| Southern 200 | Date: | 10/1/1978 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | LMS |
| 1 | 1 | 77 | Harry Gant | 200 | Running |
| 2 | 3 | 16 | Butch Lindley | 200 | Running |
| 3 | 2 | 14 | Sterling Marlin | 200 | Running |
| 4 | 9 | 84 | Mike Alexander | 200 | Running |
| 5 | 15 | 04 | Richard Waters | 199 | |
| 6 | 10 | 1 | Ken Gay | 197 | |
| 7 | 16 | 33 | Jerry Long | 196 | |
| 8 | 12 | 75 | Al Henderson | 195 | |
| 9 | 13 | 62 | Ronnie Hutton | 195 | |
| 10 | 24 | 21 | Randy Dealie | 194 | |
| 11 | 8 | 23 | Tony Cunningham | 193 | |
| 12 | 23 | 67 | David Ray | 191 | |
| 13 | 22 | 76 | Windle Webster | 189 | |
| 14 | 27 | 89 | Russ Chapman | 141 | |
| 15 | 14 | 55 | James Ham | 137 | |
| 16 | 20 | 21 | Wayne Carden | 120 | |
| 17 | 7 | 71 | Gene Glover | 117 | |
| 18 | 25 | 11 | Butch Allen | 113 | |
| 19 | 26 | 32 | Terry Vickers | 92 | |
| 20 | 5 | 81 | L.D. Ottinger | 75 | Accident |
| 21 | 30 | Bosco Lowe | 74 | ||
| 22 | 4 | 4 | Bob Pressley | 73 | Accident |
| 23 | 18 | 2 | Dorris Vaughn | 71 | Accident |
| 24 | 17 | 98 | Harold Lemley | 66 | |
| 25 | 11 | 57 | Phil Spickard | 47 | |
| 26 | 29 | 27 | Steve Spencer | 46 | |
| 27 | 28 | 41 | Alan Rogers | 33 | |
| 28 | 21 | 12 | Butch Applegate | 19 | |
| 29 | 19 | 43 | Bobby Hailey | 18 | |
| 30 | 6 | 11 | Jack Ingram | 14 |