NAPA National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1978

Bobby Allison

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1978 NAPA National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 108 of 334 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Dave Marcis rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		334	—	Running	108	185
2	10	+8	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		334	—	Running	4	175
3	12	+9	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		334	—	Running	5	170
4	5	+1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		334	—	Running	15	165
5	1	-4	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	333	—	Running	35	160
6	4	-2	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		330	—	Running	—	150
7	6	-1	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		330	—	Running	3	151
8	34	+26	Dick May	McClure Motors		326	—	Running	—	142
9	19	+10	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		325	—	Running	—	138
10	14	+4	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	325	—	DNF	—	134
11	22	+11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		324	—	Running	—	130
12	36	+24	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		322	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		321	—	Running	—	124
14	33	+19	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	321	—	Running	—	121
15	37	+22	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		320	—	Running	—	118
16	32	+16	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	320	—	Running	—	115
17	26	+9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	319	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
18	35	+17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		318	—	Running	—	109
19	7	-12	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)		317	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
20	23	+3	Glenn Jarrett	Jimmy Edwards (Owner)		317	—	Running	—	103
21	38	+17	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Chrysler	311	—	Running	—	100
22	2	-20	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		311	—	Running	59	102
23	13	-10	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		308	—	Running	—	94
24	16	-8	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		293	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	27	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	278	—	DNF	—	88
26	40	+14	Butch Mock	RahMoc Enterprises		254	—	Running	—	85
27	9	-18	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		220	—	DNF	102	87
28	3	-25	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		186	—	DNF - Crash	3	84
29	25	-4	Baxter Price	Cronkrite Racing		179	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	17	-13	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		172	—	DNF	—	73
31	24	-7	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		159	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	20	-12	John A. Utsman	Wellrich Motorsports		125	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	29	-4	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		116	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	11	-23	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		110	—	DNF	—	61
35	31	-4	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		110	—	DNF	—	58
36	39	+3	Jerry Jolly	Charles Dean (Owner)		96	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	18	-19	Bill Dennis	Gray Racing		66	—	DNF	—	52
38	28	-10	Skip Manning	Robert Gee (Owner)		59	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	30	-9	Dick Trickle	Puro Racing		24	—	DNF	—	46
40	21	-19	Bobby Fisher	Bobby Fisher (Owner)		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	43