1978 NAPA National 500

Race 27 of 30

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:31:57
Average speed of winner: 141.826 mph
Margin of victory: 30.2 sec.
Lead changes: 40 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 21 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson 1-2, Yarborough 3, Pearson 4-16, Parsons 17-19, Yarborough 20-68, Marcis 69, Marlin 70-72, Petty 73-106, Marcis 107, Petty 108-113, D. Allison 114-126, Petty 127, D. Allison 128-129, Petty 130-132, B. Allison 133, Waltrip 134-136, Petty 137-138, Pearson 139, Yarborough 140-142, Petty 143, Yarborough 144-145, Petty 146-149, B. Allison 150, Petty 151-154, Yarborough 155-157, Petty 158-189, Waltrip 190, Petty 191-198, Yarborough 199, Petty 200-204, B. Allison 205, Petty 206, B. Allison 207-216, Petty 217, B. Allison 218-221, Pearson 222, B. Allison 223-252, Pearson 253-257, Marcis 258-260, Pearson 261-273, B. Allison 274-334

Race notes: Debut for Glenn Jarrett and Butch Mock.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries	Ford	Moore	Moore		334	6	107	running	22725	185
2	10	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		334	2	4	running	16025	175
3	12	Dave Marcis	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		334	3	5	running	12450	170
4	5	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		334	3	16	running	8550	165
5	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	161.355	333	6	35	running	17300	160
6	4	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		330	0	0	running	9215	150
7	6	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			330	1	3	running	5315	151
8	34	Dick May	57	McClure Motors	Ford	McClure Motors			326	0	0	running	4665	142
9	19	Richard Childress	3	CRC Chemicals	Oldsmobile	Childress			325	0	0	running	6540	138
10	14	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Mercury	Donlavey			325	0	0	fuel pump	6020	134
11	22	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			324	0	0	running	5760	130
12	36	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Chevrolet	Ballard			322	0	0	running	5550	127
13	15	Bruce Hill	05	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	Clary			321	0	0	running	3640	124
14	33	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			321	0	0	running	5230	121
15	37	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		320	0	0	running	4920	118
16	32	Connie Saylor	49	Lady & Son	Dodge	G.C. Spencer			320	0	0	running	3790	115
17	26	Bill Elliott	9	Dahlonega Ford Sales	Mercury	George Elliott	Elliott		319	0	0	engine	3240	112
18	35	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			318	0	0	running	3140	109
19	7	Harry Gant	12	Autosense	Chevrolet	Childers			317	0	0	accident	3115	0
20	23	Glenn Jarrett	16	Bealer Wholesale/Budweiser	Oldsmobile	Jimmy Edwards			317	0	0	running	2940	103
21	38	Ed Negre	8	Jones Chrysler-Plymouth	Chrysler	Negre			311	0	0	running	1790	100
22	2	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		311	6	59	running	9765	102
23	13	Ricky Rudd	22	Busch	Chevrolet	Al Rudd			308	0	0	running	3710	94
24	16	Terry Labonte	92	Duck Industries	Chevrolet	Hagan			293	0	0	engine	2475	91
25	27	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			278	0	0	transmission	2190	88
26	40	Butch Mock	75	Rahilly	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		254	0	0	running	1265	85
27	9	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		220	13	102	ignition	4915	87
28	3	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		186	1	3	accident	5365	84
29	25	Baxter Price	96	Cardinal Tractor	Ford	Cronkite			179	0	0	engine	1165	76
30	17	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Chevrolet	Stacy			172	0	0	transmission	4865	73
31	24	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			159	0	0	engine	1680	70
32	20	John Utsman	00	Lady & Son	Chevrolet	Ed Whitaker			125	0	0	accident	1015	67
33	29	Grant Adcox	41	Krystal	Chevrolet	Adcox			116	0	0	accident	1000	64
34	11	Buddy Baker	27	NAPA	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		110	0	0	ignition	1615	61
35	31	Janet Guthrie	68	King Mountain Truck	Buick	Ferreri			110	0	0	steering	995	58
36	39	Jerry Jolly	28	Ski Machine	Buick	Charles Dean			96	0	0	accident	930	55
37	18	Bill Dennis	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			66	0	0	clutch	1560	52
38	28	Skip Manning	8	Autowize	Chevrolet	Robert Gee			59	0	0	engine	1525	49
39	30	Dick Trickle	99	Puro Racing	Ford	Puro			24	0	0	cylinder head	910	46
40	21	Bobby Fisher	71	Stroh's Beer	Chevrolet	Bobby Fisher			3	0	0	engine	895	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	4334	27	5	9	21	21
2	Darrell Waltrip	3953	27	2	6	17	18
3	Dave Marcis	3936	27	0	0	13	22
4	Benny Parsons	3878	27	2	3	13	18
5	Bobby Allison	3857	27	1	4	12	19
6	Richard Petty	3553	27	0	0	10	15
7	Lennie Pond	3442	25	5	1	11	17
8	Dick Brooks	3344	27	0	0	4	15
9	Buddy Arrington	3315	27	0	0	1	6
10	Richard Childress	3229	27	0	0	1	11
11	Neil Bonnett	2946	27	3	0	7	12
12	J.D. McDuffie	2917	27	1	0	1	6
13	Tighe Scott	2908	27	0	0	0	7
14	Frank Warren	2763	27	0	0	0	0
15	Dick May	2630	25	0	0	0	2
16	David Pearson	2544	19	6	4	11	11
17	Ronnie Thomas	2478	24	0	0	0	2
18	D.K. Ulrich	2452	22	0	0	0	3
19	Jimmy Means	2441	24	0	0	0	2
20	Tommy Gale	2348	23	0	0	0	0
21	Baxter Price	2312	23	0	0	0	0
22	Cecil Gordon	2296	23	0	0	0	1
23	Roger Hamby	2275	23	0	0	0	2
24	Buddy Baker	1758	16	1	0	3	7
25	James Hylton	1724	17	0	0	0	4