The 1978 Talladega 500 was a Winston Cup (now Nextel Cup) event held at Talladega Superspeedway on August 6, 1978. Lennie Pond won his only career race, taking a two-carlength victory on Donnie Allison. Cale Yarborough finished 4th and expanded his points lead on Dave Marcis (14th) to 158 points. Stats