1978 Richmond 400

Race 3 of 30

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 2:41:59
Average speed of winner: 80.304 mph
Margin of victory: 2.6 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 33 laps
Lap leaders: Bonnett 1-5, Waltrip 6-32, Pond 33, Childress 34-53, Yarborough 54-122, Pond 123-184, Waltrip 185-212, Pond 213-239, Parsons 240-271, Pond 272-323, Parsons 324-400

Race notes: Debut for Woody Fisher and Nelson Oswald.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		400	2	109	running	11225	180
2	9	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		400	4	142	running	5000	180
3	7	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		399	1	69	running	7450	170
4	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		399	2	55	running	5250	165
5	5	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			397	0	0	running	3325	155
6	4	Bobby Allison	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		396	0	0	running	4225	150
7	6	Dave Marcis	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		395	0	0	running	1300	146
8	11	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress			393	1	20	running	2450	147
9	1	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Dodge	Stacy		93.382	393	1	5	running	4050	143
10	19	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			389	0	0	running	2080	134
11	10	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		389	0	0	running	1920	130
12	18	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Means			385	0	0	running	1825	127
13	17	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			381	0	0	running	1690	124
14	23	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			380	0	0	running	1580	121
15	21	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			380	0	0	running	1370	118
16	16	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	Ulrich			379	0	0	running	1235	115
17	20	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Oldsmobile	Cecil Gordon			379	0	0	running	1075	112
18	24	Ronnie Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			370	0	0	running	1325	109
19	25	Jimmy Lee Capps	26	Hearn Produce	Chevrolet	David Sellers			369	0	0	running	550	106
20	29	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			359	0	0	running	525	103
21	14	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			358	0	0	running	750	100
22	8	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		356	0	0	differential	3175	97
23	15	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			322	0	0	running	700	94
24	27	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			299	0	0	running	435	91
25	26	Roger Hamby	37	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			282	0	0	running	425	88
26	12	Roland Wlodyka	98	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund			177	0	0	accident	460	85
27	13	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			154	0	0	cylinder head	665	82
28	28	Woody Fisher	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			74	0	0	differential	600	79
29	22	Dick May	74	Wawak	Chevrolet	Wawak			71	0	0	differential	325	76
30	30	Nelson Oswald	09	Perfect Alignment	Chevrolet	Oswald			50	0	0	technical	300	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	530	3	1	1	3	3
2	Benny Parsons	525	3	0	1	3	3
3	Dave Marcis	451	3	0	0	1	3
4	Dick Brooks	428	3	0	0	2	2
5	Bobby Allison	403	3	0	1	1	2
6	Neil Bonnett	385	3	1	0	1	2
7	Richard Childress	374	3	0	0	0	1
8	Tighe Scott	373	3	0	0	0	1
9	Buddy Arrington	363	3	0	0	0	0
10	D.K. Ulrich	361	3	0	0	0	1
11	Skip Manning	351	3	0	0	0	0
12	Darrell Waltrip	343	3	0	0	1	1
13	Frank Warren	336	3	0	0	0	0
14	Lennie Pond	314	2	0	0	1	2
15	Cecil Gordon	300	3	0	0	0	0
16	Richard Petty	281	3	0	0	0	0
17	J.D. McDuffie	234	3	0	0	0	0
18	David Pearson	231	2	1	0	1	1
19	Al Holbert	218	2	0	0	0	1
20	Roger Hamby	206	2	0	0	0	0
21	Jimmy Lee Capps	200	2	0	0	0	0
22	Roland Wlodyka	191	2	0	0	0	0
23	Jimmy Means	185	2	0	0	0	0
24	Dick May	185	2	0	0	0	0
25	Tommy Gale	182	2	0	0	0	0