NAPA Riverside 400

Riverside International Raceway — January 1, 1978

Benny Parsons

Winner

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1978 NAPA Riverside 400 at Riverside International Raceway on January 1, 1978, leading 26 of 95 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Riverside International Raceway

Season

1978

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		95	—	Running	26	180
2	7	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	95	—	Running	4	175
3	5	+2	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		95	—	Running	12	170
4	3	-1	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		95	—	Running	3	165
5	2	-3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		94	—	Running	47	165
6	12	+6	Ray Elder	Dave Hill (Owner)	Dodge	94	—	Running	—	150
7	23	+16	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		94	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		93	—	Running	—	142
9	13	+4	Jim Thirkettle			93	—	Running	—	138
10	10	—	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	92	—	Running	—	134
11	18	+7	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		92	—	Running	—	130
12	30	+18	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		92	—	Running	—	127
13	29	+16	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports		92	—	Running	—	124
14	16	+2	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		91	—	Running	—	121
15	15	—	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		91	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		91	—	Running	—	115
17	11	-6	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Motorsports		90	—	Running	—	112
18	27	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing		89	—	Running	—	109
19	34	+15	Harry Goularte	Go-Em Racing		88	—	Running	—	106
20	28	+8	Richard White	Mike White (Owner)		88	—	Running	—	103
21	31	+10	Dick May	Gray Racing		86	—	Running	—	100
22	22	—	Don Graham	Rodney Friesen (Owner)		75	—	DNF	—	97
23	14	-9	John Borneman	Borneman Motorsports		74	—	DNF	—	94
24	19	-5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		72	—	DNF	—	91
25	24	-1	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		70	—	DNF	—	88
26	20	-6	Dick Brooks	Langley-Woodfield Racing		67	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	1	-26	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	66	—	DNF	—	82
28	35	+7	Chuck Wahl	DuWayne Wahl (Owner)		59	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	26	-3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	57	—	Running	—	76
30	25	-5	Rocky Moran	Rocky Moran (Owner)		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	32	+1	Ernie Stierly	Ernie Stierly (Owner)		42	—	DNF	—	70
32	6	-26	Jimmy Insolo	Gerald Craker (Owner)		29	—	DNF - Engine	3	72
33	17	-16	Don Noel	Don Noel (Owner)		22	—	DNF	—	0
34	33	-1	Bill Baker	Bill Baker (Owner)		20	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	8	-27	Norm Palmer	Norm Palmer (Owner)	Dodge	8	—	DNF - Crash	—	58