Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1978

Lennie Pond

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Lennie Pond won the 1978 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1978, leading 22 of 188 laps. Donnie Allison finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1978

Winner

Lennie Pond

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		188	—	Running	22	180
2	9	+7	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		188	—	Running	4	175
3	2	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		188	—	Running	9	170
4	1	-3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		188	—	Running	79	170
5	3	-2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	187	—	Running	6	160
6	20	+14	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		186	—	Running	—	150
7	6	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	186	—	Running	5	151
8	14	+6	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		183	—	Running	2	147
9	15	+6	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	182	—	Running	—	138
10	17	+7	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		181	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Ferrel Harris	Robert Gee (Owner)		181	—	Running	—	130
12	27	+15	Dale Earnhardt	Cronkrite Racing		180	—	Running	—	127
13	19	+6	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	179	—	Running	—	124
14	25	+11	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		176	—	Running	—	121
15	29	+14	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	175	—	Running	—	118
16	34	+18	Dick May	Gray Racing		172	—	Running	—	115
17	23	+6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		172	—	Running	—	112
18	38	+20	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	171	—	Running	—	109
19	41	+22	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		168	—	Running	—	106
20	30	+10	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		168	—	Running	—	103
21	31	+10	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		167	—	Running	—	100
22	33	+11	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		165	—	Running	—	97
23	32	+9	Baxter Price	Price Racing		165	—	Running	—	94
24	35	+11	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		164	—	Running	—	91
25	18	-7	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		164	—	Running	—	88
26	8	-18	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		158	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	40	+13	Steve Moore	Willard Moore (Owner)		150	—	Running	—	82
28	4	-24	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		149	—	DNF - Engine	57	84
29	12	-17	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)		129	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	28	-2	Al Holbert	Hylton Engineering		124	—	DNF	—	73
31	39	+8	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	119	—	Running	—	0
32	36	+4	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		118	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	13	-20	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	110	—	Running	—	64
34	11	-23	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		105	—	DNF - Engine	4	66
35	21	-14	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		96	—	DNF	—	58
36	37	+1	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		94	—	DNF	—	55
37	16	-21	Claude Ballot-Lena	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	48	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
38	10	-28	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		46	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	7	-32	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		22	—	DNF	—	46
40	26	-14	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	9	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	22	-19	James Hylton	Al Rudd Auto		1	—	DNF	—	0