Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — January 1, 1978

Cale Yarborough

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1978 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on January 1, 1978, leading 203 of 367 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1978

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		367	—	Running	203	185
2	2	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		367	—	Running	44	175
3	9	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		366	—	Running	1	170
4	19	+15	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		356	—	Running	—	160
5	3	-2	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		355	—	Running	21	160
6	16	+10	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	355	—	Running	—	150
7	25	+18	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		353	—	Running	—	146
8	29	+21	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	350	—	Running	—	142
9	28	+19	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		349	—	Running	—	138
10	4	-6	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		348	—	Running	12	139
11	35	+24	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		345	—	Running	—	130
12	40	+28	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	340	—	Running	—	127
13	33	+20	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		337	—	Running	—	124
14	32	+18	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		336	—	Running	—	121
15	31	+16	Baxter Price	Price Racing		326	—	DNF - Engine	—	118
16	14	-2	Dale Earnhardt	Cronkrite Racing		313	—	Running	—	115
17	36	+19	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		305	—	Running	—	112
18	39	+21	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)		303	—	Running	—	109
19	18	-1	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		297	—	Running	—	106
20	24	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		281	—	DNF	—	103
21	34	+13	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Chrysler	259	—	Running	—	100
22	38	+16	Bob Burcham	Gray Racing		243	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	23	—	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		241	—	Running	—	94
24	7	-17	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		224	—	DNF - Crash	59	96
25	11	-14	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	221	—	DNF	—	88
26	5	-21	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		215	—	DNF	—	85
27	21	-6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		179	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	1	-27	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	166	—	DNF - Crash	14	84
29	17	-12	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		163	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	15	-15	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		162	—	DNF - Crash	1	78
31	22	-9	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		153	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	12	-20	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		149	—	DNF - Engine	11	72
33	37	+4	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	142	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	8	-26	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		124	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	10	-25	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		122	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	13	-23	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		122	—	DNF - Crash	1	60
37	30	-7	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		112	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	26	-12	Dick May	McClure Motors		101	—	DNF	—	49
39	27	-12	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	84	—	DNF	—	46
40	20	-20	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		80	—	DNF	—	43