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1977 Gwyn Staley 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 30 Sunday, March 27, 1977 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:48:38 Average speed: 88.95 mph Pole speed: 107.537 mph Cautions: 6 for 42 laps Margin of victory: 6.4 sec Attendance: 18500 Lead changes: 12 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 400 14600 running 320 185 2 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 400 8025 running 25 175 3 4 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 400 6175 running 13 170 4 5 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 399 4400 running 0 160 5 6 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 398 2125 running 4 160 6 10 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 397 2450 running 0 150 7 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 394 3175 running 0 146 8 8 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 394 2075 running 12 147 9 9 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 388 1880 running 0 138 10 18 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington Dodge 387 1720 running 0 134 11 23 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 382 675 running 0 130 12 16 19   Dave Marcis Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 382 1600 running 0 127 13 13 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 380 1515 running 0 124 14 20 64   Henley Gray Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 376 1480 running 0 121 15 24 44   Robin Schildknecht Manning Enterprises   (Robin Schildknecht) Chevrolet 354 1075 running 0 118 16 19 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 353 1220 running 0 115 17 28 25   Terry Bivins Don Robertson Chevrolet 345 1085 running 0 112 18 29 95   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 343 500 running 0 109 19 21 16   David Sisco David Sisco Chevrolet 328 975 oil pump 0 106 20 11 40   D.K. Ulrich Transit Damaged Freight   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 325 700 running 0 103 21 1 71   Neil Bonnett Rebel 500   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 305 3725 crash 26 105 22 14 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 275 700 engine 0 97 23 22 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 267 680 crash 0 94 24 17 23   Larry LaMay Larry LaMay Chevrolet 252 360 running 0 91 25 25 45   Earl Brooks Baxter Price Chevrolet 131 400 driveshaft 0 88 26 12 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 122 640 engine 0 85 27 27 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 118 380 engine 0 82 28 15 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 87 570 engine 0 79 29 26 20   Rick Newsom Gillespie Painting   (Rick Newsom) Ford 2 360 oil leak 0 76

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Neil Bonnett 1 26 26   Cale Yarborough 27 32 6   Richard Childress 33 44 12   Cale Yarborough 45 53 9   Benny Parsons 54 57 4   Richard Petty 58 82 25   Cale Yarborough 83 109 27   Bobby Allison 110 112 3   Cale Yarborough 113 230 118   Bobby Allison 231 231 1   Cale Yarborough 232 311 80   Benny Parsons 312 320 9   Cale Yarborough 321 400 80 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 1065     2   Richard Petty 945   -120   3   Darrell Waltrip 926   -139   4   Buddy Baker 920   -145   5   Benny Parsons 832   -233   6   Dave Marcis 782   -283   7   Richard Childress 748   -317   8   Cecil Gordon 739   -326   9   James Hylton 722   -343   10   Neil Bonnett 707   -358   11   Bobby Allison 618   -447   12   J.D. McDuffie 600   -465   13   D.K. Ulrich 591   -474   14   Dick Brooks 583   -482   15   Frank Warren 551   -514   16   David Pearson 532   -533   17   Buddy Arrington 525   -540   17   Ed Negre 525   -540   19   Tighe Scott 491   -574   20   Jimmy Means 482   -583   21   Henley Gray 473   -592