Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1978

Cale Yarborough

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1978 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1978, leading 81 of 188 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; A.J. Foyt rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1978

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		188	—	Running	81	185
2	22	+20	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing		188	—	Running	15	175
3	2	-1	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing		187	—	Running	—	0
4	4	—	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		187	—	Running	—	160
5	36	+31	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		186	—	Running	—	155
6	20	+14	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	185	—	Running	—	150
7	5	-2	Ferrel Harris	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	185	—	Running	—	0
8	9	+1	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		184	—	Running	—	142
9	23	+14	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		184	—	Running	—	138
10	27	+17	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		183	—	Running	—	134
11	10	-1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	183	—	Running	2	135
12	29	+17	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	180	—	Running	—	127
13	21	+8	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		180	—	Running	—	124
14	30	+16	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		180	—	Running	—	121
15	6	-9	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Mercury	179	—	Running	—	118
16	26	+10	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		178	—	Running	—	115
17	37	+20	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		177	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	Claude Ballot-Lena	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	177	—	Running	—	0
19	24	+5	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		175	—	DNF	—	106
20	38	+18	Baxter Price	Price Racing		172	—	Running	—	103
21	7	-14	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		168	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	18	-4	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		165	—	DNF - Engine	49	102
23	35	+12	Dick May	Gray Racing		162	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	17	-7	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		158	—	DNF - Engine	34	96
25	41	+16	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	33	+7	Jimmy Means	Champion Racing		151	—	Running	—	85
27	13	-14	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto		150	—	DNF - Engine	1	87
28	34	+6	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	146	—	Running	—	79
29	16	-13	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	134	—	Running	—	76
30	11	-19	Blackie Wangerin	Wangerin Racing	Mercury	133	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	8	-23	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		121	—	DNF	1	75
32	28	-4	John A. Utsman	Wellrich Motorsports		93	—	DNF	—	67
33	32	-1	Chuck Bown	Johnny Ray (Owner)		80	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	14	-20	Ron Hutcherson	A.J. Foyt Racing		77	—	DNF	—	61
35	15	-20	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	51	—	DNF	—	58
36	31	-5	Bruce Hill	Harry Clary (Owner)		38	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	39	+2	Frank Hill			37	—	DNF	—	0
38	12	-26	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		34	—	DNF	5	54
39	3	-36	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing		31	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	40	—	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	19	-22	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		4	—	DNF - Engine	—	40