Staley 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — January 1, 1978

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1978 Staley 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 146 of 400 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		400	—	Running	146	185
2	7	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	—	Running	129	175
3	1	-2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		399	—	Running	120	170
4	5	+1	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		399	—	Running	1	165
5	6	+1	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		398	—	Running	—	155
6	3	-3	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		397	—	Running	1	155
7	14	+7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		390	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		390	—	Running	—	142
9	10	+1	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		389	—	Running	—	138
10	17	+7	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		388	—	Running	—	134
11	16	+5	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	384	—	Running	—	130
12	12	—	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		382	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		375	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		374	—	Running	—	121
15	23	+8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	372	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Joe Booher	Wawak Racing		371	—	Running	—	115
17	22	+5	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		370	—	Running	—	112
18	29	+11	Dick May	Gray Racing		354	—	Running	—	109
19	25	+6	Baxter Price	Price Racing		346	—	Running	—	106
20	21	+1	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		295	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	20	-1	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		279	—	DNF	—	100
22	13	-9	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	245	—	DNF	—	97
23	19	-4	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		214	—	Running	—	94
24	8	-16	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	187	—	DNF - Engine	1	96
25	15	-10	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		150	—	DNF	—	88
26	4	-22	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		120	—	DNF	2	90
27	18	-9	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		79	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	27	-1	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing		76	—	DNF	—	79
29	26	-3	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		34	—	DNF	—	76