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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Referensi ^ "1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Central - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 2021-04-29 . Pranala luar Catatan musim di Racing Reference 1940–1949 1950–1969 1970–1989 1990–2009 2010–2029