1978 Dixie 500

Race 29 of 30

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 4:00:43
Average speed of winner: 124.312 mph
Margin of victory: 5 car lengths
Lead changes: 25 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 63 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, B. Allison 1-2, Yarborough 3-31, Rudd 32-42, Petty 43-60, Baker 61-74, Yarborough 75, Baker 76-93, B. Allison 94, Petty 95-96, Marcis 97, Petty 98-105, Yarborough 106-139, Parsons 140-153, Yarborough 154-156, Baker 157-207, Marcis 208-216, Baker 217-250, Petty 251, Marcis 252, Baker 253-285, Petty 286-308, Baker 309, Petty 310-318, Marcis 319-325, D. Allison 326-328

Race notes: Last win for Donnie Allison. Debut for Dave Watson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	13	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		328	1	3	running	13500	180
2	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		328	6	61	running	12200	175
3	9	Dave Marcis	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		328	4	18	running	8450	170
4	10	Dale Earnhardt	98	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund			327	0	0	running	6900	160
5	5	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		327	1	14	running	8700	160
6	2	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries	Ford	Moore	Moore		325	2	3	running	8200	155
7	8	Harry Gant	12	Black Diamond	Chevrolet	Childers			325	0	0	running	4800	146
8	1	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter	168.425	323	4	67	running	9700	147
9	15	Ricky Rudd	22	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Al Rudd			322	1	11	running	6250	143
10	12	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			320	0	0	running	3100	134
11	30	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			319	0	0	running	2700	130
12	19	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Mercury	Donlavey			317	0	0	accident	3630	127
13	18	Terry Labonte	92	Duck Industries	Chevrolet	Hagan			317	0	0	accident	3420	124
14	16	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			317	0	0	running	3260	121
15	40	Ronnie Thomas	25	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			317	0	0	running	3090	118
16	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Sam Dell	Dodge	Arrington			317	0	0	running	2830	115
17	22	Dave Watson	37	Amsoil	Chevrolet	Dave Watson			316	0	0	accident	1600	0
18	28	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			316	0	0	running	2470	109
19	24	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			314	0	0	running	2210	106
20	34	Ferrel Harris	8	L.R. Cook	Chevrolet	Robert Gee			314	0	0	running	2000	103
21	6	Buddy Baker	27	Griffin's Marine	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		311	6	151	valve	11565	110
22	35	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Oldsmobile	Ballard			310	0	0	running	1505	97
23	21	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Means			310	0	0	running	1470	94
24	25	Butch Mock	75	Rahilly	Chevrolet	RahMoc	Rahilly		310	0	0	running	1125	0
25	32	Skip Manning	84	Valvoline	Mercury				308	0	0	running	1050	88
26	36	Ed Negre	81	Jones	Chrysler	Negre			303	0	0	running	960	85
27	26	Gary Myers	4	Spencer's Baby Wear	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			299	0	0	running	900	82
28	7	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		298	0	0	accident	4440	79
29	29	Ralph Jones	97	Jones	Ford	Ralph Jones			298	0	0	running	830	76
30	17	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Oldsmobile	Childress			285	0	0	engine	1320	73
31	37	Tommy Gale	74	Wawak	Chevrolet	Wawak			253	0	0	engine	700	70
32	4	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		246	0	0	oil line	1190	67
33	38	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			172	0	0	cylinder head	1180	64
34	14	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Chevrolet	Stacy			137	0	0	accident	4370	61
35	23	Al Holbert	48	Southland Industries	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		119	0	0	exhaust header	1160	58
36	31	Bruce Hill	05	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	Clary			92	0	0	engine	940	55
37	20	Bill Elliott	9	Dahlonega Equipment	Oldsmobile	George Elliott	Elliott		80	0	0	valve	630	52
38	33	Grant Adcox	41	Krystal	Chevrolet	Adcox			41	0	0	engine	620	49
39	3	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		5	0	0	rear end	3810	46
40	39	John Kennedy	0	Spohn's Body Shop	Ford	John Kennedy			0	0	0	withdrew	600	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	4666	29	7	10	22	23
2	Dave Marcis	4253	29	0	0	14	24
3	Benny Parsons	4203	29	2	3	15	20
4	Darrell Waltrip	4202	29	2	6	18	19
5	Bobby Allison	4182	29	1	4	13	21
6	Richard Petty	3883	29	0	0	11	17
7	Lennie Pond	3639	27	5	1	11	18
8	Dick Brooks	3631	29	0	0	5	16
9	Buddy Arrington	3568	29	0	0	1	7
10	Richard Childress	3436	29	0	0	1	12
11	J.D. McDuffie	3170	29	1	0	1	6
12	Tighe Scott	3110	29	0	0	0	7
13	Neil Bonnett	3077	29	3	0	7	12
14	Frank Warren	2942	29	0	0	0	0
15	Dick May	2866	27	0	0	0	2
16	David Pearson	2707	21	6	4	11	11
17	Ronnie Thomas	2660	26	0	0	0	2
18	Jimmy Means	2659	26	0	0	0	2
19	Tommy Gale	2527	25	0	0	0	0
20	Cecil Gordon	2523	25	0	0	0	1
21	Roger Hamby	2490	25	0	0	0	2
22	D.K. Ulrich	2452	22	0	0	0	3
23	Baxter Price	2418	24	0	0	0	0
24	Buddy Baker	1970	18	1	0	3	7
25	James Hylton	1850	18	0	0	0	4