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1978 Delaware 500
1978-09-17 at Dover Motor Speedway
1 |
2 |
Bobby Allison |
|
267 |
#15 Ford |
185 |
500 |
Finish |
$14,600 |
2 |
8 |
Cale Yarborough |
|
221 |
#11 Oldsmobile |
175 |
500 |
Finish |
$12,700 |
3 |
6 |
Buddy Baker |
|
1 |
#27 Chevy |
170 |
499 |
Finish |
$7,250 |
4 |
5 |
David Pearson |
|
0 |
#21 Mercury |
160 |
498 |
Finish |
$4,000 |
5 |
7 |
Darrell Waltrip |
|
1 |
#88 Chevy |
160 |
497 |
Finish |
$6,700 |
6 |
14 |
Dick Brooks |
|
0 |
#90 Ford |
150 |
496 |
Finish |
$4,300 |
7 |
12 |
Lennie Pond |
|
0 |
#54 Oldsmobile |
146 |
493 |
Finish |
$5,300 |
8 |
10 |
Dave Marcis |
|
0 |
#2 Chevy |
142 |
493 |
Finish |
$3,130 |
9 |
13 |
Donnie Allison |
|
0 |
#1 Oldsmobile |
138 |
489 |
Finish |
$1,800 |
10 |
15 |
Dick May |
|
0 |
#92 Chevy |
134 |
485 |
Finish |
$3,220 |
11 |
16 |
Ronnie Thomas |
|
0 |
#25 Chevy |
130 |
483 |
Finish |
$3,560 |
12 |
3 |
Richard Childress |
Richard Childress Racing |
0 |
#3 Oldsmobile |
127 |
482 |
Finish |
$3,340 |
13 |
18 |
Al Holbert |
|
0 |
#48 Chevy |
124 |
472 |
Steering |
$2,655 |
14 |
27 |
Cecil Gordon |
|
0 |
#24 Chevy |
121 |
468 |
Finish |
$2,470 |
15 |
29 |
Ed Negre |
|
0 |
#8 Dodge |
118 |
467 |
Finish |
$2,285 |
16 |
26 |
Earle Canavan |
|
0 |
#01 Dodge |
0 |
460 |
Finish |
$1,200 |
17 |
20 |
Tommy Gale |
|
0 |
#64 Ford |
112 |
458 |
Finish |
$1,975 |
18 |
22 |
Roger Hamby |
|
0 |
#17 Oldsmobile Unk |
109 |
457 |
Finish |
$1,050 |
19 |
31 |
Nestor Peles |
|
0 |
#34 Chevy |
106 |
439 |
Finish |
$1,000 |
20 |
21 |
Gary Myers |
|
0 |
#4 Chevy |
103 |
438 |
Piston |
$900 |
21 |
32 |
Frank Warren |
|
0 |
#79 Dodge |
100 |
438 |
Finish |
$1,440 |
22 |
23 |
Buddy Arrington |
|
0 |
#67 Dodge |
97 |
432 |
Finish |
$1,405 |
23 |
30 |
Baxter Price |
|
0 |
#45 Chevy |
94 |
420 |
Finish |
$1,345 |
24 |
36 |
Nelson Oswald |
|
0 |
#09 Chevy |
91 |
335 |
Piston |
$700 |
25 |
19 |
Tighe Scott |
|
0 |
#30 Chevy |
88 |
320 |
Oil Pan |
$1,275 |
26 |
9 |
Benny Parsons |
|
0 |
#72 Chevy |
85 |
311 |
Timing Chain |
$4,350 |
27 |
11 |
Richard Petty |
|
0 |
#43 Chevy |
82 |
269 |
Ignition |
$4,525 |
28 |
25 |
Dave Dion |
|
0 |
#29 Ford |
79 |
238 |
Valve |
$600 |
29 |
4 |
Neil Bonnett |
|
0 |
#5 Oldsmobile |
76 |
220 |
Accident |
$3,775 |
30 |
28 |
Ralph Jones |
|
0 |
#97 Ford |
73 |
186 |
Engine |
$550 |
31 |
33 |
Joey Arrington |
|
0 |
#19 Dodge |
70 |
143 |
Rear End |
$1,040 |
32 |
24 |
Jimmy Means |
|
0 |
#52 Chevy |
67 |
140 |
Valve |
$1,030 |
33 |
1 |
J.D. McDuffie |
|
10 |
#70 Chevy |
69 |
80 |
Piston |
$1,520 |
34 |
17 |
James Hylton |
|
0 |
#18 Chevy |
0 |
10 |
Quit |
$510 |
35 |
37 |
Louis Gatto |
|
0 |
#35 Chevy |
58 |
5 |
Too Slow |
$500 |
36 |
34 |
Ferrel Harris |
|
0 |
#61 Chrysler |
0 |
3 |
Quit |
$490 |
37 |
35 |
Jabe Thomas |
|
0 |
#81 Chevy |
52 |
1 |
Quit |
$480 |