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1977 American 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 30 Sunday, October 23, 1977 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:24:18 Average speed: 113.584 mph Pole speed: 138.685 mph Cautions: 9 for 75 laps Margin of victory: 7.8 sec Attendance: 44500 Lead changes: 24 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 492 17135 running 374 185 2 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 492 14350 running 5 175 3 4 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 492 10800 running 8 170 4 2 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 490 9550 running 81 165 5 6 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 489 6250 running 0 155 6 17 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 488 4850 running 0 150 7 3 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 482 6200 running 0 146 8 10 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 478 5430 running 0 142 9 14 68   Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl   (Lynda Ferreri) Chevrolet 476 3500 running 0 138 10 20 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 473 3820 running 0 134 11 24 74   Bobby Wawak Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 471 2100 running 0 130 12 22 67   Buddy Arrington Mistec Transmission   (Buddy Arrington) Plymouth 471 3360 running 0 127 13 19 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 464 3070 running 0 124 14 27 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 456 2830 running 0 121 15 29 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 441 2620 running 0 118 16 35 45   Baxter Price County Line Food Store   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 437 1900 running 0 115 17 11 27   Sam Sommers M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 425 1300 running 0 112 18 32 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 423 2210 running 0 109 19 36 10   Dean Dalton R.T.'s Lounge   (Bill Champion) Ford 391 1100 engine 0 106 20 25 4   Randy Myers Gary Myers Chevrolet 377 1000 crash 0   21 23 61   Joe Mihalic Joe Mihalic Chevrolet 340 825 engine 0 100 22 30 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 326 1150 engine 0 97 23 21 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 319 1415 engine 0 94 24 31 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 276 1380 engine 0 91 25 16 22   Ricky Rudd Al Rudd Auto Parts   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 234 920 engine 0 88 26 13 47   Bruce Hill Bruce Hill Chevrolet 230 700 engine 0 85 27 7 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 220 1175 engine 0 82 28 8 5   Neil Bonnett Jim Stacy Dodge 216 3330 engine 24 84 29 9 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 197 3820 crash 0 76 30 28 25   Ronnie Thomas Don Robertson Chevrolet 131 1210 rear end 0 73 31 18 98   Dave Marcis Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 128 625 engine 0 70 32 33 46   Travis Tiller Little B Coal   (Travis Tiller) Chevrolet 103 590 engine 0 67 33 15 40   D.K. Ulrich J.R. DeLotto Chevrolet 95 1080 engine 0 64 34 34 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 77 1070 crash 0 61 35 26 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 68 1060 engine 0 58 36 12 54   Lennie Pond Ronnie Elder Chevrolet 66 1050 engine 0 55

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Donnie Allison 1 87 87   Neil Bonnett 88 93 6   Cale Yarborough 94 100 7   Donnie Allison 101 126 26   Richard Petty 127 127 1   Neil Bonnett 128 135 8   Donnie Allison 136 190 55   Cale Yarborough 191 195 5   Neil Bonnett 196 203 8   Richard Petty 204 205 2   Darrell Waltrip 206 209 4   Neil Bonnett 210 211 2   Cale Yarborough 212 238 27   Richard Petty 239 239 1   Cale Yarborough 240 260 21   Donnie Allison 261 295 35   Cale Yarborough 296 309 14   Donnie Allison 310 352 43   Cale Yarborough 353 354 2   Darrell Waltrip 355 358 4   Donnie Allison 359 413 55   Richard Petty 414 414 1   Donnie Allison 415 415 1   Cale Yarborough 416 420 5   Donnie Allison 421 492 72 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 4670     2   Richard Petty 4284   -386   3   Benny Parsons 4273   -397   4   Darrell Waltrip 4237   -433   5   Buddy Baker 3655   -1015   6   Dick Brooks 3535   -1135   7   James Hylton 3248   -1422   8   Richard Childress 3229   -1441   9   Bobby Allison 3178   -1492   10   Cecil Gordon 3124   -1546   11   J.D. McDuffie 3051   -1619   12   Buddy Arrington 3029   -1641   13   Skip Manning 2996   -1674   14   David Pearson 2892   -1778   15   D.K. Ulrich 2692   -1978   16   Frank Warren 2667   -2003   17   Jimmy Means 2597   -2073   18   Ricky Rudd 2521   -2149   19   Neil Bonnett 2415   -2255   20   Tighe Scott 2410   -2260   21   Sam Sommers 2384   -2286