1978 Southeastern 500

Race 6 of 30

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:53:03
Average speed of winner: 92.401 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 13 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 40 laps
Lap leaders: Bonnett pole, Parsons 1-47, Marcis 48, Waltrip 49, Parsons 50-195, Waltrip 196-260, Marcis 261, Waltrip 262-277, Marcis 278-314, Waltrip 315-337, Parsons 338-396, Waltrip 397, Parsons 398, Waltrip 399-500

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		500	6	208	running	17050	180
2	2	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		499	4	253	running	14250	180
3	3	Dave Marcis	2	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		497	3	39	running	4500	170
4	6	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		494	0	0	running	6850	160
5	10	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		494	0	0	running	2000	155
6	4	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Oldsmobile	Childress			484	0	0	running	3550	150
7	17	James Hylton	48	Southland Industries	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		480	0	0	running	3050	146
8	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	Arrington			478	0	0	running	3130	142
9	19	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			476	0	0	running	2320	138
10	23	Ed Negre	8	N.H. Coal Company	Dodge	Negre			471	0	0	running	2150	134
11	12	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	Ulrich			471	0	0	running	1855	130
12	20	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			469	0	0	running	1680	127
13	22	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			462	0	0	running	1520	124
14	21	Lynn Carroll	35	Leonard Racing	Chevrolet				445	0	0	running	650	0
15	16	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			431	0	0	running	1335	118
16	27	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			422	0	0	running	600	115
17	18	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Oldsmobile	Hamby			413	0	0	running	1075	112
18	28	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			401	0	0	running	1100	109
19	9	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			400	0	0	running	785	106
20	13	Ronnie Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			302	0	0	valve	1070	103
21	5	Bobby Allison	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		293	0	0	valve	3205	100
22	29	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			250	0	0	rear end	740	97
23	15	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Means			187	0	0	accident	725	94
24	25	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Norris			172	0	0	valve	460	91
25	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		47	0	0	accident	3150	88
26	1	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Dodge	Stacy		110.409	44	0	0	accident	3890	85
27	8	Roland Wlodyka	98	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund			44	0	0	accident	430	82
28	14	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			16	0	0	rear end	770	79
29	24	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak	Chevrolet	Wawak			8	0	0	axle	410	76

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Benny Parsons	999	6	0	1	5	5
2	Cale Yarborough	969	6	2	1	5	5
3	Dave Marcis	926	6	0	0	3	5
4	Bobby Allison	863	6	0	2	3	4
5	Lennie Pond	784	5	0	0	4	5
6	Richard Childress	784	6	0	0	0	3
7	Dick Brooks	768	6	0	0	2	3
8	Buddy Arrington	764	6	0	0	0	2
9	Skip Manning	709	6	0	0	0	1
10	D.K. Ulrich	706	6	0	0	0	1
11	Frank Warren	693	6	0	0	0	0
12	Darrell Waltrip	691	6	0	1	2	2
13	Neil Bonnett	689	6	3	0	1	3
14	Tighe Scott	633	6	0	0	0	2
15	Richard Petty	619	6	0	0	1	1
16	Cecil Gordon	618	6	0	0	0	0
17	David Pearson	516	4	1	1	2	2
18	J.D. McDuffie	516	6	0	0	0	0
19	Tommy Gale	497	5	0	0	0	0
20	Jimmy Means	480	5	0	0	0	1
21	Roger Hamby	452	5	0	0	0	0
22	Roland Wlodyka	449	5	0	0	0	0
23	Ronnie Thomas	427	4	0	0	0	0
24	Dick May	424	4	0	0	0	0
25	James Hylton	399	3	0	0	0	1