American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1978

Cale Yarborough

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1978 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 376 of 492 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

13 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		492	—	Running	376	185
2	4	+2	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		490	—	Running	—	170
3	3	—	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		488	—	Running	24	170
4	12	+8	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		486	—	Running	11	165
5	8	+3	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		486	—	Running	1	160
6	11	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		485	—	Running	18	155
7	5	-2	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		485	—	Running	12	151
8	10	+2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		484	—	Running	2	147
9	21	+12	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	473	—	Running	—	138
10	24	+14	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		472	—	Running	—	134
11	14	+3	Dick May	Hagan Enterprises		471	—	Running	—	130
12	20	+8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		468	—	Running	1	132
13	23	+10	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		465	—	Running	—	124
14	13	-1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		464	—	Running	10	126
15	26	+11	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		459	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	448	—	Running	—	115
17	27	+10	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		444	—	Running	—	112
18	18	—	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		444	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Baxter Price	Price Racing		441	—	Running	—	106
20	2	-18	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		423	—	DNF	12	108
21	17	-4	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		374	—	DNF	3	105
22	7	-15	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		324	—	DNF	14	102
23	25	+2	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		293	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	16	-8	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	284	—	DNF	8	96
25	6	-19	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		262	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	19	-7	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		215	—	DNF	—	85
27	36	+9	Bobby Wawak	Jim Norris (Owner)		214	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	33	+5	Junior Miller	Junior Miller Racing		122	—	DNF	—	79
29	29	—	Elmo Langley	Gray Racing		88	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	32	+2	Johnny Halford	Satterfield Racing		84	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
31	9	-22	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		76	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	34	+2	Charlie Blanton	Danny Queen (Owner)		52	—	DNF	—	0
33	22	-11	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		34	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	31	-3	Ferrel Harris	Robert Gee (Owner)		6	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	15	-20	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	4	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	35	-1	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing		0	—	DNF	—	55