Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1978

David Pearson

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1978 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 56 of 200 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

10 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	56	180
2	3	+1	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	72	180
3	4	+1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		200	—	Running	43	170
4	7	+3	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		200	—	Running	12	165
5	2	-3	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		198	—	Running	4	160
6	12	+6	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	198	—	Running	—	150
7	9	+2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		197	—	Running	3	151
8	15	+7	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		196	—	Running	—	142
9	17	+8	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing		195	—	Running	—	138
10	11	+1	Ferrel Harris	Robert Gee (Owner)		194	—	Running	—	134
11	28	+17	Dick May	Gray Racing		194	—	Running	—	130
12	26	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	193	—	Running	—	127
13	5	-8	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		191	—	Running	7	129
14	14	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		190	—	DNF - Crash	—	121
15	31	+16	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		190	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		190	—	Running	—	115
17	33	+16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		189	—	Running	—	112
18	36	+18	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	189	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		187	—	Running	—	106
20	34	+14	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		185	—	Running	—	103
21	30	+9	Baxter Price	Price Racing		183	—	Running	—	100
22	29	+7	Joey Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	183	—	Running	—	97
23	10	-13	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		181	—	Running	1	99
24	35	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	170	—	Running	—	91
25	23	-2	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	143	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	25	-1	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		139	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	18	-9	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		128	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
28	21	-7	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		113	—	DNF	1	84
29	19	-10	Donnie Allison	Pee Wee Griffin (Owner)		96	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	16	-14	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		88	—	DNF	—	73
31	8	-23	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		68	—	DNF - Engine	1	75
32	32	—	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	59	—	DNF	—	67
33	20	-13	Mel Larson	Hagan Enterprises		31	—	DNF	—	64
34	13	-21	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		23	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	22	-13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		17	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	6	-30	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		9	—	DNF - Engine	—	55