1978 saw the introduction of the Hardies Heroes Top 10 runoff for pole position, devised by race broadcaster Channel 7 and the ARDC for extra television time. Drivers drew the order in which they would run out of a hat with the order being Grice, Brock, Brabham, Johnson, Bell, Morris, Wigston, Bond, French and Moffat.
| Pos | No | Team | Driver | Car | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pole | 05 | Marlboro Holden Dealer Team | Peter Brock | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:20.006 |
| 2 | 2 | Moffat Ford Dealers | Colin Bond | Ford XC Falcon Cobra | 2:20.871 |
| 3 | 1 | Moffat Ford Dealers | Allan Moffat | Ford XC Falcon Cobra | 2:21.597 |
| 4 | 7 | Ron Hodgson / Channel 7 Racing Team | Bob Morris | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:21.766 |
| 5 | 27 | Ron Hodgson / Channel 7 Racing Team | Derek Bell | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:24.602 |
| 6 | 17 | Bryan Byrt Ford | Dick Johnson | Ford XC Falcon Cobra | 2:25.632 |
| 7 | 6 | Craven Mild Racing | Allan Grice | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:25.950 |
| 8 | 8 | Jack Brabham Holdings Pty Ltd | Jack Brabham | Holden LX Torana SS A9X 4 Door | 2:25.988 |
| 9 | 20 | Roadways / Gown-Hindhaugh | Garth Wigston | Holden LX Torana SS A9X Hatchback | 2:26.144 |
| 10 | 32 | Bryan Byrt Ford | John French | Ford XC Falcon Cobra | 2:30.244 |
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“All of childhood’s unanswered questions must finally be passed back to the town and answered there. Heroes and bogey men, values and dislikes, are first encountered and labeled in that early environment. In later years they change faces, places and maybe races, tactics, intensities and goals, but beneath those penetrable masks they wear forever the stocking-capped faces of childhood.”
—Maya Angelou (b. 1928)