Old Dominion 500

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1978

Cale Yarborough

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1978 Old Dominion 500 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 372 of 500 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		500	—	Running	372	185
2	3	+1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		500	—	Running	38	175
3	4	+1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		498	—	Running	—	165
4	7	+3	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		498	—	Running	—	160
5	1	-4	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		497	—	Running	45	160
6	2	-4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		496	—	Running	—	150
7	9	+2	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		494	—	Running	—	146
8	17	+9	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		492	—	Running	—	142
9	15	+6	Terry Labonte	Hagan Enterprises		491	—	Running	—	138
10	19	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	486	—	Running	—	134
11	26	+15	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		484	—	Running	—	130
12	13	+1	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		484	—	Running	—	127
13	12	-1	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		480	—	Running	—	124
14	14	—	Satch Worley	Race Hill Farm Team		473	—	DNF	—	121
15	27	+12	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		470	—	Running	—	118
16	21	+5	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		465	—	Running	—	115
17	28	+11	Dick May	Gray Racing		465	—	Running	—	112
18	29	+11	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	463	—	Running	—	109
19	25	+6	Baxter Price	Price Racing		461	—	Running	—	106
20	23	+3	Ferrel Harris	Junior Miller Racing		453	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	20	-1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	450	—	Running	—	100
22	11	-11	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		409	—	DNF	—	97
23	24	+1	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		403	—	DNF	—	94
24	16	-8	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		354	—	DNF	—	91
25	8	-17	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	340	—	DNF	—	88
26	5	-21	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		329	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	22	-5	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		111	—	DNF	—	82
28	10	-18	Harry Gant	Kennie Childers (Owner)		90	—	DNF - Engine	45	84
29	18	-11	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		42	—	DNF	—	76
30	30	—	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		20	—	DNF	—	73