Richmond 400

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1978

Benny Parsons

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1978 Richmond 400 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1978, leading 109 of 400 laps. Lennie Pond finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1978

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		400	—	Running	109	180
2	9	+7	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		400	—	Running	142	180
3	7	+4	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		399	—	Running	69	170
4	2	-2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		399	—	Running	55	165
5	5	—	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		397	—	Running	—	155
6	4	-2	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		396	—	Running	—	150
7	6	-1	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		395	—	Running	—	146
8	11	+3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		393	—	Running	20	147
9	1	-8	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	393	—	Running	5	143
10	19	+9	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		389	—	Running	—	134
11	10	-1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		389	—	Running	—	130
12	18	+6	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		385	—	Running	—	127
13	17	+4	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		381	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	380	—	Running	—	121
15	21	+6	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	380	—	Running	—	118
16	16	—	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		379	—	Running	—	115
17	20	+3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		379	—	Running	—	112
18	24	+6	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		370	—	Running	—	109
19	25	+6	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)		369	—	Running	—	106
20	29	+9	Baxter Price	Price Racing		359	—	Running	—	103
21	14	-7	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	358	—	Running	—	100
22	8	-14	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	356	—	DNF	—	97
23	15	-8	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		322	—	Running	—	94
24	27	+3	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	299	—	Running	—	91
25	26	+1	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		282	—	Running	—	88
26	12	-14	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports		177	—	DNF - Crash	—	85
27	13	-14	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		154	—	DNF	—	82
28	28	—	Woody Fisher	Gray Racing		74	—	DNF	—	79
29	22	-7	Dick May	Wawak Racing		71	—	DNF	—	76
30	30	—	Nelson Oswald	Oswald Racing		60	—	DNF	—	73