Dixie 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1978

Donnie Allison

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Donnie Allison won the 1978 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 3 of 328 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Dave Marcis rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Donnie Allison

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	13	+12	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		328	—	Running	3	180
2	11	+9	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		328	—	Running	61	175
3	9	+6	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		328	—	Running	18	170
4	10	+6	Dale Earnhardt	Osterlund Motorsports		327	—	Running	—	160
5	5	—	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		327	—	Running	14	160
6	2	-4	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		326	—	Running	3	155
7	8	+1	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)		325	—	Running	—	146
8	1	-7	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		323	—	Running	67	147
9	15	+6	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		322	—	Running	11	143
10	12	+2	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		320	—	Running	—	134
11	30	+19	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		319	—	Running	—	130
12	19	+7	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	317	—	DNF - Crash	—	127
13	18	+5	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		317	—	DNF - Crash	—	124
14	16	+2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		317	—	Running	—	121
15	40	+25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		317	—	Running	—	118
16	27	+11	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	317	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	Dave Watson	Dave Watson (Owner)		316	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
18	28	+10	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		314	—	Running	—	109
19	24	+5	Dick May	Gray Racing		314	—	Running	—	106
20	34	+14	Ferrel Harris	Robert Gee (Owner)		314	—	Running	—	103
21	6	-15	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		311	—	DNF - Engine	151	110
22	35	+13	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		310	—	Running	—	97
23	21	-2	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		310	—	Running	—	94
24	25	+1	Butch Mock	RahMoc Enterprises		310	—	Running	—	0
25	32	+7	Skip Manning	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	308	—	Running	—	88
26	36	+10	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Chrysler	303	—	Running	—	85
27	26	-1	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		299	—	Running	—	82
28	7	-21	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		298	—	DNF - Crash	—	79
29	29	—	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)		298	—	Running	—	76
30	17	-13	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		285	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	37	+6	Tommy Gale	Wawak Racing		253	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	4	-28	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	246	—	DNF	—	67
33	38	+5	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	172	—	DNF	—	64
34	14	-20	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		137	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	23	-12	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		119	—	DNF	—	58
36	31	-5	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		92	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	20	-17	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing		80	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	33	-5	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	3	-36	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		5	—	DNF	—	46
40	39	-1	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		0	—	DNF	—	43