Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1978

Bobby Allison

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1978 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 267 of 500 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		500	—	Running	267	185
2	8	+6	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		500	—	Running	221	175
3	6	+3	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		499	—	Running	1	170
4	5	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	498	—	Running	—	160
5	7	+2	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		497	—	Running	1	160
6	14	+8	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		496	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		493	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		493	—	Running	—	142
9	13	+4	Donnie Allison	Pee Wee Griffin (Owner)		489	—	Running	—	138
10	15	+5	Dick May	Hagan Enterprises		485	—	Running	—	134
11	16	+5	Ronnie Thomas	Negre Racing		483	—	Running	—	130
12	3	-9	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		482	—	Running	—	127
13	18	+5	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		472	—	DNF	—	124
14	27	+13	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		468	—	Running	—	121
15	29	+14	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	467	—	Running	—	118
16	26	+10	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	460	—	Running	—	0
17	20	+3	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		458	—	Running	—	112
18	22	+4	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		457	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	Nestor Peles	Steve Peles (Owner)		439	—	Running	—	106
20	21	+1	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		438	—	DNF	—	103
21	32	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	438	—	Running	—	100
22	23	+1	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	432	—	Running	—	97
23	30	+7	Baxter Price	Price Racing		420	—	Running	—	94
24	36	+12	Nelson Oswald	Oswald Racing		335	—	DNF	—	91
25	19	-6	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		320	—	DNF	—	88
26	9	-17	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		311	—	DNF	—	85
27	11	-16	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		269	—	DNF	—	82
28	25	-3	Dave Dion	Dion Racing		238	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	4	-25	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		220	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	28	-2	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones (Owner)		186	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	33	+2	Joey Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	143	—	DNF	—	70
32	24	-8	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		140	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	1	-32	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		80	—	DNF	10	69
34	17	-17	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		10	—	DNF	—	0
35	37	+2	Louis Gatto			5	—	DNF	—	58
36	34	-2	Ferrel Harris	Negre Racing	Chrysler	3	—	DNF	—	0
37	35	-2	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		1	—	DNF	—	52