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1977 Delaware 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 30 Sunday, September 18, 1977 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:21:32 Average speed: 114.708 mph Pole speed: 134.233 mph Cautions: 3 for 25 laps Margin of victory: 23.3 sec Attendance: 32000 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 7 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 500 15675 running 267 185 2 6 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 500 9600 running 0 170 3 2 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 499 10925 running 10 170 4 4 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 498 3900 running 203   5 9 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 497 6400 running 0 155 6 3 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 495 5500 running 0 150 7 5 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 493 4250 running 0 146 8 10 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 492 3900 running 0 142 9 11 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 489 3130 running 0 138 10 20 27   Sam Sommers M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 483 2700 running 0 134 11 15 68   Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl   (Lynda Ferreri) Chevrolet 483 1600 running 0 130 12 13 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 482 3020 running 0 127 13 37 67   Buddy Arrington Mistec Transmission   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 482 2885 running 0 124 14 16 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 477 2190 dnf 0 121 15 21 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 474 2505 running 0 118 16 18 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 471 2320 running 0 115 17 1 5   Neil Bonnett Jim Stacy Dodge 469 1625 water pump 20   18 30 61   Joe Mihalic Joe Mihalic Chevrolet 451 1050 running 0 109 19 26 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 422 3010 running 0 106 20 24 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 414 1750 running 0 103 21 33 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 402 1440 engine 0 100 22 27 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 372 1405 running 0 97 23 8 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 301 3925 engine 0 94 24 22 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 288 1320 engine 0 91 25 28 25   Ronnie Thomas Don Robertson Chevrolet 271 1275 running 0 88 26 31 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 270 1150 engine 0 85 27 34 6   Rick Newsom Rick Newsom Chevrolet 253 625 overheating 0   28 35 63   Jocko Maggiacomo 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Jocko Maggiacomo) Matador 203 600 water pump 0 79 29 32 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton Dodge 200 575 steering 0 76 30 14 54   Lennie Pond Ronnie Elder Chevrolet 190 1050 sway bar 0   31 23 40   D.K. Ulrich Lafayette Radio   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 179 1040 clutch 0 70 32 12 22   Ricky Rudd Al Rudd Auto Parts   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 178 530 engine 0 67 33 19 03   Bill Seifert Public Enterprises   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 152 520 engine 0 64 34 36 4   Gary Myers Hicks Pharmacy   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 102 510 steering 0 61 35 39 34   Nestor Peles Steve Peles Chevrolet 33 500 steering 0 58 36 40 07   Steve Stolarek Norris Price   (Norris Price) Chevrolet 21 490 wheel 0 55 37 38 45   Baxter Price Tire King   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 17 480 radiator 0 52 38 25 98   Marv Acton Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 16 470 crash 0   39 29 0   Jim Hurtubise Avanti CB   (John Kennedy) Ford 12 460 crash 0 46 40 17 84   Kenny Brightbill Makar Enterprises   (Jim Makar) Mercury 12 450 crash 0 43

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Robin Schildknecht 44 S&S Auto Supply Robin Schildknecht Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 10 10   Donnie Allison 11 17 7   Neil Bonnett 18 37 20   Donnie Allison 38 112 75   Benny Parsons 113 117 5   Donnie Allison 118 205 88   Benny Parsons 206 217 12   Donnie Allison 218 250 33   Benny Parsons 251 500 250 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 3970     2   Richard Petty 3776   -194   3   Benny Parsons 3607   -363   4   Darrell Waltrip 3588   -382   5   Buddy Baker 3176   -794   6   Dick Brooks 3003   -967   7   Cecil Gordon 2751   -1219   8   Richard Childress 2737   -1233   9   James Hylton 2734   -1236   10   Bobby Allison 2684   -1286   11   J.D. McDuffie 2593   -1377   12   Skip Manning 2548   -1422   13   Buddy Arrington 2510   -1460   14   David Pearson 2470   -1500   15   Frank Warren 2315   -1655   16   D.K. Ulrich 2298   -1672   17   Tighe Scott 2158   -1812   18   Jimmy Means 2153   -1817   19   Ricky Rudd 2114   -1856   20   Sam Sommers 1935   -2035   21   Neil Bonnett 1927   -2043