Rebel 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1978

Benny Parsons

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1978 Rebel 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1978, leading 83 of 367 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Lennie Pond rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1978

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		367	—	Running	83	180
2	2	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		367	—	Running	33	175
3	5	+2	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		366	—	Running	—	165
4	7	+3	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		365	—	Running	21	165
5	10	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	364	—	Running	—	155
6	9	+3	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		364	—	Running	1	155
7	25	+18	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		357	—	Running	—	146
8	12	+4	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		356	—	Running	—	142
9	15	+6	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	355	—	Running	—	138
10	18	+8	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		349	—	Running	2	139
11	24	+13	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		342	—	Running	—	130
12	33	+21	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		337	—	Running	—	127
13	21	+8	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		334	—	Running	—	124
14	1	-13	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		324	—	Running	11	126
15	13	-2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		321	—	DNF - Engine	171	128
16	36	+20	Baxter Price	Price Racing		321	—	Running	—	115
17	23	+6	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	321	—	Running	—	112
18	17	-1	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	320	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	318	—	Running	—	106
20	14	-6	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		286	—	DNF	—	103
21	32	+11	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		286	—	Running	—	100
22	30	+8	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	280	—	Running	—	97
23	3	-20	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		268	—	DNF	40	99
24	34	+10	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		247	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	28	+3	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		237	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	35	+9	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris (Owner)		222	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	19	-8	Sam Sommers	Vandiver Racing		198	—	DNF	—	0
28	16	-12	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		187	—	Running	—	79
29	6	-23	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	181	—	DNF - Engine	5	81
30	20	-10	Chuck Bown	Johnny Ray (Owner)		108	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	31	—	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		104	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	11	-21	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	71	—	DNF	—	67
33	29	-4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		69	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	22	-12	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		18	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	4	-31	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		9	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	26	-10	Dick May	Gray Racing		9	—	DNF	—	55