World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1978

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1978 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 144 of 400 laps. Donnie Allison finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	17	+16	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		400	—	Running	144	185
2	14	+12	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		400	—	Running	35	175
3	6	+3	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		400	—	Running	1	170
4	2	-2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		400	—	Running	130	165
5	1	-4	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	400	—	Running	85	160
6	12	+6	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		400	—	Running	5	155
7	10	+3	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		399	—	Running	—	146
8	16	+8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	398	—	Running	—	142
9	7	-2	Sterling Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		394	—	Running	—	138
10	24	+14	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		393	—	Running	—	134
11	26	+15	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		389	—	Running	—	130
12	33	+21	Morgan Shepherd	Makar Enterprises	Mercury	389	—	Running	—	127
13	40	+27	Dick May	McClure Motors		388	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	387	—	Running	—	121
15	34	+19	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	386	—	Running	—	118
16	29	+13	John A. Utsman	Wellrich Motorsports		384	—	Running	—	115
17	28	+11	Dale Earnhardt	Cronkrite Racing		382	—	Running	—	0
18	31	+13	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		380	—	Running	—	109
19	5	-14	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	373	—	Running	—	106
20	22	+2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		372	—	Running	—	103
21	19	-2	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports		369	—	Running	—	100
22	30	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		369	—	Running	—	97
23	36	+13	Frank Warren	Warren Racing		369	—	Running	—	94
24	21	-3	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		356	—	Running	—	91
25	38	+13	Baxter Price	Price Racing		355	—	Running	—	88
26	15	-11	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		352	—	Running	—	85
27	35	+8	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing		343	—	DNF	—	82
28	20	-8	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		331	—	Running	—	79
29	25	-4	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		323	—	Running	—	76
30	37	+7	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		318	—	DNF	—	73
31	27	-4	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		240	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	3	-29	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		198	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	9	-24	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		195	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	18	-16	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	184	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	13	-22	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing		157	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	4	-32	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)		140	—	DNF	—	55
37	39	+2	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		129	—	DNF	—	52
38	8	-30	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		113	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	11	-28	Ron Hutcherson	A.J. Foyt Racing		112	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
40	32	-8	Jerry Jolly	Charles Dean (Owner)		20	—	DNF	—	43