Carolina 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1978

David Pearson

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1978 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 219 of 492 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	492	—	Running	219	185
2	3	+1	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		492	—	Running	124	175
3	6	+3	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		492	—	Running	45	170
4	10	+6	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	490	—	Running	2	165
5	11	+6	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		489	—	Running	—	155
6	1	-5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	483	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		481	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		477	—	Running	—	142
9	30	+21	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	476	—	Running	—	138
10	25	+15	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		464	—	Running	—	134
11	8	-3	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		461	—	Running	4	135
12	31	+19	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	460	—	Running	—	127
13	24	+11	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		457	—	Running	—	124
14	21	+7	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		445	—	Running	—	121
15	14	-1	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		444	—	Running	6	123
16	27	+11	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		439	—	Running	—	115
17	34	+17	Dick May	Wawak Racing		429	—	Running	—	112
18	4	-14	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		407	—	Running	36	114
19	32	+13	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris (Owner)		398	—	Running	—	106
20	35	+15	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)		378	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	2	-19	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		352	—	DNF	33	105
22	28	+6	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		352	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	36	+13	Baxter Price	Price Racing		338	—	Running	—	94
24	33	+9	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	280	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	18	-7	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		266	—	DNF	—	88
26	13	-13	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		260	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	23	-4	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		259	—	DNF	—	82
28	7	-21	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		243	—	DNF - Engine	23	84
29	22	-7	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	167	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	19	-11	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		145	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	5	-26	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		119	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	17	-15	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports		79	—	DNF	—	67
33	16	-17	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		70	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	20	-14	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		30	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	29	-6	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)		28	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	26	-10	Woody Fisher	Gray Racing		0	—	DNF	—	55