Coca-Cola 500

Pocono Raceway — January 1, 1978

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1978 Coca-Cola 500 at Pocono Raceway on January 1, 1978, leading 125 of 200 laps. David Pearson finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Pocono Raceway

Season

1978

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		200	—	Running	125	185
2	3	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	66	175
3	9	+6	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		199	—	Running	—	165
4	6	+2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		197	—	Running	—	160
5	5	—	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		197	—	Running	—	155
6	17	+11	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		197	—	Running	—	150
7	7	—	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	197	—	Running	—	146
8	19	+11	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		194	—	Running	—	142
9	25	+16	Satch Worley	Race Hill Farm Team		194	—	Running	—	138
10	18	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		194	—	Running	—	134
11	14	+3	Dick May	McClure Motors		194	—	Running	—	130
12	15	+3	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		190	—	Running	—	127
13	16	+3	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		189	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	187	—	Running	—	121
15	20	+5	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	186	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		186	—	Running	—	115
17	13	-4	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		184	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
18	32	+14	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	184	—	Running	—	109
19	34	+15	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		183	—	Running	—	106
20	31	+11	Ferrel Harris	Robert Gee (Owner)		181	—	Running	—	103
21	40	+19	Nestor Peles	Steve Peles (Owner)		180	—	Running	—	100
22	33	+11	Joe Booher	Gray Racing		178	—	Running	—	97
23	26	+3	Kenny Brightbill	Makar Enterprises	Mercury	177	—	Running	—	0
24	12	-12	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		177	—	Running	—	91
25	10	-15	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		166	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	2	-24	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		166	—	Running	4	90
27	27	—	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		166	—	Running	—	82
28	28	—	Baxter Price	Price Racing		165	—	Running	—	79
29	1	-28	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		154	—	Running	—	76
30	8	-22	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	152	—	DNF - Engine	5	78
31	22	-9	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		117	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	39	+7	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris (Owner)		99	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	29	-4	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		69	—	DNF	—	64
34	38	+4	Bobby Wawak	Greg Heller (Owner)		65	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	11	-24	Donnie Allison	Pee Wee Griffin (Owner)		59	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
36	21	-15	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		45	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	37	—	Jocko Maggiacomo	Jockos Racing	Matador	45	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	35	-3	Dave Dion	Dion Racing		12	—	DNF	—	49
39	30	-9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
40	36	-4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		3	—	DNF - Engine	—	43