1978 Old Dominion 500: Difference between revisions
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| Details ref = <ref name="weather-information">{{cite web | url = http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/VA/Martinsville/1978-09-24| title = 1978 Old Dominion 500 weather information | publisher = The Old Farmer's Almanac | accessdate = 2012-07-06|}}</ref><ref name="1978od500">{{cite web | url = http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1978-25/W| title = 1978 Old Dominion 500 racing results | publisher = Racing Reference | accessdate = 2010-11-19|}}</ref> |
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| Weather = Temperatures up to {{convert|70|F|C}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|8|mph|km/h}} |
| Weather = Temperatures up to {{convert|70|F|C}}; wind speeds up to {{convert|8|mph|km/h}} |
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| Pole_Driver = [[Lennie Pond]] |
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| Pole_Team = [[Ranier Racing]] |
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The '''1978 [[Old Dominion 500]]''' was a [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series|Winston Cup Series]] (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on September 24, 1978, at [[Martinsville Speedway]] in [[Martinsville, Virginia]]. |
The '''1978 [[Old Dominion 500]]''' was a [[NASCAR]] [[Sprint Cup Series|Winston Cup Series]] (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on September 24, 1978, at [[Martinsville Speedway]] in [[Martinsville, Virginia]]. This race was the 28th to be held as a part of what is now known as the ''[[Tums Fast Relief 500]]''. |
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By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. |
By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore. |
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Revision as of 03:43, 7 August 2015
| Race details[1][2] | |||
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| Race 25 of 30 in the 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
 A map showing the layout of Martinsville Speedway | |||
| Date | September 24, 1978 | ||
| Official name | Old Dominion 500 | ||
| Location | Martinsville Speedway (Martinsville, Virginia) | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.525 mi (0.844 km) | ||
| Distance | 500 laps, 262.5 mi (442.4 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures up to 70 °F (21 °C); wind speeds up to 8 miles per hour (13 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 79.185 miles per hour (127.436 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ranier Racing | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
| Laps | 372 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 11 | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1978 Old Dominion 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) race that took place on September 24, 1978, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia. This race was the 28th to be held as a part of what is now known as the Tums Fast Relief 500.
By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.
Summary
Five hundred laps were done on a paved oval track spanning 0.525 miles (0.845 km) for a grand total of 262.5 miles (422.5 km).[2] The complete time of the race was three hours, nineteen minutes, and fifty-four seconds.[2] There were four cautions given out by the NASCAR officials for nineteen laps.[2] Cale Yarborough defeated Darrell Waltrip by three car lengths.[2] Notable speeds recorded in both the qualifying session and the race were: 79.185 miles per hour (127.436 km/h) as the average speed and 86.558 miles per hour (139.302 km/h) as the pole position speed.[2] Twenty thousand people attended this live race.[2] Chevrolet vehicles would dominate the starting grid of the event with multi-car teams dominating the lineup.[3] By the late 1970s, it had become prohibitively expensive for a single person to own a NASCAR team. A series of oil crises in addition to changing sponsorship needs started to bring in the age of the multi-car team and the slow decline of the independent owners.
Harry Gant would led a NASCAR Cup Series race for the first time in his career. However, he would only run ninety laps before having to leave the race due to an engine problem.[2] This would cause him to be relegated to a 28th place finish and only $1,070 in prize winnings ($4,998.43 when considering inflation).[2] Total winnings for this race were $101,430 ($473,823 when considering inflation) and Cale Yarborough took the majority of the winnings with an easy $24,950 paycheck ($116,552.14 when considering inflation).
Satch Worley would retire from NASCAR after this race while Lennie Pond would never earn another pole position start after this race.[4] Herb Nab was Pond's chief mechanic for the sole qualifying run that managed to get him the pole position for the event along with an extremely rare silver trophy.[5]
Finishing order
- Cale Yarborough
- Darrell Waltrip (highest finishing Chevrolet vehicle)
- Benny Parsons†
- Neil Bonnett†
- Lennie Pond
- Richard Petty
- Bobby Allison (highest finishing Ford vehicle)
- Dave Marcis
- Terry Labonte
- Buddy Arrington (highest finishing Dodge vehicle)
- James Hylton
- Richard Childress
- Dick Brooks†
- Satch Worley*
- Gary Myers
- Ronnie Thomas
- Dick May†
- Ed Negre
- Baxter Price
- Ferrel Harris†
- Frank Warren†
- J.D. McDuffie*†
- Jimmy Means*
- Roger Hamby*
- David Pearson*
- Buddy Baker*
- Tommy Gale*†
- Harry Gant*
- Tighe Scott*
- Cecil Gordon*†
* Driver failed to finish race
† Driver is deceased
Timeline
- Start of race: Lennie Pond had the pole position to begin the race
- Lap 46: Harry Gant took over the lead from Lennie Pond
- Lap 91: Cale Yarborough took over the lead from Harry Gant
- Lap 247: Darrell Waltrip took over the lead from Cale Yarborough
- Lap 270: Cale Yarborough took over the lead from Darrell Waltrip
- Lap 473: Darrell Waltrip took over the lead from Cale Yarborough
- Lap 488: Cale Yarborough took over the lead from Darrell Waltrip
- End of race: Cale Yarborough won the race
Standings after the race
| Pos | Driver | Points[2] |
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| 1 | Cale Yarborough | 4052 |
| 2 | Benny Parsons | 3644 |
| 3 | Dave Marcis | 3624 |
| 4 | Darrell Waltrip | 3598 |
| 5 | Bobby Allison | 3507 |
References
- ^ "1978 Old Dominion 500 weather information". The Old Farmer's Almanac. Retrieved 2012-07-06.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g h i j "1978 Old Dominion 500 racing results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-19.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "1978 Old Dominion 500 manufacturer/team information". Driver Averages. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "1978 Old Dominion 500 racing results (third reference)". Race Database. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help) - ^ "All About Crew Chief Herbert "Herb" Nab". Legends of NASCAR. Retrieved 2014-04-04.
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