1978 Nashville 420

Race 17 of 30

Nashville
420 laps
Time of race: 2:48:54
Average speed of winner: 88.924 mph
Margin of victory: 2 laps
Lead changes: 5 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 15 laps
Lap leaders: Pond pole, Yarborough 1-37, Waltrip 38, McDuffie 39, Childress 40-46, Yarborough 47-420

Race notes: Debut for Bobby Fisher.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		420	2	411	running	9090	185
2	8	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		418	1	1	running	5665	175
3	9	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Oldsmobile	Childress			415	1	7	running	3265	170
4	5	Dave Marcis	2	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		414	0	0	running	2690	160
5	4	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			413	1	1	running	2445	160
6	6	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		412	0	0	running	3865	150
7	11	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries	Ford	Moore	Moore		411	0	0	running	3765	146
8	13	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			409	0	0	running	1985	142
9	15	Ferrel Harris	81	Autowize	Chevrolet	Robert Gee			405	0	0	running	1115	0
10	26	Ronnie Thomas	25	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			405	0	0	running	2265	134
11	24	Grant Adcox	41	Krystal	Chevrolet	Adcox			405	0	0	running	915	130
12	18	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			402	0	0	running	1505	127
13	17	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			396	0	0	running	1420	124
14	10	Bruce Hill	05	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	Clary			394	0	0	running	815	121
15	23	Gary Myers	4	Spencer's Baby Wear	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			390	0	0	running	765	118
16	25	Elmo Langley	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			389	0	0	running	1165	115
17	19	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			383	0	0	running	1005	112
18	29	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			380	0	0	running	850	109
19	28	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			379	0	0	running	610	106
20	21	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	Ulrich			377	0	0	running	600	103
21	27	Ralph Jones	97	Jones Supply	Ford	Ralph Jones			372	0	0	running	595	100
22	16	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Chevrolet	Ballard			357	0	0	running	585	97
23	12	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		341	0	0	crank housing	3025	94
24	14	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Means			201	0	0	wiring	565	91
25	7	Sterling Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			197	0	0	brakes	555	88
26	1	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson	104.257	171	0	0	engine	795	85
27	22	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			91	0	0	engine	535	82
28	3	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Chevrolet	Stacy			50	0	0	clutch	3125	79
29	20	Bobby Fisher	71	Fisher	Chevrolet	Bobby Fisher			30	0	0	accident	515	0
30	30	Walter Ballard	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		0	0	0	did not start	505	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	2722	17	4	5	13	13
2	Benny Parsons	2555	17	1	3	10	12
3	Dave Marcis	2543	17	0	0	10	14
4	Darrell Waltrip	2317	17	0	4	8	9
5	Richard Petty	2286	17	0	0	7	10
6	Bobby Allison	2264	17	1	2	5	10
7	Lennie Pond	2211	16	3	0	9	11
8	Richard Childress	2099	17	0	0	1	9
9	Buddy Arrington	2089	17	0	0	1	4
10	Dick Brooks	1961	17	0	0	2	7
11	D.K. Ulrich	1945	17	0	0	0	2
12	Tighe Scott	1831	17	0	0	0	4
13	Neil Bonnett	1803	17	3	0	4	7
14	Frank Warren	1781	17	0	0	0	0
15	J.D. McDuffie	1707	17	0	0	1	2
16	Cecil Gordon	1626	16	0	0	0	1
17	Skip Manning	1616	14	0	0	1	4
18	David Pearson	1537	12	4	3	6	6
19	Dick May	1524	15	0	0	0	0
20	Jimmy Means	1517	15	0	0	0	2
21	Ronnie Thomas	1498	15	0	0	0	1
22	Baxter Price	1333	13	0	0	0	0
23	Tommy Gale	1324	13	0	0	0	0
24	Roger Hamby	1255	13	0	0	0	0
25	Grant Adcox	1187	10	0	0	1	3