Gabriel 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1978

Cale Yarborough

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1978 Gabriel 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 60 of 200 laps. David Pearson finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	60	180
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	18	175
3	2	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		200	—	Running	24	170
4	7	+3	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		200	—	Running	5	165
5	5	—	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		199	—	Running	1	160
6	12	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	199	—	Running	—	150
7	13	+6	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		198	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		198	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		195	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		194	—	Running	—	134
11	20	+9	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		193	—	Running	—	130
12	21	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	192	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		191	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		190	—	Running	—	121
15	29	+14	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		189	—	Running	—	118
16	15	-1	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		188	—	DNF - Engine	—	115
17	33	+16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		187	—	Running	—	112
18	24	+6	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		184	—	Running	—	109
19	25	+6	Dick May	Gray Racing		182	—	Running	—	106
20	27	+7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	180	—	Running	—	103
21	31	+10	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		179	—	Running	—	100
22	18	-4	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		172	—	DNF	—	97
23	26	+3	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		169	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	4	-20	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		168	—	DNF - Engine	4	96
25	9	-16	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		152	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	34	+8	Baxter Price	Price Racing		142	—	Running	—	85
27	17	-10	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		130	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	6	-22	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		129	—	DNF - Engine	88	89
29	8	-21	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		127	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	32	+2	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		122	—	DNF	—	73
31	14	-17	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		108	—	DNF - Crash	—	70
32	16	-16	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	106	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	35	+2	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	82	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	36	+2	Joe Booher	Wawak Racing		46	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	30	-5	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	30	—	DNF	—	58