Results
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"Final Points Standing" 1978 Winston Cup Standings |
| Position | Driver | Starts | Wins | Points |
| 01 | Cale Yarborough | 30 | 10 | 4,841 |
| 02 | Darrell Waltrip | 30 | 6 | 4,362 |
| 03 | Benny Parsons | 30 | 3 | 4,350 |
| 04 | Dave Marcis | 30 | 0 | 4,335 |
| 05 | Richard Petty | 30 | 0 | 3,949 |
| 06 | Lennie Pond | 28 | 1 | 3,794 |
| 07 | Dick Brooks | 30 | 0 | 3,769 |
| 08 | Buddy Arrington | 30 | 0 | 3,626 |
| 09 | Richard Childress | 30 | 0 | 3,566 |
| 10 | J.D. McDuffie | 30 | 0 | 3,255 |
| 11 | Neil Bonnett | 30 | 0 | 3,129 |
| 12 | Tighe Scott | 29 | 0 | 3,110 |
| 13 | Frank Warren | 30 | 0 | 3,036 |
| 14 | Dick May | 28 | 0 | 2,936 |
| 15 | David Pearson | 22 | 4 | 2,756 |
| 16 | Jimmy Means | 27 | 0 | 2,756 |
| 17 | Ronnie Thomas | 27 | 0 | 2,733 |
| 18 | Cecil Gordon | 26 | 0 | 2,641 |
| 19 | Tommy Gale | 26 | 0 | 2,639 |
| 20 | Roger Hamby | 26 | 0 | 2,617 |
| 21 | D.K. Ulrich | 22 | 0 | 2,452 |
| 22 | Baxter Price | 24 | 0 | 2,418 |
| 23 | Buddy Baker | 19 | 0 | 2,130 |
| 24 | Donnie Allison | 17 | 1 | 1,993 |
| 25 | James Hylton | 19 | 0 | 1,965 |
| 26 | Gary Myers | 19 | 0 | 1,915 |
| 27 | Ed Negre | 21 | 0 | 1,857 |
| 28 | Skip Manning | 17 | 0 | 1,802 |
| 29 | Grant Adcox | 14 | 0 | 1,802 |
| 30 | Ricky Rudd | 13 | 0 | 1,260 |
| 31 | Bruce Hill | 14 | 0 | 1,214 |
| 32 | Bill Elliott | 10 | 0 | 1,176 |
| 33 | Al Holbert | 12 | 0 | 1,142 |
| 34 | Ferrel Harris | 14 | 0 | 1,066 |
| 35 | Coo Coo Marlin | 9 | 0 | 765 |
| 36 | Blackie Wangerin | 10 | 0 | 760 |
| 37 | Bobby Wawax | 8 | 0 | 680 |
| 38 | Terry Labonte | 5 | 0 | 659 |
| 39 | Ralph Jones | 7 | 0 | 634 |
| 40 | Janet Gunthrie | 7 | 0 | 592 |
| 41 | Earl Canavan | 9 | 0 | 559 |
| 42 | Dale Earnhardt | 5 | 0 | 558 |
| 43 | Roland Wlodyka | 6 | 0 | 549 |
| 44 | Joe Frasson | 5 | 0 | 533 |
| 45 | Nelson Oswald | 6 | 0 | 501 |
| 46 | Joe Mihalic | 6 | 0 | 419 |
| 47 | Jim Thirkettle | 3 | 0 | 389 |
| 48 | Jimmy Insolo | 3 | 0 | 369 |
| 49 | Satch Worley | 4 | 0 | 368 |