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Race #3 of 13 in the 1978 USAC Stock Car Series Season

1978 Texas 500
Held on June 4, 1978 at Texas World Speedway in College Station, TX
250 L, 500 M, 804.75 KM - Scheduled Distance

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RESULTS

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	21	Gary Bowsher	Roto-Rooter	Ford Torino	250	82	running
2	11	12	Bay Darnell	Lomax Piggyback	Chevrolet Camaro	243	21	blown tire
3	13	32	Dave Decker	Kieft Brothers Septic	Dodge Magnum	242	0	running
4	18	31	Keith Davis	Davis Racing	Chevrolet Chevelle	242	0	running
5	35	11	Bobby Allison	AMC	AMC Matador	234	114	running
6	29	86	Tom Harrington	Bailey Racing	Pontiac LeMans	231	0	running
7	32	36	H.B. Bailey	Bailey Racing	Pontiac Trans Am	226	0	running
8	3	37	Dave Watson	AMSOIL	Buick Skylark	200	0	engine
9	38	39	Dale Koehler	Koehler Racing	Chevrolet Monte Carlo	200	0	out of fuel
10	22	79	Wayne Watercutter	Ward Racing Enterprises	Chevrolet Malibu	198	0	dry sump
11	8	77	Kevin Housby	Housby Mack	Plymouth Volare	196	0	engine
12	1	52	Tom Williams	Williams Racing	Chevrolet Chevelle	194	1	running
13	31	18	Tom Sturdivant	Sturdivant's Automatic Transmission	Chevrolet Camaro	171	0	transmission
14	21	25	Bill Venturini	BV Racing	Plymouth Volare	168	0	wheel bearing
15	26	84	Randy Ogden	Briarwood Special	Chevrolet Camaro	145	0	transmission
16	10	24	Larry Schild	Global Heat Exchanger	Chevy	136	0	oil leak
17	28	60	Ken Jai	Global Heat Exchanger	Chevy	126	0	black flag
18	27	75	Bob Schacht	Reet Racing	Chevrolet Laguna	115	0	engine
19	30	66	Terry Pearson	Pearson's Sales	Chevy	112	0	in ditch
20	2	81	Terry Ryan	WAM Racing	Chevrolet Laguna	93	20	rear axle
21	25	15	Rich Sundling	Sundling Racing	Chevrolet Chevelle	87	0	drive chain
22	19	17	Gordon Blankenship	Jesus Saves	Dodge Magnum	85	0	clutch
23	7	4	Eddie Wachs	Darnell-Timan Enterprises	Chevrolet Camaro	78	5	engine
24	15	44	Billy Hagan	Hagan Racing	Chevrolet Laguna	74	0	rear end
25	20	1	Paul Feldner	Tru-Cut Grinding	Dodge Magnum	61	0	accident
26	16	34	Bob Brevak	Brevak Racing	Dodge Magnum	58	0	blown engine
27	36	57	Jim Hurlbert	Hurlbert's Wholesale	Dodge Magnum	47	0	overheating
28	37	87	Tommy Taylor	Any Place Truck	Plymouth Fury	40	0	black flag
29	23	40	Joe Wallace	Wallace Racing	Chevrolet Camaro	27	0	blown engine
30	17	35	Dean Roper	T&C Service	Dodge Magnum	27	0	blown engine
31	4	70	Joe Ruttman	B & K Hydraulic Company	Pontiac	16	7	overheating
32	6	68	Bob Keselowski	Keselowski Racing	Dodge Aspen	8	0	accident
33	14	2	John Haver	Jim's Furniture, American Muffler	Chevy	8	0	accident
34	9	27	Ken Rowley	Hendren & Rowley	Plymouth Volare	8	0	accident
35	12	28	Jerry Jolly	Ski Machine	Chevrolet Chevelle	8	0	accident
36	24	33	Ricky Otts	Able Grinding	Chevrolet Laguna	8	0	accident
37	34	51	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore, Valvoline, Citicorp	Buick	3	0	valve
38	35	98	Tom Meinberg	Meinberg Brothers Racing	Chevrolet Laguna	0	0	valve

RACE DATA
Failed to Qualify:
Time of Race: 3h:44:53
Fast Qualifier: Tom Williams - 42.35 sec.
Heat Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{HeatWinners}}}|{{{HeatWinners}}}]]
Dash Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{DashWinners}}}|{{{DashWinners}}}]]
Consi Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{ConsiWinners}}}|{{{ConsiWinners}}}]]
Non-Qualifiers Race Winners: [[Special:FormEdit/Driver/{{{NonQualWinners}}}|{{{NonQualWinners}}}]]
Margin of Victory:
Average Speed: 133.394 mph
Cautions: 8 for 47 laps - not available
Lead Changes: ?? among ?? drivers - not available
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING
Bob Labonte relieved Billy Hagan on lap 9. Paul Feldner relieved Dave Decker on lap 165.