1978 Delaware 500

Race 24 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:11:20
Average speed of winner: 119.323 mph
Margin of victory: 19.7 sec.
Lead changes: 7 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 18 laps
Lap leaders: McDuffie 1-10, B. Allison 11-20, Yarborough 21-97, Waltrip 98, Yarborough 99-242, B. Allison 243-317, Baker 318, B. Allison 319-500

Race notes: Only pole for J.D. McDuffie. Debut for Louis Gatto. Finale for Jabe Thomas.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries	Ford	Moore	Moore		500	3	267	running	14600	185
2	8	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		500	2	221	running	12700	175
3	6	Buddy Baker	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		499	1	1	running	7250	170
4	5	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		498	0	0	running	4000	160
5	7	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		497	1	1	running	6700	160
6	14	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			496	0	0	running	4300	150
7	12	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Oldsmobile	Ranier	Wilson		493	0	0	running	5300	146
8	10	Dave Marcis	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		493	0	0	running	3130	142
9	13	Donnie Allison	1	Grog Pond	Oldsmobile	Ellington	Pittman		489	0	0	running	1800	138
10	15	Dick May	92	Duck Industries	Chevrolet	Hagan			485	0	0	running	3220	134
11	16	Ronnie Thomas	25	Autowize	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			483	0	0	running	3560	130
12	3	Richard Childress	3	CRC	Oldsmobile	Childress			482	0	0	running	3340	127
13	18	Al Holbert	48	Southland Industries	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		472	0	0	steering	2655	124
14	27	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			468	0	0	running	2470	121
15	29	Ed Negre	8	Jones	Dodge	Negre			467	0	0	running	2285	118
16	26	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			460	0	0	running	1200	0
17	20	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			458	0	0	running	1975	112
18	22	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			457	0	0	running	1050	109
19	31	Nestor Peles	34	Peles Racing	Chevrolet	Peles			439	0	0	running	1000	106
20	21	Gary Myers	4	Spencer's Auto Service	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			438	0	0	piston	900	103
21	32	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			438	0	0	running	1440	100
22	23	Buddy Arrington	67	Lafayette Radio	Chevrolet	Arrington			432	0	0	running	1405	97
23	30	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			420	0	0	running	1345	94
24	36	Nelson Oswald	09	J&S Truck Service	Chevrolet	Oswald			335	0	0	piston	700	91
25	19	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Chevrolet	Ballard			320	0	0	oil pan	1275	88
26	9	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		311	0	0	timing chain	4350	85
27	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		269	0	0	ignition	4525	82
28	25	Dave Dion	29	Green Mountain	Ford	Dave Dion			238	0	0	valve	600	79
29	4	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Oldsmobile	Stacy			220	0	0	accident	3775	76
30	28	Ralph Jones	97	Jones	Ford	Ralph Jones			186	0	0	engine	550	73
31	33	Joey Arrington	19	Rossmeyer	Dodge	Henley Gray			143	0	0	rear end housing	1040	70
32	24	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Means			140	0	0	valve	1030	67
33	1	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie		135.480	80	1	10	piston	1520	69
34	17	James Hylton	18	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton			10	0	0	withdrew	510	0
35	37	Louis Gatto	35	L&J Automotive	Chevrolet	L and J			5	0	0	too slow	500	58
36	34	Ferrel Harris	61	Jones	Chrysler	Negre			3	0	0	withdrew	490	0
37	35	Jabe Thomas	81	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			1	0	0	withdrew	480	52

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	3867	24	5	7	19	19
2	Dave Marcis	3482	24	0	0	12	19
3	Benny Parsons	3479	24	2	3	12	16
4	Darrell Waltrip	3423	24	1	6	14	15
5	Bobby Allison	3361	24	1	3	10	16
6	Richard Petty	3156	24	0	0	9	13
7	Lennie Pond	2986	22	4	1	10	14
8	Dick Brooks	2948	24	0	0	4	13
9	Buddy Arrington	2936	24	0	0	1	5
10	Richard Childress	2843	24	0	0	1	10
11	Tighe Scott	2571	24	0	0	0	6
12	J.D. McDuffie	2560	24	1	0	1	6
13	Neil Bonnett	2558	24	3	0	5	10
14	Frank Warren	2484	24	0	0	0	0
15	D.K. Ulrich	2452	22	0	0	0	3
16	David Pearson	2296	17	5	4	10	10
17	Dick May	2288	22	0	0	0	1
18	Ronnie Thomas	2257	22	0	0	0	2
19	Jimmy Means	2253	22	0	0	0	2
20	Cecil Gordon	2138	21	0	0	0	1
21	Tommy Gale	2084	20	0	0	0	0
22	Baxter Price	2030	20	0	0	0	0
23	Roger Hamby	1948	20	0	0	0	2
24	Skip Manning	1665	15	0	0	1	4
25	Buddy Baker	1612	14	1	0	3	7