1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series standings

1978 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Laps	DNFs
1	Cale Yarborough	4841	30	8	10	23	24	422980	3.60	6.03	28	12	139	3587	21	33.99	85.38	9758	2
2	Bobby Allison	4367	30	1	5	14	22	293250	6.87	9.40	19	4	56	1042	0	10.60	75.61	9283	7
3	Darrell Waltrip	4362	30	2	6	19	20	306470	5.93	10.37	26	7	116	2151	0	19.45	72.80	9445	9
4	Benny Parsons	4350	30	2	3	15	21	255250	4.73	9.43	21	1	51	824	8	7.91	75.51	9609	4
5	Dave Marcis	4335	30	0	0	14	24	143105	8.57	8.70	12	0	26	115	1	1.21	77.64	9672	2
6	Richard Petty	3949	30	0	0	11	17	196960	8.90	12.83	15	0	51	419	0	4.59	65.63	8904	12
7	Lennie Pond	3794	28	5	1	11	19	143535	7.71	11.57	12	1	29	319	0	2.85	69.17	8443	8
8	Dick Brooks	3769	30	0	0	5	17	116870	12.43	13.40	2	0	2	24	0	0.16	63.99	8689	8
9	Buddy Arrington	3626	30	0	0	1	7	96240	23.27	14.27	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	61.47	9580	2
10	Richard Childress	3566	30	0	0	1	12	93075	15.70	15.37	4	0	6	52	0	0.40	58.28	8946	4
11	J.D. McDuffie	3255	30	1	0	1	6	75275	17.73	18.63	4	0	4	15	0	0.13	48.79	7300	11
12	Neil Bonnett	3129	30	3	0	7	12	148610	10.83	20.80	6	1	11	316	0	2.62	42.50	6278	18
13	Tighe Scott	3110	29	0	0	0	7	75480	20.90	18.79	1	0	1	3	0	0.02	48.09	6626	11
14	Frank Warren	3036	30	0	0	0	0	58480	25.93	20.60	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.08	8481	7
15	Dick May	2936	28	0	0	0	2	58625	26.79	19.43	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.25	7221	7
16	David Pearson	2756	22	7	4	11	11	147760	4.68	15.64	13	2	74	777	0	11.80	60.10	5375	11
17	Jimmy Means	2756	27	0	0	0	2	55170	25.11	20.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.63	7083	11
18	Ronnie Thomas	2733	27	0	0	0	2	59260	25.22	20.63	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.39	7287	11
19	Cecil Gordon	2641	26	0	0	0	1	47260	29.92	20.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.12	6773	8
20	Tommy Gale	2639	26	0	0	0	0	54200	24.08	20.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.16	6980	7
21	Roger Hamby	2617	26	0	0	0	2	40565	22.38	20.81	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.94	7181	10
22	D.K. Ulrich	2452	22	0	0	0	3	53800	19.86	17.32	1	0	1	1	0	0.02	52.89	6175	5
23	Baxter Price	2418	24	0	0	0	0	35810	28.54	20.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.41	7333	5
24	Buddy Baker	2130	19	1	0	4	8	103515	9.37	19.00	10	2	46	354	0	7.13	51.83	4319	12
25	Donnie Allison	1993	17	0	1	7	8	97435	9.18	16.88	12	0	38	210	0	3.95	57.94	3876	9
26	James Hylton	1965	19	0	0	0	4	47295	19.00	17.68	2	0	2	16	0	0.17	49.92	5774	4
27	Gary Myers	1915	19	0	0	0	0	21390	26.26	20.74	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.50	5524	7
28	Ed Negre	1857	21	0	0	0	1	28245	27.48	23.71	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.34	4926	7
29	Skip Manning	1802	17	0	0	1	4	52820	14.59	19.35	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.51	4410	5
30	Grant Adcox	1467	14	0	0	1	3	35700	24.14	19.79	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	48.93	3072	7
31	Ricky Rudd	1260	13	0	0	0	4	49610	16.54	22.92	5	0	5	16	0	0.40	42.19	2535	7
32	Bruce Hill	1214	14	0	0	0	2	25620	16.86	25.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	33.78	2805	10
33	Bill Elliott	1176	10	0	0	0	5	42065	18.80	15.70	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	62.11	2278	3
34	Al Holbert	1142	12	0	0	0	3	31075	16.17	22.83	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.16	2479	8
35	Ferrel Harris	1066	14	0	0	0	5	39535	23.43	17.79	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.62	2915	4
36	Coo Coo Marlin	765	9	0	0	0	2	18170	11.44	26.56	2	0	2	4	0	0.13	32.94	1518	6
37	Blackie Wangerin	760	10	0	0	0	0	13515	22.70	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.51	1342	8
38	Bobby Wawak	680	8	0	0	0	0	5870	31.13	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.09	1512	6
39	Terry Labonte	659	5	0	0	1	3	20545	16.20	11.40	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	70.11	1849	2
40	Ralph Jones	634	7	0	0	0	0	6305	29.43	24.14	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.77	1871	3
41	Janet Guthrie	592	7	0	0	0	1	17120	22.43	22.29	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.81	1147	4
42	Earle Canavan	559	9	0	0	0	0	8740	30.11	26.78	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.17	2111	4
43	Roland Wlodyka	549	6	0	0	0	0	9910	13.50	23.83	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.76	1172	3
44	Dale Earnhardt	548	5	0	0	1	2	20145	21.40	11.20	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	73.85	1359	0
45	Joe Frasson	533	5	0	0	0	0	8560	31.20	18.80	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.37	1436	2
46	Nelson Oswald	501	6	0	0	0	0	2955	31.17	26.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.62	1103	6
47	Joe Mihalic	419	6	0	0	0	0	6030	30.17	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	27.78	1216	5
48	Jim Thirkettle	389	3	0	0	0	2	6850	17.00	12.00	1	0	1	1	0	0.17	69.16	393	0
49	Jimmy Insolo	369	3	0	0	0	2	8665	9.00	15.33	2	0	2	5	0	1.61	59.81	345	1
50	Satch Worley	368	4	0	0	0	1	6205	23.50	13.75	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	65.07	1298	1
51	John Kennedy	350	5	0	0	0	0	2900	30.40	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.85	296	5
52	Bill Schmitt	330	3	0	0	0	1	9430	10.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.34	304	1
53	Harry Gant	325	5	0	0	0	1	14150	9.80	26.20	1	0	1	45	0	1.80	31.89	873	4
54	Connie Saylor	318	3	0	0	0	1	9115	27.33	19.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.99	820	2
55	Richard White	311	3	0	0	0	0	4505	26.33	20.33	1	0	1	2	0	0.33	45.79	346	1
56	Chuck Bown	301	4	0	0	0	0	3585	22.50	29.25	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.98	539	4
57	Rick McCray	297	3	0	0	0	0	4585	28.67	21.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	42.99	220	1
58	Nestor Peles	297	3	0	0	0	0	2880	35.67	21.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.49	979	1
59	John Utsman	292	4	0	0	0	0	7040	28.25	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	26.11	612	3
60	Joe Booher	273	3	0	0	0	0	3205	32.33	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.35	595	1
61	Joey Arrington	273	3	0	0	0	0	2790	29.67	24.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.00	690	1
62	John Borneman	264	3	0	0	0	0	3320	17.67	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.71	305	2
63	Rocky Moran	261	3	0	0	0	0	3195	30.33	25.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.78	289	2
64	Jimmy Lee Capps	258	3	0	0	0	0	3880	27.00	25.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.85	586	1
65	Dave Dion	256	4	0	0	0	0	2285	23.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.49	335	4
66	Ray Elder	254	3	0	0	0	1	5305	22.67	26.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.04	108	2
67	Elmo Langley	243	3	0	0	0	0	2765	26.00	27.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.55	482	2
68	Woody Fisher	237	3	0	0	0	0	4145	29.33	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.36	383	2
69	Sterling Marlin	226	2	0	0	0	1	10170	7.00	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	52.24	591	1
70	Ron Hutcherson	221	3	0	0	1	1	22420	9.00	25.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.82	388	2
71	Jerry Jolly	201	3	0	0	0	0	5740	32.33	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.19	307	2
72	Junior Miller	197	2	0	0	0	0	2110	30.00	21.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.79	498	1
73	Bill Hollar	189	3	0	0	0	0	1360	33.00	33.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.90	90	3
74	Norm Palmer	179	2	0	0	0	0	2100	9.00	24.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.88	119	2
75	Ernie Stierly	176	2	0	0	0	0	2520	27.50	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.41	141	1
76	Morgan Shepherd	170	2	0	0	0	0	8115	35.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	36.71	397	1
77	Harry Goularte	167	2	0	0	0	0	1975	35.50	26.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.14	185	1
78	Mel Larson	140	2	0	0	0	0	2290	20.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	18.92	169	2
79	Roy Smith	138	1	0	0	0	1	2300	20.00	9.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	76.47	115	0
80	Chuck Wahl	134	2	0	0	0	0	1520	32.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	15.07	102	2
81	Jim Vandiver	131	2	0	0	0	0	3530	29.50	32.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.25	362	2
82	Sam Sommers	127	2	0	0	0	0	3190	28.00	19.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	50.00	512	1
83	Wayne Morgan	122	2	0	0	0	0	785	35.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.94	19	2
84	Hershel McGriff	112	2	0	0	0	1	4490	20.00	11.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	69.12	208	0
85	Marty Robbins	109	1	0	0	0	0	2240	38.00	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	57.50	171	0
86	Glenn Jarrett	103	1	0	0	0	0	2940	23.00	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	51.28	317	0
87	Jack Simpson	97	1	0	0	0	0	1105	35.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.24	74	0
88	Don Graham	97	1	0	0	0	0	875	22.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	38.24	75	1
89	Bob Burcham	97	1	0	0	0	0	2790	38.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	46.15	243	1
90	Butch Mock	85	2	0	0	0	0	2390	32.50	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	37.66	564	0
91	Steve Moore	82	1	0	0	0	0	1590	40.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	35.00	150	0
92	Don Noel	79	2	0	0	0	0	1765	26.00	30.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	19.18	180	2
93	Billy McGinnis	79	1	0	0	0	0	875	40.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.77	221	1
94	Vince Giamformaggio	76	1	0	0	0	0	805	17.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.65	41	1
95	Richard Waters	76	1	0	0	0	0	265	27.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3.45	13	1
96	Raymond Williams	76	1	0	0	0	0	1290	21.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.21	74	1
97	Walter Ballard	73	1	0	0	0	0	505	30.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1
98	Bill Green	73	1	0	0	0	0	400	28.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1
99	Don Puskarich	70	1	0	0	0	0	700	28.00	31.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.76	36	1
100	Steve Pfeifer	67	1	0	0	0	0	955	39.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	20.51	98	1
101	Eddie Bradshaw	64	1	0	0	0	0	600	33.00	33.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.88	15	1
102	Bill Baker	61	1	0	0	0	0	550	33.00	34.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.94	20	1
103	Gary Johnson	58	1	0	0	0	0	500	14.00	35.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	3	1
104	Louis Gatto	58	1	0	0	0	0	500	37.00	35.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5.56	5	1
105	Butch Hartman	55	1	0	0	0	0	640	27.00	36.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.26	121	1
106	Jocko Maggiacomo	52	1	0	0	0	0	815	37.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.69	45	1
107	Jabe Thomas	52	1	0	0	0	0	480	35.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	1	1
108	Bill Dennis	52	1	0	0	0	0	1560	18.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7.69	66	1
109	Dick Trickle	46	1	0	0	0	0	910	30.00	39.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2.56	24	1
110	Bobby Fisher	43	2	0	0	0	0	1410	20.50	34.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	33	2
111	A.J. Foyt	0	2	0	0	1	1	22575	2.50	17.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	58.75	255	1
112	Lynn Carroll	0	1	0	0	0	0	650	21.00	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	53.57	445	0
113	Dave Watson	0	1	0	0	0	0	1600	22.00	17.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	57.89	316	1
114	Claude Ballot-Léna	0	4	0	0	0	0	7770	25.75	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	32.08	460	2
115	Kenny Brightbill	0	1	0	0	0	0	1130	26.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.59	177	0
116	Paul Fess	0	1	0	0	0	0	835	32.00	28.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.77	75	1
117	Greg Heller	0	1	0	0	0	0	575	39.00	29.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.21	250	1
118	Johnny Halford	0	1	0	0	0	0	610	32.00	30.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	17.14	84	1
119	Charlie Blanton	0	1	0	0	0	0	590	34.00	32.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	11.43	52	1
120	Frank Hill	0	1	0	0	0	0	1280	39.00	37.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	10.00	37	1