Los Angeles Times 500

Ontario Motor Speedway — January 1, 1978

Bobby Allison

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bobby Allison won the 1978 Los Angeles Times 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 134 of 200 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Ontario Motor Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Bobby Allison

Leaders

9 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	134	185
2	1	-1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	16	175
3	5	+2	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		200	—	Running	2	170
4	8	+4	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		199	—	Running	—	160
5	4	-1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		199	—	DNF - Crash	13	160
6	9	+3	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		198	—	Running	1	155
7	10	+3	Jimmy Insolo	Osterlund Motorsports		198	—	Running	—	146
8	7	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		197	—	Running	1	147
9	11	+2	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	196	—	Running	—	138
10	16	+6	Jim Thirkettle			196	—	Running	1	139
11	14	+3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		196	—	Running	—	130
12	25	+13	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		195	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		194	—	Running	—	124
14	13	-1	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		192	—	Running	—	121
15	38	+23	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		190	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		190	—	Running	—	115
17	17	—	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		190	—	Running	—	112
18	27	+9	Richard White	Mike White (Owner)		188	—	DNF - Engine	2	114
19	33	+14	Ferrel Harris	Robert Gee (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	106
20	34	+14	Rocky Moran	Rocky Moran (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Chrysler	186	—	Running	—	100
22	19	-3	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		186	—	Running	—	97
23	18	-5	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	185	—	Running	—	94
24	40	+16	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		183	—	Running	—	91
25	26	+1	John Borneman	Borneman Motorsports		181	—	Running	—	88
26	22	-4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		178	—	Running	—	85
27	12	-15	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		177	—	Running	—	82
28	35	+7	Don Noel	Don Noel (Owner)		158	—	DNF	—	79
29	20	-9	Mel Larson			138	—	DNF	—	76
30	32	+2	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		129	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	31	—	Dick May	Gray Racing		113	—	Running	—	70
32	39	+7	Steve Pfeifer	Michael McCluney (Owner)		98	—	DNF	—	67
33	37	+4	Harry Goularte	Go-Em Racing		97	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	3	-31	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		83	—	DNF - Engine	30	66
35	28	-7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing		83	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	29	-7	Chuck Wahl	DuWayne Wahl (Owner)		43	—	DNF	—	55
37	21	-16	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		42	—	DNF	—	52
38	6	-32	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	28	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	23	-16	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports		15	—	DNF	—	46
40	30	-10	Ray Elder	Dave Hill (Owner)	Dodge	2	—	DNF	—	43