warren	1545	15	0	0	0	0
16	Cecil Gordon	1453	14	0	0	0	1
17	J.D. McDuffie	1420	15	0	0	0	1
18	David Pearson	1352	11	4	2	5	5
19	Jimmy Means	1302	13	0	0	0	2
20	Dick May	1300	13	0	0	0	0
21	Ronnie Thomas	1276	13	0	0	0	0
22	Tommy Gale	1206	12	0	0	0	0
23	Baxter Price	1148	11	0	0	0	0
24	Roger Hamby	1143	12	0	0	0	0
25	Buddy Baker	1019	8	1	0	1	5