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Capital City 400
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
September 10, 1978
400 laps on 0.542 mile paved oval; 216.8 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 1
| Darrell Waltrip
| 88
| DiGard
| Chevrolet
| 400
| 13,800
| running
| 65 |
| 2
| 2
| Bobby Allison
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 400
| 8,800
| running
| 44 |
| 3
| 3
| Neil Bonnett
| 5
| Rod Osterlund
| Chevrolet
| 400
| 6,575
| running
| 276 |
| 4
| 10
| Cale Yarborough
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Oldsmobile
| 399
| 6,450
| running
| 0 |
| 5
| 7
| Dick Brooks
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Ford
| 397
| 3,300
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 6
| Benny Parsons
| 72
| L.G. DeWitt
| Chevrolet
| 397
| 4,200
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 13
| Terry Labonte
| 92
| Billy Hagan
| Chevrolet
| 392
| 2,550
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 12
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| Chevrolet
| 391
| 2,320
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 11
| Dave Marcis
| 2
| Rod Osterlund
| Chevrolet
| 388
| 1,930
| running
| 1 |
| 10
| 14
| Roger Hamby
| 17
| Roger Hamby
| Chevrolet
| 388
| 1,525
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 15
| Richard Childress
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Oldsmobile
| 387
| 1,850
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 9
| Lennie Pond
| 54
| Harry Ranier
| Chevrolet
| 384
| 3,300
| running
| 1 |
| 13
| 21
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Jimmy Means
| Chevrolet
| 381
| 1,690
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 17
| Ronnie Thomas
| 25
| Don Robertson
| Chevrolet
| 381
| 1,605
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 26
| Dick May
| 8
| Ed Negre
| Dodge
| 379
| 1,370
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 18
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Dodge
| 376
| 1,210
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 25
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| Chevrolet
| 375
| 1,050
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 8
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| Chevrolet
| 374
| 825
| running
| 0 |
| 19
| 27
| Joey Arrington
| 19
| Henley Gray
| Chevrolet
| 364
| 800
| running
| 0 |
| 20
| 5
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Chevrolet Monte Carlo
| 356
| 3,250
| rear end
| 13 |
| 21
| 19
| Gary Myers
| 4
| Gary Myers
| Chevrolet
| 350
| 500
| running
| 0 |
| 22
| 20
| Baxter Price
| 45
| Baxter Price
| Chevrolet
| 317
| 725
| running
| 0 |
| 23
| 28
| Frank Warren
| 79
| Frank Warren
| Dodge
| 256
| 700
| handling
| 0 |
| 24
| 22
| Tom Gale
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 198
| 685
| engine
| 0 |
| 25
| 29
| Nelson Oswald
| 09
| Nelson Oswald
| Chevrolet
| 172
| 425
| overheating
| 0 |
| 26
| 4
| Dave Dion
| 29
| Dave Dion
| Ford
| 85
| 425
| rear end
| 0 |
| 27
| 16
| Tighe Scott
| 30
| Walter Ballard
| Chevrolet
| 49
| 650
| accident
| 0 |
| 28
| 23
| Ferrel Harris
| 81
| Robert Gee
| Chevrolet
| 28
| 350
| overheating
| 0 |
| 29
| 30
| Wayne Morgan
| 80
| Wayne Morgan
| Chevrolet
| 16
| 325
| overheating
| 0 |
| 30
| 24
| Ed Negre
| 1
| Ed Negre
| Chrysler
| 6
| 300
| brakes
| 0 |
Time of race: 02:43:19
Average Speed: 79.568 MPH
Pole Speed: 21.217 seconds
5 cautions for 27 laps
Attendance: 18,000