Wilkes 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — January 1, 1978

Cale Yarborough

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1978 Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on January 1, 1978, leading 19 of 400 laps. Darrell Waltrip finished second; Bobby Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, January 1, 1978

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1978

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

2 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		400	—	Running	19	180
2	1	-1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		400	—	Running	381	180
3	6	+3	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering		399	—	Running	—	165
4	8	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises		397	—	Running	—	160
5	5	—	Neil Bonnett	Osterlund Motorsports		397	—	Running	—	155
6	2	-4	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		395	—	Running	—	150
7	4	-3	Lennie Pond	Ranier Racing		395	—	Running	—	146
8	9	+1	Dave Marcis	Osterlund Motorsports		394	—	Running	—	142
9	7	-2	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		388	—	Running	—	138
10	10	—	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing		387	—	Running	—	134
11	14	+3	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		385	—	Running	—	130
12	15	+3	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing		384	—	Running	—	127
13	13	—	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	380	—	Running	—	124
14	20	+6	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing		379	—	Running	—	121
15	27	+12	Junior Miller	Gordon Racing		376	—	Running	—	118
16	11	-5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		373	—	Running	—	115
17	16	-1	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		365	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	Nelson Oswald	Oswald Racing		346	—	DNF - Engine	—	109
19	12	-7	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing		345	—	Running	—	106
20	17	-3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	333	—	Running	—	103
21	21	—	Baxter Price	Price Racing		324	—	DNF	—	100
22	18	-4	Gary Myers	Gary Myers (Owner)		321	—	DNF	—	97
23	19	-4	Jimmy Means	Jimmy Means Racing		287	—	DNF	—	94
24	23	-1	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	208	—	DNF	—	91
25	24	-1	Dick May	Gray Racing		141	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	22	-4	Cecil Gordon	Hollar Racing		126	—	DNF	—	85
27	26	-1	John Kennedy	John Kennedy (Owner)		112	—	DNF	—	82