Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1978

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1978 Virginia 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 310 of 500 laps. Neil Bonnett finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

3 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		500	—	Running	310	185
2	5	+3	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	497	—	Running	—	170
3	7	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	497	—	Running	—	165
4	6	+2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		489	—	Running	—	160
5	16	+11	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	485	—	Running	—	155
6	9	+3	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		483	—	Running	—	150
7	15	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		477	—	Running	—	146
8	21	+13	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		467	—	Running	—	142
9	18	+9	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		460	—	Running	—	138
10	20	+10	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		457	—	Running	—	134
11	19	+8	Baxter Price	Price Racing		455	—	Running	—	130
12	30	+18	Bobby Wawak	Wawak Racing		452	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		449	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		448	—	Running	—	121
15	4	-11	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		446	—	Running	—	118
16	2	-14	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		443	—	Running	133	120
17	17	—	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		442	—	Running	—	112
18	1	-17	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		429	—	DNF	57	114
19	25	+6	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	419	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		387	—	DNF	—	103
21	8	-13	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	361	—	DNF	—	100
22	24	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	331	—	DNF	—	97
23	14	-9	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		164	—	DNF	—	94
24	13	-11	Chuck Bown	Johnny Ray (Owner)		163	—	DNF	—	91
25	22	-3	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		160	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	10	-16	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		140	—	DNF	—	85
27	12	-15	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		96	—	DNF	—	82
28	26	-2	Dick May	Gray Racing		50	—	DNF	—	79
29	29	—	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		28	—	DNF	—	76
30	23	-7	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		13	—	DNF	—	73