1978 Champion Spark Plug 400

Race 20 of 30

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 3:05:14
Average speed of winner: 129.566 mph
Margin of victory: 0.32 sec.
Lead changes: 34 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 35 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson 1-2, B. Allison 3, Pearson 4-7, B. Allison 8-10, Marcis 11-15, Waltrip 16, Yarborough 17-18, Waltrip 19, Childress 20, Parsons 21-27, Pearson 28-29, Yarborough 30-35, Waltrip 36, Rudd 37, Ulrich 38, McDuffie 39-41, Yarborough 42-43, Pearson 44, Yarborough 45-74, Waltrip 75, Yarborough 76, Pearson 77-84, Marcis 85-88, Yarborough 89-119, Pearson 120-129, Waltrip 130-132, Pearson 133-136, Waltrip 137, Pearson 138-146, Waltrip 147, Pearson 148-162, Waltrip 163-194, Marcis 195-197, Waltrip 198-199, Pearson 200

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	164.073	200	10	56	running	12000	180
2	3	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		200	6	72	running	13275	180
3	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		200	9	43	running	9325	170
4	7	Dave Marcis	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		200	3	12	running	5950	165
5	2	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries	Ford	Moore	Moore		198	2	4	running	7300	160
6	12	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Mercury	Donlavey			198	0	0	running	4950	150
7	9	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			197	1	3	running	4330	151
8	15	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Oldsmobile	Ranier	Wilson		196	0	0	running	5400	142
9	17	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Oldsmobile	Stacy			195	0	0	running	5300	138
10	11	Ferrel Harris	8	Autowize	Chevrolet	Robert Gee			194	0	0	running	3820	134
11	28	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			194	0	0	running	3610	130
12	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Falls Radiator	Dodge	Arrington			193	0	0	running	3390	127
13	5	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		191	1	7	running	5150	129
14	14	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		190	0	0	accident	5075	121
15	31	Jimmy Means	52	WIXC Radio	Chevrolet	Means			190	0	0	running	2810	118
16	24	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			190	0	0	running	2370	115
17	33	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			189	0	0	running	2135	112
18	36	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			189	0	0	running	1050	109
19	27	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Chevrolet	Ballard			187	0	0	running	1925	106
20	34	Gary Myers	4	Spencer's Body Wear	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			185	0	0	running	1000	103
21	30	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			183	0	0	running	1615	100
22	29	Joey Arrington	7	Sam Dell	Dodge	Arrington			183	0	0	running	950	97
23	10	D.K. Ulrich	40	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevrolet	Ulrich			181	1	1	running	1555	99
24	35	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			170	0	0	running	1520	91
25	23	Blackie Wangerin	39	Wangerin	Mercury	Wangerin			143	0	0	engine	1330	88
26	25	Ronnie Thomas	25	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			139	0	0	engine	1405	85
27	18	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl	Buick	Ferreri			128	0	0	engine	780	0
28	21	Ricky Rudd	22	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Al Rudd			113	1	1	cylinder head	2255	84
29	19	Donnie Allison	1	Grog Pond	Oldsmobile	Ellington	Pittman		96	0	0	valve	740	76
30	16	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			88	0	0	overheating	720	73
31	8	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Oldsmobile	Childress			68	1	1	valve	1195	75
32	32	Earle Canavan	01	Pepsi	Dodge	Canavan			59	0	0	transmission	685	67
33	20	Mel Larson	92	Thermo-Sol	Oldsmobile	Hagan			31	0	0	wiring system	1175	64
34	13	Bruce Hill	05	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	Clary			23	0	0	engine	665	61
35	22	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		17	0	0	engine	1155	58
36	6	Buddy Baker	27	M.C. Anderson	Oldsmobile	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		9	0	0	engine	1130	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	3162	20	5	5	15	15
2	Dave Marcis	2989	20	0	0	12	16
3	Benny Parsons	2930	20	2	3	11	13
4	Bobby Allison	2739	20	1	2	7	13
5	Darrell Waltrip	2738	20	0	5	10	11
6	Richard Petty	2636	20	0	0	7	11
7	Lennie Pond	2533	18	3	1	10	13
8	Buddy Arrington	2455	20	0	0	1	4
9	Dick Brooks	2395	20	0	0	2	10
10	Richard Childress	2353	20	0	0	1	9
11	D.K. Ulrich	2238	20	0	0	0	2
12	Tighe Scott	2213	20	0	0	0	6
13	Neil Bonnett	2143	20	3	0	4	9
14	J.D. McDuffie	2104	20	0	0	1	4
15	David Pearson	2052	15	5	4	9	9
16	Frank Warren	2045	20	0	0	0	0
17	Dick May	1899	18	0	0	0	0
18	Jimmy Means	1826	18	0	0	0	2
19	Cecil Gordon	1781	18	0	0	0	1
20	Ronnie Thomas	1738	18	0	0	0	1
21	Skip Manning	1665	15	0	0	1	4
22	Tommy Gale	1657	16	0	0	0	0
23	Baxter Price	1606	16	0	0	0	0
24	Roger Hamby	1465	16	0	0	0	0
25	Buddy Baker	1370	12	1	0	2	6