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1978 Running of the Southern 500

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1978 Southern 500
Held on September 4, 1978 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, SC
367 L, 501.322 M, 806.666 KM - Scheduled Distance

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FEATURE RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	6	11	Cale Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	367	203	running	185
2	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	Chevy	367	44	running	175
3	9	43	Richard Petty	STP	Chevy	366	1	running	170
4	19	92	Terry Labonte	Duck Industries	Chevy	356	0	running	160
5	3	15	Bobby Allison	Norris Industries	Ford	355	21	running	160
6	16	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales	Mercury	355	0	running	150
7	25	48	James Hylton	Southland Industries	Chevy	353	0	running	146
8	29	67	Buddy Arrington	Falls Radiator	Dodge	350	0	running	142
9	28	25	Ronnie Thomas	Autowize	Chevy	349	0	running	138
10	4	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevy	348	12	running	139
11	35	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	Chevy	345	0	running	130
12	40	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Dodge	340	0	running	127
13	33	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	337	0	running	124
14	32	4	Gary Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear	Chevy	336	0	running	121
15	31	45	Baxter Price	Ray Cook's Bar-B-Q	Chevy	326	0	engine	118
16	14	96	Dale Earnhardt	Cardinal Tractor	Ford	313	0	running	115
17	36	18	Joe Frasson	Satterfield Heating	Chevy	305	0	running	112
18	39	97	Ralph Jones	Jones Supply	Ford	303	0	running	109
19	18	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis	Chevy	297	0	running	106
20	24	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating	Chevy	281	0	engine	103
21	34	8	Ed Negre	Jones Chrysler-Plymouth	Chrysler	259	0	running	100
22	38	19	Bob Burcham	Belden Asphalt	Chevy	243	0	accident	97
23	23	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions	Chevy	241	0	running	94
24	7	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevy	224	59	accident	96
25	11	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	Mercury	221	0	engine	88
26	5	54	Lennie Pond	W.I.N.	Chevy	215	0	steering	85
27	21	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack	Chevy	179	0	engine	82
28	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator	Mercury	166	14	accident	84
29	17	40	D.K. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines	Chevy	163	0	accident	76
30	15	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevy	162	1	accident	78
31	22	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal	Chevy	153	0	accident	70
32	12	27	Buddy Baker	U.S. Army	Chevy	149	11	engine	72
33	37	39	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	142	0	engine	64
34	8	5	Neil Bonnett	Armor All	Chevy	124	0	engine	61
35	10	2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Racing	Chevy	122	0	accident	58
36	13	22	Ricky Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevy	122	1	accident	60
37	30	74	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing	Chevy	112	0	accident	52
38	26	57	Dick May	McClure Motors	Ford	101	0	oil pump	49
39	27	01	Earle Canavan	Addy	Dodge	84	0	overheating	46
40	20	05	Bruce Hill	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	80	0	rear end	43

RACE DATA
Did not start:
Did not qualify:
Time of Race: ???
Starting Lineup Set By: Unknown Methods
Fast Qualifier:
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: ??? mph
Cautions: ?? for ?? laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
Fastest Lap: Unknown/Unentered