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1978 Running of the Dogwood 500 Classic Modifieds

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1978 Dogwood 500 NASCAR Modified Feature
Held on March 11, 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	4	61	Richie Evans		Pinto	250	88	running
2	1	1	Geoffrey Bodine		Pinto	250	160	running
3	9	22	Bill Hensley		Vega	249	0	running
4	15	38	Jerry Cook		Pinto	249	0	running
5	10	4	Brian Ross		Pinto	248	0	running
6	8	07	Paul Radford		Pinto	248	0	running
7	28	90	Fred Harbach		Pinto	247	0	running
8	19	45	Philip Smith		Gremlin	245	0	running
9	34	00	Ed Flemke		Pinto	245	0	running
10	30	31	Don Smith		Gremlin	241	0	running
11	38	39	Gary Cretty		Vega	241	0	running
12	24	6	Bill Cane		Chevette	240	0	running
13	39	63	Bubba Beck		Monza	236	0	running
14	2	05	Don Whalen		Monza	234	0	running
15	35	23	Bobby Loftin		Vega	233	0	running
16	11	01	Ray Miller		Vega	231	0	running
17	32	46	Billy Middleton		Gremlin	214	0	running
18	21	0	Melvin Chilton		Vega	201	0	engine
19	25	57	Johnny Bryant		Gremlin	186	0	accident
20	26	58	Merv Treichler		Chevette	182	0	accident
21	36	92	Charlie Scott		Gremlin	173	0	oil pressure
22	29	19	Bob Park		Capri	171	0	engine
23	5	3	Fred DeSarro		Vega	170	2	engine
24	31	43	Dick Lappan		Vega	164	0	drive shaft
25	22	28	John Rosati		Pinto	150	0	accident
26	18	17	Satch Worley		Mustang II	147	0	accident
27	13	71	Tom Green		Pinto	136	0	brakes
28	12	26	Ray Hendrick		Pinto	119	0	a-frame
29	27	41	Bob Santos		Pinto	111	0	handling
30	17	2	Ron Bouchard		Pinto	109	0	axle
31	6	60	Maynard Troyer		Pinto	103	0	engine
32	33	09	Junior Miller		Capri	68	0	oil leak
33	23	21	Bob Potter		Pinto	61	0	accident
34	37	9	Jamie Tomaino		Vega	48	0	engine
35	16	97	Johnny Johnson		Monza	28	0	overheating
36	20	5	Wayne Anderson		Pinto	25	0	steering
37	7	51	Charlie Jarzombek		Vega	21	0	oil leak
38	14	7	Jerry Dostie		Mustang II	17	0	accident
39	40	55	Mark Newton		Vega	15	0	accident
40	3	15	Bugsy Stevens		Pinto	13	0	transmission
DID NOT START
		10	Joe Thurman		Pinto			DNS
DID NOT QUALIFY
		29	Lew Hennessy		Monza			DNQ
		34	Cliff Tyler		Vega			DNQ
		11	Sammy Freeman		Mustang II			DNQ

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: 2h:01:13
Starting Lineup Set By: Time Trials
Fast Qualifier: Geoffrey Bodine - 20.443 sec.
Preliminary Feature Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/Template:(({PrelimWinnersTemplate:))|[[:Template:]]}
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/Template:(({HeatWinnersTemplate:))|[[:Template:]]}
Qualifier Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/Template:(({QualWinnersTemplate:))|[[:Template:]]}
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/Template:(({DashWinnersTemplate:))|[[:Template:]]}
Scramble Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/Template:(({ScrambleWinnersTemplate:))|[[:Template:]]}
Consi Winners: Melvin Chilton, John Rosati, Bob Potter
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/Template:(({NonQualWinnersTemplate:))|[[:Template:]]}
Margin of Victory: 12.4 seconds
Average Speed: 64.670 mph
Cautions: 13 for 66 laps - not available
Lead Changes: 4 among 3 drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered