Capital City 400

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1978

Darrell Waltrip

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Darrell Waltrip won the 1978 Capital City 400 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1978, leading 65 of 400 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Neil Bonnett rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1978

Winner

Darrell Waltrip

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		400	—	Running	65	180
2	2	—	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		400	—	Running	47	175
3	3	—	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		400	—	Running	273	175
4	10	+6	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		399	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		397	—	Running	—	155
6	6	—	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		397	—	Running	—	150
7	13	+6	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		392	—	Running	—	146
8	12	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		391	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		388	—	Running	1	143
10	14	+4	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		388	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		387	—	Running	—	130
12	9	-3	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		384	—	Running	1	132
13	21	+8	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		381	—	Running	—	124
14	17	+3	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		381	—	Running	—	121
15	26	+11	Dick May	Negre Racing	Dodge	379	—	Running	—	118
16	18	+2	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	376	—	Running	—	115
17	25	+8	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		375	—	Running	—	112
18	8	-10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		374	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	Joey Arrington	Gray Racing	Dodge	364	—	Running	—	106
20	5	-15	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		356	—	DNF	13	108
21	19	-2	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		350	—	Running	—	100
22	20	-2	Baxter Price	Price Racing		317	—	Running	—	97
23	28	+5	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	256	—	DNF	—	94
24	22	-2	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		198	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	29	+4	Nelson Oswald	Oswald Racing		172	—	DNF	—	88
26	4	-22	Dave Dion	Dion Racing		85	—	DNF	—	85
27	16	-11	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		49	—	DNF - Crash	—	82
28	23	-5	Ferrel Harris	Robert Gee (Owner)		28	—	DNF	—	79
29	30	+1	Wayne Morgan	Wayne Morgan (Owner)		16	—	DNF	—	76
30	24	-6	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Chrysler	6	—	DNF	—	0