Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1978

Bobby Allison

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1978 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 28 of 200 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	33	+32	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	28	180
2	1	-1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	43	175
3	8	+5	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		199	—	Running	2	170
4	2	-2	Ron Hutcherson	A.J. Foyt Racing		199	—	Running	—	160
5	32	+27	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	198	—	Running	—	155
6	10	+4	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		198	—	Running	—	150
7	31	+24	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		196	—	DNF - Engine	76	156
8	9	+1	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	195	—	Running	—	142
9	23	+14	Ferrel Harris	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	195	—	Running	—	138
10	28	+18	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		195	—	Running	—	134
11	11	—	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		194	—	Running	—	130
12	18	+6	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		194	—	Running	—	127
13	19	+6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		194	—	Running	—	124
14	13	-1	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		193	—	Running	—	121
15	30	+15	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		193	—	Running	—	118
16	17	+1	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	192	—	Running	—	115
17	40	+23	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		192	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	Dick May	McClure Motors		192	—	Running	—	109
19	15	-4	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports		192	—	Running	—	106
20	26	+6	Jerry Jolly	Charles Dean (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	103
21	41	+20	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		191	—	Running	—	100
22	35	+13	Claude Ballot-Lena	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	190	—	Running	—	0
23	27	+4	Jimmy Lee Capps	David Lee Sellers (Owner)		189	—	Running	—	94
24	34	+10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	188	—	Running	—	91
25	38	+13	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		185	—	Running	—	88
26	16	-10	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		179	—	Running	—	85
27	12	-15	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	150	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	4	-24	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		138	—	Running	12	84
29	14	-15	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		136	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	22	-8	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		132	—	Running	—	73
31	21	-10	Joe Mihalic	Jim Norris (Owner)		110	—	DNF	—	70
32	3	-29	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		68	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
33	6	-27	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	60	—	DNF - Crash	39	69
34	5	-29	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	60	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	39	+4	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		41	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	29	-7	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	30	—	DNF	—	55
37	36	-1	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		21	—	DNF	—	52
38	24	-14	Jim Vandiver	Vandiver Racing		19	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	7	-32	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		9	—	DNF	—	46
40	37	-3	Morgan Shepherd	Makar Enterprises	Mercury	8	—	DNF	—	43
41	20	-21	Harry Gant	Emerson Racing		1	—	DNF	—	40