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1978 Cardinal 500
Held on October 29, 1978 at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, VA (Third configuration)
250 L, 131.25 M, 211.226 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	23	00	Sam Ard	Thomas Brothers Country Ham	Olds	250		running
2	13	01	Sonny Hutchins	Southern Oxygen	Chevy	250		running
3	27	59	J.E. Beard	Duke's Wrecker Service	Chevy	250		running
4	7	50	Morgan Shepherd	Hot Rod Barns	Pontiac	250		running
5	21	6	Joe Thurman	Maxey Seat Covers	Pontiac	250		running
6	19	2	Monk Tate	Thomas Brothers Country Ham	Olds	249
7	25	98	Jody Ridley	Cumberland Mills	Pontiac	248
8	33	5	Satch Worley	Auto Village	Pontiac	248
9	5	4	Bob Pressley	Precision Products	Chevy	248
10	6	8	Dale Earnhardt	Earnhardt Racing	Chevy	248
11	15	33	Geoffrey Bodine		Chevy	246
12	22	9	Mike Porter	Meadows Oil Company	Chevy	246
13	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	Chevy	246
14	9	63	Jimmy Hensley	Hensley Auto Electric	Chevy	245	148
15	26	60	Beaver Dragon	Moore Transportation	Chevy	244
16	14	14	Sterling Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevy	240
17	16	71	Gene Glover	Machine Tools	Chevy	236
18	36	3	Joey Arrington	Buddy's Used Cars	Dodge	236
19	18	77	Harry Gant	Budweiser	Olds	214
20	31	39	John Settlemyre	First National Bank	Chevy	204
21	1	16	Butch Lindley	Black Diamond Coal	Pontiac	201
22	37	70	J.D. McDuffie	Phelps Welding	Chevy	184
23	20	41	Jack Bland	Henderson Drywall	Pontiac	177
24	30	89	Billy Smith	Mr. Frosty Seafood	Chevy	168
25	29	55	Dickie Boswell	Vic's Speed Shop	Chevy	165
26	28	0	Dick McCabe	McCabe Bait Company	Chevy	139
27	10	17	Paul Radford		Pontiac	133
28	39	31	Roy Lee Hendrick	Little Charlie's Supply	Chevy	108
29	35	18	Johnny Allen	Big Daddy's Lounge	Chevy	103
30	17	11	Jack Ingram	Ingram Racing	Chevy	77
31	11	12	Tommy Ellis	WWBT-TV	Pontiac	77
32	32	07	Chuck Bown	Mar Kal	Chevy	69
33	34	25	Bob Ballentine	Gardner Concrete	Chevy	64
34	8	7	Ray Hendrick	Mr. Parts	Pontiac	62
35	3	54	Lennie Pond	Falling Creek RVs	Pontiac	61
36	24	08	Jay Hedgecock	WGHP-TV	Pontiac	34
37	12	1	Bill Dennis	West Trailer Repair	Chevy	32
38	4	95	Tommy Houston	Schlitz	Pontiac	17
39	40	94	Charlie Pressley	Precision Products	Chevy	10
40	38	51	Bobby Fleming	Fleming Body Shop	Pontiac	8
DID NOT QUALIFY
		04	Eddie Falk	WZAM Radio	Chevy			DNQ
		03	George Dalton	Miami Race Car Co.	Chevy			DNQ
		10	Buddy Hopkins	B&J Auto Supply	Chevy			DNQ
		22	Rick Mast	Davis Motor	Plymouth			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 1:40:15
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Butch Lindley - 20.813 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{PrelimWinners}}}|{{{PrelimWinners}}}]]
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{QualWinners}}}|{{{QualWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ScrambleWinners}}}|{{{ScrambleWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: 78.551 mph
Cautions: 7 for 43 laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered