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1978 Talladega 500
1978-08-06 at Talladega Superspeedway
1 |
5 |
Lennie Pond |
|
22 |
#54 Oldsmobile Unk |
180 |
188 |
Finish |
$19,600 |
2 |
9 |
Donnie Allison |
|
4 |
#1 Oldsmobile |
175 |
188 |
Finish |
$12,200 |
3 |
2 |
Benny Parsons |
|
9 |
#72 Oldsmobile |
170 |
188 |
Finish |
$13,300 |
4 |
1 |
Cale Yarborough |
|
79 |
#11 Oldsmobile |
170 |
188 |
Finish |
$17,000 |
5 |
3 |
David Pearson |
|
6 |
#21 Mercury |
160 |
187 |
Finish |
$6,100 |
6 |
20 |
Bobby Allison |
|
0 |
#15 Ford |
150 |
186 |
Finish |
$8,440 |
7 |
6 |
Richard Petty |
|
5 |
#43 Dodge |
151 |
186 |
Finish |
$7,740 |
8 |
14 |
Neil Bonnett |
|
2 |
#5 Chevy |
147 |
183 |
Finish |
$6,640 |
9 |
15 |
Dick Brooks |
|
0 |
#90 Mercury |
138 |
182 |
Finish |
$5,490 |
10 |
17 |
Tighe Scott |
|
0 |
#30 Oldsmobile |
134 |
181 |
Finish |
$5,070 |
11 |
24 |
Ferrel Harris |
|
0 |
#8 Chevy |
130 |
181 |
Finish |
$4,785 |
12 |
27 |
Dale Earnhardt |
|
0 |
#96 Ford |
127 |
180 |
Finish |
$2,740 |
13 |
19 |
Bill Elliott |
|
0 |
#9 Mercury |
124 |
179 |
Finish |
$2,640 |
14 |
25 |
Dave Marcis |
|
0 |
#2 Oldsmobile |
121 |
176 |
Finish |
$3,850 |
15 |
29 |
Buddy Arrington |
|
0 |
#67 Dodge |
118 |
175 |
Finish |
$4,130 |
16 |
34 |
Dick May |
|
0 |
#19 Chevy |
115 |
172 |
Finish |
$3,870 |
17 |
23 |
J.D. McDuffie |
|
0 |
#70 Chevy |
112 |
172 |
Finish |
$3,635 |
18 |
38 |
Marty Robbins |
|
0 |
#42 Dodge |
109 |
171 |
Finish |
$2,240 |
19 |
41 |
D.K. Ulrich |
|
0 |
#40 Chevy |
106 |
168 |
Finish |
$3,250 |
20 |
30 |
Tommy Gale |
|
0 |
#64 Ford |
103 |
168 |
Finish |
$2,940 |
21 |
31 |
Gary Myers |
|
0 |
#4 Chevy |
100 |
167 |
Finish |
$1,890 |
22 |
33 |
Grant Adcox |
|
0 |
#41 Chevy |
97 |
165 |
Finish |
$1,840 |
23 |
32 |
Baxter Price |
|
0 |
#45 Chevy |
94 |
165 |
Finish |
$2,430 |
24 |
35 |
Ronnie Thomas |
|
0 |
#25 Chevy |
91 |
164 |
Finish |
$3,870 |
25 |
18 |
Richard Childress |
Richard Childress Racing |
0 |
#3 Oldsmobile |
88 |
164 |
Finish |
$2,310 |
26 |
8 |
Coo Coo Marlin |
|
0 |
#14 Chevy |
85 |
158 |
Engine |
$1,640 |
27 |
40 |
Steve Moore |
|
0 |
#73 Chevy |
82 |
150 |
Finish |
$1,590 |
28 |
4 |
Buddy Baker |
|
57 |
#27 Oldsmobile |
84 |
149 |
Valve |
$5,040 |
29 |
12 |
Janet Guthrie |
|
0 |
#68 Buick |
76 |
129 |
Accident |
$1,990 |
30 |
28 |
Al Holbert |
|
0 |
#48 Oldsmobile |
73 |
124 |
Timing Chain |
$1,930 |
31 |
39 |
Earle Canavan |
|
0 |
#01 Dodge |
0 |
119 |
Finish |
$1,280 |
32 |
36 |
Jimmy Means |
|
0 |
#52 Chevy Unk |
67 |
118 |
Accident |
$1,755 |
33 |
13 |
Frank Warren |
|
0 |
#79 Dodge |
64 |
110 |
Finish |
$1,730 |
34 |
11 |
Darrell Waltrip |
|
4 |
#88 Chevy |
66 |
105 |
Engine |
$5,205 |
35 |
21 |
Bruce Hill |
|
0 |
#05 Oldsmobile |
58 |
96 |
Axle |
$1,480 |
36 |
37 |
Roger Hamby |
|
0 |
#17 Oldsmobile Unk |
55 |
94 |
Clutch |
$1,155 |
37 |
16 |
Claude Ballot-Lena |
|
0 |
#49 Dodge |
0 |
48 |
Engine |
$1,130 |
38 |
10 |
Skip Manning |
|
0 |
#92 Buick |
49 |
46 |
Engine |
$1,605 |
39 |
7 |
Ricky Rudd |
|
0 |
#22 Chevy |
46 |
22 |
Cylinder Head |
$2,580 |
40 |
26 |
Blackie Wangerin |
|
0 |
#39 Mercury |
43 |
9 |
Valve |
$980 |
41 |
22 |
James Hylton |
|
0 |
#12 Buick |
0 |
1 |
Transmission |
$1,130 |