1978 Atlanta 500

Race 5 of 30

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:30:10
Average speed of winner: 142.520 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap under caution
Lead changes: 9 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 16 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough 1-13, Bonnett 14-19, Yarborough 20-60, Waltrip 61-62, B. Allison 63, Pond 64, B. Allison 65-127, Pond 128, D. Allison 129-131, B. Allison 132-328

Race notes: Debut for Connie Saylor. Finale for Billy McGinnis and Woody Fisher.

Video links: Finish

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Bobby Allison	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		328	3	261	running	11225	185
2	11	Dave Marcis	2	Shoney's	Chevrolet	Osterlund	Livengood		327	0	0	running	5000	170
3	8	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		327	1	3	running	7450	170
4	1	Cale Yarborough	11	1st National City Travelers Checks	Oldsmobile	Johnson	Carter	162.006	327	2	54	running	5250	165
5	6	Lennie Pond	54	W.I.N.	Chevrolet	Ranier	Wilson		327	2	2	running	3325	160
6	16	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			325	0	0	running	4225	150
7	26	Grant Adcox	41	Krystal	Chevrolet	Adcox			319	0	0	running	1300	146
8	32	Connie Saylor	49	Lady & Son	Dodge	G.C. Spencer			316	0	0	accident	2450	142
9	15	Bruce Hill	05	Bearfinder	Oldsmobile	Clary			316	0	0	running	4050	138
10	23	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl	Chevrolet	Ferreri			315	0	0	running	2080	134
11	21	D.K. Ulrich	40	Howard Johnson	Chevrolet	Ulrich			314	0	0	out of fuel	1920	130
12	37	Sam Sommers	89	Sommers	Chevrolet	O.L. Nixon			314	0	0	running	1825	127
13	3	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		314	0	0	running	1690	124
14	28	Buddy Arrington	67	Sam Dell	Dodge	Arrington			313	0	0	running	1580	121
15	18	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Oldsmobile	Childress			313	0	0	running	1370	118
16	35	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			312	0	0	running	1235	115
17	39	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			311	0	0	running	1075	112
18	10	Roland Wlodyka	98	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund			311	0	0	running	1325	109
19	30	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			310	0	0	running	550	106
20	34	Woody Fisher	19	Gray	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			309	0	0	running	525	103
21	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		303	0	0	steering arm	750	100
22	19	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			298	0	0	running	3175	97
23	12	Skip Manning	92	Stratagraph	Chevrolet	Hagan			294	0	0	running	700	94
24	33	Ronnie Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			290	0	0	running	435	91
25	38	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			289	0	0	running	425	88
26	9	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		278	0	0	overheating	460	85
27	5	Buddy Baker	27	WQXI Radio	Oldsmobile	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		237	0	0	engine	665	82
28	40	Billy McGinnis	91	Valvoline	Chevrolet	Harvey			221	0	0	ignition	600	79
29	22	Blackie Wangerin	39	Wangerin	Mercury	Wangerin			214	0	0	push rod	325	76
30	25	Chuck Bown	77	Ray	Chevrolet	Johnny Ray			188	0	0	engine	300	73
31	14	Al Holbert	48	Southland Industries	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		182	0	0	engine	300	70
32	20	Jimmy Means	52	Bell Brothers Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Means			163	0	0	engine	300	67
33	31	Neil Bonnett	5	Armor-All	Dodge	Stacy			154	1	6	engine	300	69
34	29	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Oldsmobile	Ballard			152	0	0	valve	300	61
35	7	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		146	1	2	valve	300	63
36	27	Butch Hartman	75	Hartman	Chevrolet	Hartman	Rahilly		121	0	0	valve spring	300	55
37	24	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			97	0	0	engine	300	52
38	17	Bill Elliott	9	Aaron's Automatic Transmission	Mercury	George Elliott	Elliott		66	0	0	engine	300	49
39	13	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			33	0	0	engine	300	46
40	36	John Utsman	00	Bristol Raceway	Chevrolet	Ed Whitaker			10	0	0	oil leak	300	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Benny Parsons	819	5	0	1	4	4
2	Cale Yarborough	809	5	2	1	4	4
3	Bobby Allison	763	5	0	2	3	4
4	Dave Marcis	756	5	0	0	2	4
5	Dick Brooks	662	5	0	0	2	3
6	Richard Childress	634	5	0	0	0	2
7	Lennie Pond	629	4	0	0	3	4
8	Buddy Arrington	622	5	0	0	0	1
9	Neil Bonnett	604	5	2	0	1	3
10	Skip Manning	591	5	0	0	0	1
11	D.K. Ulrich	576	5	0	0	0	1
12	Frank Warren	569	5	0	0	0	0
13	Richard Petty	531	5	0	0	1	1
14	David Pearson	516	4	1	1	2	2
15	Darrell Waltrip	511	5	0	0	1	1
16	Cecil Gordon	509	5	0	0	0	0
17	Tighe Scott	495	5	0	0	0	1
18	J.D. McDuffie	437	5	0	0	0	0
19	Tommy Gale	400	4	0	0	0	0
20	Jimmy Means	386	4	0	0	0	1
21	Roland Wlodyka	367	4	0	0	0	0
22	Grant Adcox	340	3	0	0	0	1
23	Roger Hamby	340	4	0	0	0	0
24	Ronnie Thomas	324	3	0	0	0	0
25	Buddy Baker	302	3	0	0	0	1