Richmond 400
1978 NASCAR Cup Series Race 3 of 30
Race InformationTrack Information
Total Purse:$70,910Race Date:Feb 26, 1978Richmond Raceway
Margin of Victory:2.600 SecondsRace Duration:2Hr 41Min 59Sec.Richmond, Virginia
Lead Changes:10Average Speed:80.304 MPH.750 Mile D-Shaped Oval
No. of Cars:30No. of Cautions:5 For 33 Lapsrichmondraceway.com

Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information
Winner InformationPole InformationManufacturer Points
Driver: Benny Parsons B. ParsonsDriver: Neil Bonnett N. BonnettChevrolet:9
Car No.:#72 ChevroletCar No.:#5 DodgeOldsmobile:0
Team:DeWitt RacingTeam:Jim Stacy RacingFord:0
Crew Chief:Jake ElderCrew Chief:Dodge:0
Laps Led:109 of 400Pole Speed:93.382 MPH
Official 1978 Richmond 400 Results
FinishStartNumDriverSponsorMfgPointsLapsLedStatus
1372 Benny Parsons B. ParsonsBenny Parsons1st National City Travelers Checks180400109Running
2954 Lennie Pond L. PondLennie PondW.I.N. Incorporated180400127Running
3711 Cale Yarborough C. YarboroughCale Yarborough1st National City Travelers Checks17039969Running
4288 Darrell Waltrip D. WaltripDarrell WaltripGatorade16539955Running
5590 Dick Brooks D. BrooksDick BrooksTruxmore Industries1553970Running
6415 Bobby Allison B. AllisonBobby AllisonNorris Industries1503960Running
762 Dave Marcis D. MarcisDave MarcisOsterlund Racing1463950Running
8113 Richard Childress R. ChildressRichard ChildressKansas Jack14739320Running
915 Neil Bonnett N. BonnettNeil BonnettArmor All1433935Running
101930 Tighe Scott T. ScottTighe ScottScotty's Fashions1343890Running
111048 James Hylton J. HyltonJames HyltonHylton Engineering1303890Running
121852 Jimmy Means J. MeansJimmy MeansMeans Racing1273850Running
131792 Skip Manning S. ManningSkip ManningStratagraph Incorporated1243810Running
142379 Frank Warren F. WarrenFrank WarrenNative Tan1213800Running
152167 Buddy Arrington B. ArringtonBuddy ArringtonArrington Grocery1183800Running
161640 D.K. Ulrich D. UlrichD.K. UlrichUlrich Racing1153790Running
172024 Cecil Gordon C. GordonCecil GordonTransmissions Unlimited1123790Running
182425 Ronnie Thomas R. Thomas (R)Ronnie ThomasRobertson Racing1093700Running
192526 Jimmy Lee Capps J. CappsJimmy Lee CappsHearn Produce1063690Running
202945 Baxter Price B. Price (R)Baxter PricePrice Racing1033590Running
21148 Ed Negre E. NegreEd NegreNegre Racing1003580Running
22843 Richard Petty R. PettyRichard PettySTP973560Rear Gear
231564 Tommy Gale T. GaleTommy GaleSunny King Ford & Honda943220Running
24271 Earle Canavan E. CanavanEarle CanavanCanavan Racing912990Running
252637 Roger Hamby R. Hamby (R)Roger HambyHamby / Ellis Automotive882820Running
261298 Roland Wlodyka R. WlodykaRoland WlodykaOsterlund Racing851770Accident
271370 J.D. McDuffie J. McDuffieJ.D. McDuffieMcDuffie Racing821540Cylinder Head
282819 Woody Fisher W. FisherWoody FisherBelden Asphalt79740Rear Gear
292274 Dick May D. MayDick MayWawak Racing76710Rear Gear
30309 Nelson Oswald N. OswaldNelson OswaldPerfect Alignment73500Unknown

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