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1977 Delaware 500

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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 (500.0 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: 32,000
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	7	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	500	15,675	running	267	185
2	6	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	500	9,600	running	0	170
3	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	499	10,925	running	10	170
4	4	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	498	3,900	running	203
5	9	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	497	6,400	running	0	155
6	3	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	495	5,500	running	0	150
7	5	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	493	4,250	running	0	146
8	10	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	492	3,900	running	0	142
9	11	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	489	3,130	running	0	138
10	20	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	483	2,700	running	0	134
11	15	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	483	1,600	running	0	130
12	13	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	482	3,020	running	0	127
13	37	67	Buddy Arrington	Mistec Transmission (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	482	2,885	running	0	124
14	16	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	477	2,190	dnf	0	121
15	21	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	474	2,505	running	0	118
16	18	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	471	2,320	running	0	115
17	1	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Dodge	469	1,625	water pump	20
18	30	61	Joe Mihalic	Joe Mihalic	Chevrolet	451	1,050	running	0	109
19	26	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	422	3,010	running	0	106
20	24	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	414	1,750	running	0	103
21	33	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	402	1,440	engine	0	100
22	27	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	372	1,405	running	0	97
23	8	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	301	3,925	engine	0	94
24	22	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	288	1,320	engine	0	91
25	28	25	Ronnie Thomas	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	271	1,275	running	0	88
26	31	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	270	1,150	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	1,050	sway bar	0
31	23	40	D.K. Ulrich	Lafayette Radio (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	179	1,040	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	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: Robin Schildknecht (#44)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
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

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