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1978 Southeastern 500
Held on April 2, 1978 at Bristol Motor Speedway in Bristol, TN
500 L, 266.5 M, 429 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	Chevy	500	208	running	180
2	2	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevy	499	253	running	180
3	3	2	Dave Marcis	Shoney's	Chevy	497	39	running	170
4	6	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	494	0	running	160
5	10	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N.	Chevy	494	0	running	155
6	4	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack	Oldsmobile	484	0	running	150
7	17	48	James Hylton	Southland Industries	Chevy	480	0	running	146
8	26	67	Buddy Arrington	Reid Trailer Sales	Dodge	478	0	running	142
9	19	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions	Chevy	476	0	running	138
10	23	8	Ed Negre	N.H. Coal Company	Dodge	471	0	running	134
11	12	40	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing	Chevy	471	0	running	130
12	20	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt	Chevy	469	0	running	127
13	22	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Dodge	462	0	running	124
14	21	35	Lynn Carroll	Carroll Racing	Chevy	445	0	running
15	16	92	Skip Manning	Stratagraph	Chevy	431	0	running	118
16	27	45	Baxter Price	Price Racing	Chevy	422	0	running	115
17	18	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis	Chevy	413	0	running	112
18	28	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevy	401	0	running	109
19	9	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	Ford	400	0	running	106
20	13	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	Chevy	302	0	engine	103
21	5	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries	Ford	293	0	engine	100
22	29	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	250	0	rear end	97
23	15	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	Chevy	187	0	crash	94
24	25	61	Joe Mihalic	Norris Racing	Chevy	172	0	engine	91
25	11	43	Richard Petty	STP	Dodge	47	0	crash	88
26	1	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All	Dodge	44	0	crash	85
27	8	98	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Racing	Chevy	44	0	crash	82
28	14	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Chevy	16	0	rear end	79
29	24	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Chevy	8	0	axle	76

RACE DATA
Did not start:
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Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
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Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
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Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
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Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered