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1978 Firecracker 400
Held on July 4, 1978 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL
160 L, 400 M, 643.68 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	21	David Pearson	Purolator	Mercury	160	57	running	185
2	1	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	160	56	running	175
3	8	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	Chevy	159	14	running	170
4	7	43	Richard Petty	STP	Dodge	159	4	running	165
5	14	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N.	Chevy	158	2	running	160
6	9	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's	Chevy	158	4	running	155
7	28	96	Dale Earnhardt	Cardinal Tractor	Ford	157	0	running	146
8	33	81	Ferrel Harris	Autowize	Chevy	157	0	running
9	23	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales	Mercury	157	0	running	138
10	22	30	Tighe Scott	Russ Togs	Oldsmobile	156	0	running	134
11	36	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl	Chevy	154	0	running	130
12	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Chevy	153	0	running	127
13	40	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	Chevy	152	0	running	124
14	34	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Chevy	152	0	running	121
15	29	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	152	0	running	118
16	30	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt	Chevy	151	0	running	115
17	26	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Dodge	151	0	running	112
18	37	47	Satch Worley	Race Hill Farm	Oldsmobile	150	0	running	109
19	35	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulbricht Construction	Chevy	149	0	running	106
20	31	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevy	146	0	running	103
21	25	22	Ricky Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks	Buick	143	0	engine	100
22	18	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal	Chevy	142	0	engine	97
23	15	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All	Chevy	140	0	clutch	94
24	19	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack	Oldsmobile	136	0	running	91
25	38	25	Ronnie Thomas	Louise Smith	Chevy	129	0	running	88
26	2	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	92	11	engine	90
27	10	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries	Ford	75	8	accident	87
28	32	82	Paul Fess	Lasky Construction	Chevy	75	0	transmission
29	21	16	Raymond Williams	Thundercraft Boats	Buick	74	0	engine	76
30	12	48	Al Holbert	Southland Industries	Oldsmobile	69	0	engine	73
31	16	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	61	0	engine	70
32	39	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevy	57	0	engine	67
33	13	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevy	55	1	steering	69
34	24	67	Buddy Arrington	Rossmeyer	Dodge	55	0	engine	61
35	27	49	Claude Ballot-Lena	Lady & Son Auction	Dodge	45	0	oil cooler
36	11	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	Mercury	35	0	throttle	55
37	4	27	Buddy Baker	Olympic Tan	Oldsmobile	28	3	engine	57
38	6	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevy	22	0	engine	49
39	5	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph	Buick	9	0	accident	46
40	17	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	9	0	accident	43

RACE DATA
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Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered