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Coca-Cola 500 1978 NASCAR Cup Series Race 18 of 30
Race Information				Track Information
Total Purse:	$134,675	Race Date:	Jul 30, 1978	Pocono Raceway
Margin of Victory:	.700 Seconds	Race Duration:	3Hr 30Min 28Sec.	Long Pond, Pennsylvania
Lead Changes:	37	Average Speed:	142.540 MPH	2.5 Mile Paved Tri-Oval
No. of Cars:	40	No. of Cautions:	1 For 3 Laps	poconoraceway.com

Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information
Winner Information	Pole Information	Manufacturer Points
Driver:	Darrell Waltrip D. Waltrip	Driver:	Benny Parsons B. Parsons	Chevrolet:	9
Car No.:	#88 Chevrolet	Car No.:	#72 Chevrolet	Mercury:	0
Team:	DiGard Racing	Team:	DeWitt Racing	Ford:	0
Crew Chief:	Buddy Parrott	Crew Chief:		Oldsmobile:	0
Laps Led:	123 of 200	Pole Speed:	149.235 MPH

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Official Coca-Cola 500 Results

Finish	Start	Num	Driver	Sponsor	Mfg	Points	Laps	Led	Status
1	4	88	Darrell Waltrip D. Waltrip	Gatorade		185	200	125	Running
2	3	21	David Pearson D. Pearson	Purolator		175	200	66	Running
3	9	15	Bobby Allison B. Allison	Norris Industries		165	199	0	Running
4	6	2	Dave Marcis D. Marcis	Shoney's		160	197	0	Running
5	5	27	Buddy Baker B. Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		155	197	0	Running
6	17	22	Ricky Rudd R. Rudd	1st National City Travelers Checks		150	197	0	Running
7	7	90	Dick Brooks D. Brooks	Truxmore Industries		146	197	0	Running
8	19	30	Tighe Scott T. Scott	Russ Togs		142	194	0	Running
9	25	47	Satch Worley S. Worley	Race Hill Farm		138	194	0	Running
10	18	70	J.D. McDuffie J. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating		134	194	0	Running
11	14	57	Dick May D. May	McClure Motors		130	194	0	Running
12	15	48	Al Holbert Al Holbert (R)	Southland Cork & Rubber		127	190	0	Running
13	16	52	Jimmy Means J. Means	Means Racing		124	189	0	Running
14	23	67	Buddy Arrington B. Arrington	Falls Radiator		121	187	0	Running
15	20	39	Blackie Wangerin B. Wangerin (R)	Crane's Parts		118	186	0	Running
16	24	64	Tommy Gale T. Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda		115	186	0	Running
17	13	5	Bruce Hill B. Hill	Bearfinder		112	184	0	Engine
18	32	79	Frank Warren F. Warren	Native Tan		109	184	0	Running
19	34	4	Gary Myers G. Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear		106	183	0	Running
20	31	8	Ferrel Harris F. Harris	Autowize		103	181	0	Running
21	40	34	Nestor Peles N. Peles	Peles Racing		100	180	0	Running
22	33	19	Joe Booher J. Booher	Belden Asphalt		97	178	0	Running
23	26	84	Kenny Brightbill K. Brightbill	Arnold Enterprises		0	177	0	Running
24	12	3	Richard Childress R. Childress	CRC / Kansas Jack		91	177	0	Running
25	10	40	D.K. Ulrich D. Ulrich	Midwestern Farm Lines		88	166	0	Engine
26	2	11	Cale Yarborough C. Yarborough	1st National City Travelers Checks		90	166	4	Running
27	27	17	Roger Hamby R. Hamby (R)	Hamby / Ellis Automotive		82	166	0	Running
28	28	45	Baxter Price B. Price (R)	Price Racing		79	165	0	Running
29	1	72	Benny Parsons B. Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks		76	154	0	Running
30	8	43	Richard Petty R. Petty	STP		78	152	5	Engine
31	22	68	Janet Guthrie J. Guthrie	Kelly Girl		70	117	0	Engine
32	39	61	Joe Mihalic J. Mihalic	Dura Bond		67	99	0	Engine
33	29	25	Ronnie Thomas R. Thomas (R)	Louise Smith		64	69	0	Rear Gear
34	38	85	Bobby Wawak B. Wawak	Heller Spring		61	65	0	Engine
35	11	1	Donnie Allison D. Allison	Grog Pond		0	59	0	Engine
36	21	5	Neil Bonnett N. Bonnett	Armor All		55	45	0	Engine
37	37	63	Jocko Maggiacomo J. Maggiacomo	Miron Products	AMC Matador	52	45	0	Engine
38	35	29	Dave Dion D. Dion	Green Mountain		49	12	0	Transmission
39	30	18	James Hylton J. Hylton	Palatine Automotive		0	5	0	Engine
40	36	24	Cecil Gordon C. Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited		43	3	0	Engine
	(R) Denotes Rookie ◄► (I) Driver is Ineligible For Points Click on Driver's Name to View Driver's Statistics

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