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Stock Car Racing: 1978 Season

Stock Car Racing: 1978 Season

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1977 Season « Go to Stock Car Racing » 1979 Season Page Sections Race Schedule NASCAR Winston Cup Points Standings
1978 National Series Champions
NASCAR Winston Cup: Cale Yarborough (Oldsmobile) ARCA Racing Series: Marvin Smith

1977 was the third of three consecutive Cale Yarborough Winston Cup championships.

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Race Schedule

Date	Series	Race	Track	Pole	Winner	Winner's Make
January 22	Winston Cup	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	David Pearson	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile
February 19	Winston Cup	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	Cale Yarborough	Bobby Allison	Ford
February 26	Winston Cup	Richmond 400	Richmond International Raceway	Neil Bonnett	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet
March 5	Winston Cup	Carolina 500	North Carolina Speedway	Neil Bonnett	David Pearson	Mercury
March 19	Winston Cup	Atlanta 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Cale Yarborough	Bobby Allison	Ford
April 2	Winston Cup	Volunteer 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Neil Bonnett	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
April 9	Winston Cup	Rebel 500	Darlington Raceway	Bobby Allison	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet
April 16	Winston Cup	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Benny Parsons	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
April 23	Winston Cup	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Lennie Pond	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
May 14	Winston Cup	Winston 500	Talladega Superspeedway	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile
May 21	Winston Cup	Mason-Dixon 500	Dover International Speedway	Buddy Baker	David Pearson	Mercury
May 28	Winston Cup	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	David Pearson	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
June 3	Winston Cup	Music City 420	Nashville Speedway	Lennie Pond	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile
June 11	Winston Cup	NAPA 400	Riverside International Raceway	David Pearson	Benny Parsons	Chevrolet
June 18	Winston Cup	Gabriel 400	Michigan International Speedway	David Pearson	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile
July 4	Winston Cup	FireCracker 400	Daytona International Speedway	Cale Yarborough	David Pearson	Mercury
July 15	Winston Cup	Nashville 420	Nashville Speedway	Lennie Pond	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile
July 30	Winston Cup	Coca-Cola 500	Pocono Raceway	Benny Parsons	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
August 6	Winston Cup	Talladega 500	Talladega Superspeedway	Cale Yarborough	Lennie Pond	Oldsmobile
August 20	Winston Cup	Champion 400	Michigan International Speedway	David Pearson	David Pearson	Mercury
August 26	Winston Cup	SouthEastern 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Lennie Pond	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile
September 4	Winston Cup	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	David Pearson	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile
September 10	Winston Cup	Capital City 400	Richmond International Raceway	Darrell Waltrip	Darrell Waltrip	Chevrolet
September 17	Winston Cup	Delaware 500	Dover International Speedway	J.D. McDuffie	Bobby Allison	Ford
September 24	Winston Cup	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Lennie Pond	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile
October 1	Winston Cup	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Darrell Waltrip	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile
October 8	Winston Cup	National 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway	David Pearson	Bobby Allison	Ford
October 22	Winston Cup	American 500	North Carolina Speedway	Cale Yarborough	Cale Yarborough	Oldsmobile
November 5	Winston Cup	Dixie 500	Atlanta Motor Speedway	Cale Yarborough	Donnie Allison	Chevrolet
November 19	Winston Cup	Los Angeles Times 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	Cale Yarborough	Bobby Allison	Ford

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NASCAR Winston Cup Points Standings

Pos.	Driver	Points	Behind	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5	Top 10	Winnings
1	Cale Yarborough	4841	Leader	30	8	10	23	24	$422,980
2	Bobby Allison	4367	-474	30	1	5	14	22	$293,250
3	Darrell Waltrip	4362	-479	30	2	6	19	20	$306,470
4	Benny Parsons	4350	-491	30	2	3	15	21	$255,250
5	Dave Marcis	4335	-506	30	0	0	14	24	$143,105
6	Richard Petty	3949	-892	30	0	0	11	17	$196,960
7	Lennie Pond	3794	-1047	28	5	1	11	19	$143,535
8	Dick Brooks	3769	-1072	30	0	0	5	17	$116,870
9	Buddy Arrington	3626	-1215	30	0	0	1	7	$96,240
10	Richard Childress	3566	-1275	30	0	0	1	12	$93,075
11	J.D. McDuffie	3255	-1586	30	1	0	1	6	$75,275
12	Neil Bonnett	3129	-1712	30	3	0	7	12	$148,610
13	Tighe Scott	3110	-1731	29	0	0	0	7	$75,480
14	Frank Warren	3036	-1805	30	0	0	0	0	$58,480
15	Dick May	2936	-1905	28	0	0	0	2	$58,625
16	David Pearson	2756	-2085	22	7	4	11	11	$147,760
17	Jimmy Means	2756	-2085	27	0	0	0	2	$55,170
18	Ronnie Thomas*	2733	-2108	27	0	0	0	2	$59,260
19	Cecil Gordon	2641	-2200	26	0	0	0	1	$47,260
20	Tommy Gale	2639	-2202	26	0	0	0	0	$54,200
21	Roger Hamby	2617	-2224	26	0	0	0	2	$40,565
22	D.K. Ulrich	2452	-2389	22	0	0	0	3	$53,800
23	Baxter Price	2418	-2423	24	0	0	0	0	$35,810
24	Buddy Baker	2130	-2711	19	1	0	4	8	$103,515
25	Donnie Allison	1993	-2848	17	0	1	7	8	$97,435
26	James Hylton	1965	-2876	19	0	0	0	4	$47,295
27	Gary Myers	1915	-2926	19	0	0	0	0	$21,390
28	Ed Negre	1857	-2984	21	0	0	0	1	$28,245
29	Skip Manning	1802	-3039	17	0	0	1	4	$52,820
30	Grant Adcox	1467	-3374	14	0	0	1	3	$35,700
31	Ricky Rudd	1260	-3581	13	0	0	0	4	$49,610
32	Bruce Hill	1214	-3627	14	0	0	0	2	$25,620
33	Bill Elliott	1176	-3665	10	0	0	0	5	$42,065
34	Al Holbert	1142	-3699	12	0	0	0	3	$31,075
35	Ferrel Harris	1066	-3775	14	0	0	0	5	$39,535
36	Coo Coo Marlin	765	-4076	9	0	0	0	2	$18,170
37	Blackie Wangerin	760	-4081	10	0	0	0	0	$13,515
38	Bobby Wawak	680	-4161	8	0	0	0	0	$5,870
39	Terry Labonte	659	-4182	5	0	0	1	3	$20,545
40	Ralph Jones	634	-4207	7	0	0	0	0	$6,305
41	Janet Guthrie	592	-4249	7	0	0	0	1	$17,120
42	Earle Canavan	559	-4282	9	0	0	0	0	$8,740
43	Roland Wlodyka	549	-4292	6	0	0	0	0	$9,910
44	Dale Earnhardt	548	-4293	5	0	0	1	2	$20,145
45	Joe Frasson	533	-4308	5	0	0	0	0	$8,560
46	Nelson Oswald	501	-4340	6	0	0	0	0	$2,955
47	Joe Mihalic	419	-4422	6	0	0	0	0	$6,030
48	Jim Thirkettle	389	-4452	3	0	0	0	2	$6,850
49	Jimmy Insolo	369	-4472	3	0	0	0	2	$8,665
50	Satch Worley	368	-4473	4	0	0	0	1	$6,205
51	John Kennedy	350	-4491	5	0	0	0	0	$2,900
52	Bill Schmitt	330	-4511	3	0	0	0	1	$9,430
53	Harry Gant	325	-4516	5	0	0	0	1	$14,150
54	Connie Saylor	318	-4523	3	0	0	0	1	$9,115
55	Richard White	308	-4533	3	0	0	0	0	$4,505
56	Chuck Bown	301	-4540	4	0	0	0	0	$3,585
57	Rick McCray	297	-4544	3	0	0	0	0	$4,585
58	Nestor Peles	297	-4544	3	0	0	0	0	$2,880
59	John A. Utsman	290	-4551	4	0	0	0	0	$7,040
60	Joe Booher	273	-4568	3	0	0	0	0	$3,205
61	Joey Arrington	273	-4568	3	0	0	0	0	$2,790
62	John Borneman	264	-4577	3	0	0	0	0	$3,320
63	Rocky Moran	261	-4580	3	0	0	0	0	$3,195
64	Jimmy Lee Capps	258	-4583	3	0	0	0	0	$3,880
65	Dave Dion	256	-4585	4	0	0	0	0	$2,285
66	Ray Elder	254	-4587	3	0	0	0	1	$5,305
67	Elmo Langley	243	-4598	3	0	0	0	0	$2,765
68	Woody Fisher	237	-4604	3	0	0	0	0	$4,145
69	Sterling Marlin	226	-4615	2	0	0	0	1	$10,170
70	Ron Hutcherson	221	-4620	3	0	0	1	1	$22,420
71	Jerry Jolly	201	-4640	3	0	0	0	0	$5,740
72	Junior Miller	197	-4644	2	0	0	0	0	$2,110
73	Bill Hollar	189	-4652	3	0	0	0	0	$1,360
74	Norm Palmer	179	-4662	2	0	0	0	0	$2,100
75	Ernie Stierly	176	-4665	2	0	0	0	0	$2,520
76	Morgan Shepherd	170	-4671	2	0	0	0	0	$8,115
77	Harry Goularte	170	-4671	2	0	0	0	0	$1,975
78	Mel Larson	140	-4701	2	0	0	0	0	$2,290
79	Roy Smith	138	-4703	1	0	0	0	1	$2,300
80	Chuck Wahl	134	-4707	2	0	0	0	0	$1,520
81	Jim Vandiver	131	-4710	2	0	0	0	0	$3,530
82	Sam Sommers	127	-4714	2	0	0	0	0	$3,190
83	Wayne Morgan	122	-4719	2	0	0	0	0	$785
84	Hershel McGriff	112	-4729	2	0	0	0	1	$4,490
85	Marty Robbins	109	-4732	1	0	0	0	0	$2,240
86	Glenn Jarrett	103	-4738	1	0	0	0	0	$2,940
87	Jack Simpson	97	-4744	1	0	0	0	0	$1,105
88	Don Graham	97	-4744	1	0	0	0	0	$875
89	Bob Burcham	97	-4744	1	0	0	0	0	$2,790
90	Butch Mock	85	-4756	2	0	0	0	0	$2,390
91	Steve Moore	82	-4759	1	0	0	0	0	$1,590
92	Don Noel	79	-4762	2	0	0	0	0	$1,765
93	Billy McGinnis	79	-4762	1	0	0	0	0	$875
94	Vince Giamformaggio	76	-4765	1	0	0	0	0	$805
95	Richard Waters	76	-4765	1	0	0	0	0	$265
96	Ray Williams	76	-4765	1	0	0	0	0	$1,290
97	Walter Ballard	73	-4768	1	0	0	0	0	$505
98	Bill Green	73	-4768	1	0	0	0	0	$400
99	Don Puskarich	70	-4771	1	0	0	0	0	$700
100	Steve Pfeifer	67	-4774	1	0	0	0	0	$955
101	Eddie Bradshaw	64	-4777	1	0	0	0	0	$600
102	Bill Baker	61	-4780	1	0	0	0	0	$550
103	Gary Johnson	58	-4783	1	0	0	0	0	$500
104	Louis Gatto	58	-4783	1	0	0	0	0	$500
105	Butch Hartman	55	-4786	1	0	0	0	0	$640
106	Jocko Maggiacomo	52	-4789	1	0	0	0	0	$815
107	Jabe Thomas	52	-4789	1	0	0	0	0	$480
108	Bill Dennis	52	-4789	1	0	0	0	0	$1,560
109	Dick Trickle	46	-4795	1	0	0	0	0	$910
110	Bobby Fisher	43	-4798	2	0	0	0	0	$1,410
111	AJ Foyt	0	-4841	2	0	0	1	1	$22,575
112	Lynn Carroll	0	-4841	1	0	0	0	0	$650
113	Dave Watson	0	-4841	1	0	0	0	0	$1,600
114	Claude Ballot-Léna	0	-4841	4	0	0	0	0	$7,770
115	Kenny Brightbill	0	-4841	1	0	0	0	0	$1,130
116	Paul Fess	0	-4841	1	0	0	0	0	$835
117	Greg Heller	0	-4841	1	0	0	0	0	$575
118	Johnny Halford	0	-4841	1	0	0	0	0	$610
119	Charlie Blanton	0	-4841	1	0	0	0	0	$590
120	Frank Hill	0	-4841	1	0	0	0	0	$1,280

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