1978 Capital City 400

Race 23 of 30

Richmond
400 laps
Time of race: 2:43:19
Average speed of winner: 79.568 mph
Margin of victory: 1 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 27 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-51, Marcis 52, Pond 53, Bonnett 54-181, Waltrip 182, Allison 183, Waltrip 184-190, Bonnett 191-264, Petty 265, Allison 266, Bonnett 267-273, Petty 274-285, Bonnett 286-342, Allison 343-384, Bonnett 385-394, Waltrip 395-400

Race notes: Finale for Wayne Morgan.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott	91.964	400	4	65	running	11700	180
2	2	Bobby Allison	15	Norris Industries	Ford	Moore	Moore		400	3	44	running	7750	175
3	3	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Chevrolet	Stacy			400	5	276	running	5975	175
4	10	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter		399	0	0	running	6450	160
5	7	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			397	0	0	running	3300	155
6	6	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		397	0	0	running	4200	150
7	13	Terry Labonte	92	Duck Industries	Chevrolet	Hagan			392	0	0	running	2550	146
8	12	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			391	0	0	running	2320	142
9	11	Dave Marcis	2	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		388	1	1	running	1930	143
10	14	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			388	0	0	running	1525	134
11	15	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Oldsmobile	Childress			387	0	0	running	1850	130
12	9	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		384	1	1	running	3300	132
13	21	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Means			381	0	0	running	1690	124
14	17	Ronnie Thomas	25	Louise Smith	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			381	0	0	running	1605	121
15	26	Dick May	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			379	0	0	running	1370	118
16	18	Buddy Arrington	67	Falls Radiator	Dodge	Arrington			376	0	0	running	1210	115
17	25	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			375	0	0	running	1050	112
18	8	James Hylton	48	Palatine Automotive	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		374	0	0	running	825	109
19	27	Joey Arrington	19	Sam Dell	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			364	0	0	running	800	106
20	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	Chevrolet	Petty	Inman		356	2	13	rear end	3250	108
21	19	Gary Myers	4	Spencer's Baby Wear	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			350	0	0	running	500	100
22	20	Baxter Price	45	Ray Cook's Bar-B-Q	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			317	0	0	running	725	97
23	28	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			256	0	0	handling	700	94
24	22	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			198	0	0	engine	685	91
25	29	Nelson Oswald	09	G&S Truck Service	Chevrolet	Oswald			172	0	0	overheating	425	88
26	4	Dave Dion	29	Green Mountain	Ford	Dave Dion			85	0	0	rear end	425	85
27	16	Tighe Scott	30	Russ Togs	Chevrolet	Ballard			49	0	0	accident	650	82
28	23	Ferrel Harris	81	Autowize	Chevrolet	Robert Gee			28	0	0	overheating	350	79
29	30	Wayne Morgan	80	Yellow Cab	Chevrolet	Wayne Morgan			16	0	0	overheating	325	76
30	24	Ed Negre	1	Jones	Chrysler	Negre			6	0	0	brakes	300	0

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	3692	23	5	7	18	18
2	Benny Parsons	3394	23	2	3	12	16
3	Dave Marcis	3340	23	0	0	12	18
4	Darrell Waltrip	3263	23	1	6	13	14
5	Bobby Allison	3176	23	1	2	9	15
6	Richard Petty	3074	23	0	0	9	13
7	Lennie Pond	2840	21	4	1	10	13
8	Buddy Arrington	2839	23	0	0	1	5
9	Dick Brooks	2798	23	0	0	4	12
10	Richard Childress	2716	23	0	0	1	10
11	J.D. McDuffie	2491	23	0	0	1	6
12	Tighe Scott	2483	23	0	0	0	6
13	Neil Bonnett	2482	23	3	0	5	10
14	D.K. Ulrich	2452	22	0	0	0	3
15	Frank Warren	2384	23	0	0	0	0
16	Jimmy Means	2186	21	0	0	0	2
17	Dick May	2154	21	0	0	0	0
18	David Pearson	2136	16	5	4	9	9
19	Ronnie Thomas	2127	21	0	0	0	2
20	Cecil Gordon	2017	20	0	0	0	1
21	Tommy Gale	1972	19	0	0	0	0
22	Baxter Price	1936	19	0	0	0	0
23	Roger Hamby	1839	19	0	0	0	2
24	Skip Manning	1665	15	0	0	1	4
25	Buddy Baker	1442	13	1	0	2	6