NASCAR Seri Piala Winston musim 1978

NASCAR Seri Piala Winston 1978
Sebelum:	1977	Sesudah:	1979

NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Series musim 1978 adalah musim ke-30 balap mobil stok profesional di Amerika Serikat dan musim NASCAR Seri Piala era modern ke-7. Musim dimulai pada hari Minggu 22 Januari dan berakhir pada hari Minggu 19 November. Cale Yarborough yang mengendarai mobil Oldsmobile tim Junior Johnson #11 First National City Travelers Checks memenangkan gelar juara musim ketiga berturut-turut di Seri Piala Winston. Ronnie Thomas dinobatkan sebagai NASCAR Rookie of the Year dalam pertarungan ketat dengan Roger Hamby.

Cale Yarborough meraih gelar ketiganya di musim 1978.

Catatan musim berjalan

Tanggal	Lomba	Sirkuit	Pemenang
January 22	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Cale Yarborough
February 19	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	Bobby Allison
February 26	Richmond 400	Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway	Benny Parsons
March 5	Carolina 500	North Carolina Speedway	David Pearson
March 19	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway	Bobby Allison
April 2	Southeastern 400	Bristol International Raceway	Darrell Waltrip
April 9	Rebel 500	Darlington Raceway	Benny Parsons
April 16	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Darrell Waltrip
April 23	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Darrell Waltrip
May 14	Winston 500	Alabama International Motor Speedway	Cale Yarborough
May 21	Mason-Dixon 500	Dover Downs International Speedway	David Pearson
May 28	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Darrell Waltrip
June 3	Music City USA 420	Nashville Speedway	Cale Yarborough
June 11	Riverside 400	Riverside International Raceway	Benny Parsons
June 18	Cam 2 Motor Oil 400	Michigan International Speedway	Cale Yarborough
July 4	Firecracker 400	Daytona International Speedway	David Pearson
July 15	Nashville 420	Nashville Speedway	Cale Yarborough
July 30	Coca-Cola 500	Pocono Raceway	Darrell Waltrip
August 6	Talladega 500	Alabama International Motor Speedway	Lennie Pond
August 20	Champion Spark Plug 400	Michigan International Speedway	David Pearson
August 26	Volunteer 400	Bristol International Raceway	Cale Yarborough
September 4	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Cale Yarborough
September 10	Capital City 400	Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway	Darrell Waltrip
September 17	Delaware 500	Dover Downs International Speedway	Bobby Allison
September 24	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Cale Yarborough
October 1	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Cale Yarborough
October 8	National 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Bobby Allison
October 22	American 500	North Carolina Speedway	Cale Yarborough
November 5	Dixie 500	Atlanta International Raceway	Donnie Allison
November 19	Los Angeles Times 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	Bobby Allison

Klasemen akhir pembalap

Pos.	Pembalap	Poin	Start	Menang	Top 5	Top 10	Pole
1	Cale Yarborough	4841	30	10	23	24	8
2	Bobby Allison	4367	30	5	14	22	1
3	Darrell Waltrip	4362	30	6	19	20	2
4	Benny Parsons	4350	30	3	15	21	2
5	Dave Marcis	4335	30	0	14	24	0
6	Richard Petty	3949	30	0	11	17	0
7	Lennie Pond	3794	28	1	11	19	5
8	Dick Brooks	3769	30	0	5	17	0
9	Buddy Arrington	3626	30	0	1	7	0
10	Richard Childress	3566	30	0	1	12	0
11	J.D. McDuffie	3255	30	0	1	6	1
12	Neil Bonnett	3129	30	0	7	12	3
13	Tighe Scott	3110	29	0	0	7	0
14	Frank Warren	3036	30	0	0	0	0
15	Dick May	2936	28	0	0	2	0
16	David Pearson	2756	22	4	11	11	7
16	Jimmy Means	2756	27	0	0	2	0
18	Ronnie Thomas	2733	27	0	0	2	0
19	Cecil Gordon	2641	26	0	0	1	0
20	Tommy Gale	2639	26	0	0	0	0
21	Roger Hamby	2617	26	0	0	2	0
22	D.K. Ulrich	2452	22	0	0	3	0
23	Baxter Price	2418	24	0	0	0	0
24	Buddy Baker	2130	19	0	4	8	1
25	Donnie Allison	1993	17	1	7	8	0
26	James Hylton	1965	19	0	0	4	0
27	Gary Myers	1915	19	0	0	0	0
28	Ed Negre	1857	21	0	0	1	0
29	Grant Adcox	1467	14	0	1	3	0
29	Skip Manning	1802	17	0	1	4	0
31	Ricky Rudd	1260	13	0	0	4	0
32	Bruce Hill	1214	14	0	0	2	0
33	Bill Elliott	1176	10	0	0	5	0
34	Al Holbert	1142	12	0	0	3	0
35	Ferrel Harris	1066	14	0	0	5	0
36	Coo Coo Marlin	765	9	0	0	2	0
37	Blackie Wangerin	760	10	0	0	0	0
38	Bobby Wawak	680	8	0	0	0	0
39	Terry Labonte	659	5	0	1	3	0
40	Ralph Jones	634	7	0	0	0	0
41	Janet Guthrie	592	7	0	0	1	0
42	Earle Canavan	559	9	0	0	0	0
43	Dale Earnhardt	558	5	0	1	2	0
44	Roland Wlodyka	549	6	0	0	0	0
45	Joe Frasson	533	5	0	0	0	0
46	Nelson Oswald	501	6	0	0	0	0
47	Joe Mihalic	419	6	0	0	0	0
48	Jim Thirkettle	389	3	0	0	2	0
49	Jimmy Insolo	369	3	0	0	2	0
50	Satch Worley	368	4	0	0	1	0
51	John Kennedy	350	4	0	0	0	0
52	Bill Schmitt	330	3	0	0	1	0
53	Harry Gant	325	5	0	0	1	0
54	Connie Saylor	318	3	0	0	1	0
55	Richard White	308	3	0	0	0	0
56	Chuck Bown	301	4	0	0	0	0
57	Nestor Peles	297	3	0	0	0	0
58	Rick McCray	297	3	0	0	0	0
59	John Utsman	292	4	0	0	0	0
60	Joe Booher	273	3	0	0	0	0
60	Joey Arrington	273	3	0	0	0	0
62	John Borneman	264	3	0	0	0	0
63	Rocky Moran	261	3	0	0	0	0
64	Jimmy Lee Capps	258	3	0	0	0	0
65	Dave Dion	256	4	0	0	0	0
66	Ray Elder	254	3	0	0	1	0
67	Elmo Langley	243	3	0	0	0	0
68	Woody Fisher	237	3	0	0	0	0
69	Sterling Marlin	226	2	0	0	1	0
70	Ron Hutcherson	221	3	0	1	1	0
71	Jerry Jolly	201	3	0	0	0	0
72	Junior Miller	197	2	0	0	0	0
73	Bill Hollar	189	3	0	0	0	0
74	Norm Palmer	179	2	0	0	0	0
75	Ernie Stierly	176	2	0	0	0	0
76	Morgan Shepherd	170	2	0	0	0	0
77	Harry Goularte	167	2	0	0	0	0
78	Mel Larson	140	2	0	0	0	0
79	Roy Smith	138	1	0	0	1	0
80	Chuck Wahl	134	2	0	0	0	0
81	Jim Vandiver	131	2	0	0	0	0
82	Sam Sommers	127	2	0	0	0	0
83	Wayne Morgan	122	2	0	0	0	0
84	Hershel McGriff	112	2	0	0	1	0
85	Marty Robbins	109	1	0	0	0	0
86	Glenn Jarrett	103	1	0	0	0	0
87	Bob Burcham	97	1	0	0	0	0
87	Don Graham	97	1	0	0	0	0
87	Jack Simpson	97	1	0	0	0	0
90	Butch Mock	85	2	0	0	0	0
91	Steve Moore	82	1	0	0	0	0
92	Billy McGinnis	79	1	0	0	0	0
92	Don Noel	79	2	0	0	0	0
94	Vince Giamformaggio	76	1	0	0	0	0
94	Richard Waters	76	1	0	0	0	0
94	Raymond Williams	76	1	0	0	0	0
97	Bill Green	73	1	0	0	0	0
99	Don Puskarich	70	1	0	0	0	0
100	Steve Pfeifer	67	1	0	0	0	0
101	Eddie Bradshaw	64	1	0	0	0	0
102	Bill Baker	61	1	0	0	0	0
103	Louis Gatto	58	1	0	0	0	0
103	Gary Johnson	58	1	0	0	0	0
105	Butch Hartman	55	1	0	0	0	0
106	Jabe Thomas	52	1	0	0	0	0
106	Jocko Maggiacomo	52	1	0	0	0	0
106	Bill Dennis	52	1	0	0	0	0
109	Dick Trickle	46	1	0	0	0	0
110	Bobby Fisher	43	2	0	0	0	0
	Frank Hill		1	0	0	0	0
	Greg Heller		1	0	0	0	0
	Johnny Halford		1	0	0	0	0
	A.J. Foyt		2	0	1	1	0
	Paul Fess		1	0	0	0	0
	Lynn Carroll		1	0	0	0	0
	Kenny Brightbill		1	0	0	0	0
	Charlie Blanton		1	0	0	0	0
	Claude Ballot-Lena		4	0	0	0	0
	Dave Watson		1	0	0	0	0

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