Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1978

Bobby Allison

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1978 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 261 of 328 laps. Dave Marcis finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		328	—	Running	261	185
2	11	+9	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		327	—	Running	—	170
3	8	+5	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		327	—	Running	3	170
4	1	-3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		327	—	Running	54	165
5	6	+1	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		327	—	Running	2	160
6	16	+10	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		325	—	Running	—	150
7	26	+19	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		319	—	Running	—	146
8	32	+24	Connie Saylor	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	316	—	DNF - Crash	—	142
9	15	+6	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		316	—	Running	—	138
10	23	+13	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		315	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		314	—	DNF	—	130
12	37	+25	Sam Sommers	Vandiver Racing		314	—	Running	—	127
13	3	-10	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		314	—	Running	—	124
14	28	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	313	—	Running	—	121
15	18	+3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		313	—	Running	—	118
16	35	+19	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		312	—	Running	—	115
17	39	+22	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		311	—	Running	—	112
18	10	-8	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports		311	—	Running	—	109
19	30	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	310	—	Running	—	106
20	34	+14	Woody Fisher	Gray Racing		309	—	Running	—	103
21	2	-19	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	303	—	DNF	—	100
22	19	-3	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		298	—	Running	—	97
23	12	-11	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		294	—	Running	—	94
24	33	+9	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		290	—	Running	—	91
25	38	+13	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	289	—	Running	—	88
26	9	-17	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	278	—	DNF	—	85
27	5	-22	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		237	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	40	+12	Billy McGinnis	Billie Harvey (Owner)		221	—	DNF	—	79
29	22	-7	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	214	—	DNF	—	76
30	25	-5	Chuck Bown	Johnny Ray (Owner)		188	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	14	-17	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		182	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	20	-12	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		163	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	31	-2	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	154	—	DNF - Engine	6	69
34	29	-5	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		152	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	7	-28	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		146	—	DNF - Engine	2	63
36	27	-9	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)		121	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	24	-13	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		97	—	DNF	—	52
38	17	-21	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	66	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	13	-26	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		33	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	36	-4	John A. Utsman	Wellrich Motorsports		10	—	DNF - Engine	—	43