Cale Yarborough meraih gelar ketiganya di musim 1978.
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 .
Catatan musim berjalan
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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