1978

ATL

19 March - 19 March, 1978

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Championship

NASCAR Cup Series

round

5

Laps

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Latest results

Race

B. Allison

Bud Moore Engineering

D. Marcis

D. Allison

Ellington Racing

Event info

Classification

Standings

NASCAR Cup

1978

ATL

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NASCAR Cup Series 1978 Atlanta 500 Classification

Results

Sessions:

Race

Race

Pos	№	Driver	Team	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	KP/H	Best	Lap
1	15	Bobby Allison	Bud Moore Engineering	328	3:30:10.000			229.363
2	2	Dave Marcis		327		1 Lap	1 Lap
3	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	327		1 Lap
4	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	327		1 Lap
5	54	Lennie Pond	Harry Ranier Motorsports	327		1 Lap
6	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	325		3 Laps	2 Laps
7	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	319		9 Laps	6 Laps
8	49	Connie Saylor		316		12 Laps	3 Laps
9	05	Bruce Hill		316		12 Laps
10	68	Janet Guthrie		315		13 Laps	1 Lap
11	40	D.K. Ulrich	U.S. Racing	314		14 Laps	1 Lap
12	89	Sam Sommers		314		14 Laps
13	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	314		14 Laps
14	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Motorsports	313		15 Laps	1 Lap
15	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	313		15 Laps
16	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	312		16 Laps	1 Lap
17	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	311		17 Laps	1 Lap
18	98	Roland Wlodyka		311		17 Laps
19	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	310		18 Laps	1 Lap
20	19	Woody Fisher		309		19 Laps	1 Lap
21	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	303		25 Laps	6 Laps
22	64	Tommy Gale	Langley Racing	298		30 Laps	5 Laps
23	92	Skip Manning	Hagan Racing	294		34 Laps	4 Laps
24	25	Ronnie Thomas	Robertson Racing	290		38 Laps	4 Laps
25	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	289		39 Laps	1 Lap
26	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	278		50 Laps	11 Laps
27	27	Buddy Baker	M.C. Anderson Racing	237		91 Laps	41 Laps
28	91	Billy McGinnis		221		107 Laps	16 Laps
29	39	Blackie Wangerin		214		114 Laps	7 Laps
30	77	Chuck Bown		188		140 Laps	26 Laps
31	48	Al Holbert	Hylton Motorsports	182		146 Laps	6 Laps
32	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	163		165 Laps	19 Laps
33	5	Neil Bonnett		154		174 Laps	9 Laps
34	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	152		176 Laps	2 Laps
35	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Racing	146		182 Laps	6 Laps
36	75	Butch Hartman	Arrington Motorsports	121		207 Laps	25 Laps
37	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby Racing	97		231 Laps	24 Laps
38	9	Bill Elliott		66		262 Laps	31 Laps
39	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	33		295 Laps	33 Laps
40	00	John Utsman		10		318 Laps	23 Laps