Winston Western 500

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1978

Cale Yarborough

Winner

119

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1978 Winston Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1978, leading 58 of 119 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1978

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		119	—	Running	58	185
2	3	+1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		119	—	Running	18	175
3	1	-2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	119	—	Running	41	170
4	16	+12	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	119	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		118	—	Running	—	155
6	29	+23	Hershel McGriff	Jefferson Racing		118	—	Running	—	0
7	11	+4	Jimmy Insolo	Gerald Craker (Owner)		118	—	Running	2	151
8	9	+1	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		117	—	Running	—	142
9	20	+11	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley Motorsports		115	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		115	—	Running	—	134
11	27	+16	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing		114	—	Running	—	130
12	34	+22	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports	Dodge	113	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	112	—	Running	—	124
14	10	-4	Norm Palmer	Norm Palmer (Owner)	Dodge	111	—	DNF - Engine	—	121
15	25	+10	Dick Brooks	Langley-Woodfield Racing		111	—	Running	—	118
16	5	-11	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	106	—	DNF	—	115
17	22	+5	Jim Thirkettle			104	—	Running	—	112
18	31	+13	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		103	—	Running	—	109
19	23	+4	Ernie Stierly	Ernie Stierly (Owner)		99	—	Running	—	106
20	18	-2	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		90	—	Running	—	103
21	12	-9	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		85	—	Running	—	100
22	35	+13	Jack Simpson	C & M Racing		74	—	Running	—	97
23	2	-21	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		70	—	DNF	—	94
24	24	—	Richard White	Mike White (Owner)		70	—	Running	—	91
25	30	+5	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		52	—	DNF	—	88
26	32	+6	Rocky Moran	Rocky Moran (Owner)		51	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	13	-14	John Borneman	Arthur Godfrey (Owner)		50	—	DNF	—	82
28	21	-7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		45	—	DNF	—	79
29	17	-12	Vince Giamformaggio	Sam Arakalian (Owner)		41	—	DNF	—	76
30	6	-24	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		40	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	28	-3	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing		36	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	8	-24	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		19	—	DNF	—	67
33	33	—	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing		15	—	DNF	—	64
34	26	-8	Ray Elder	Dave Hill (Owner)	Dodge	12	—	DNF	—	61
35	14	-21	Gary Johnson	Ted Armstrong (Owner)		3	—	DNF	—	58