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1977 Dixie 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 30
Sunday, November 6, 1977 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps* on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.2 miles)

Time of race: 3:42:23
Average Speed: 110.052 mph
Pole Speed: 160.229 mph

Cautions: 5 for 99 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 sec
Attendance: 32,000
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
4	6	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	268	18,250	running	142	170
5	9	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	268	9,450	running	33	160
9	15	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	266	4,575	running	0	138
10	23	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	264	2,800	running	0	134
7	7	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	267	7,125	running	0	146
31	31	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis (Roger Hamby)	Chevrolet	247	1,750	running	0
34	35	19	Bob Burcham	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	217	1,350	engine	0	61
2	5	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	268	11,500	running	45	175
8	11	22	Ricky Rudd	NAPA (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	266	6,150	running	0	142
39	21	23	Jim Raptis	Opal's Truck Stop (Opal Voight)	Chevrolet	32	640	engine	0	46
20	38	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	262	2,405	running	0	103
28	1	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	257	1,825	running	23	84
21	32	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	262	2,080	running	0	100
19	36	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	263	2,565	running	0	106
14	33	31	Billy McGinnis	National Pride (Billie Harvey)	Chevrolet	264	1,570	crash	0
24	39	39	Blackie Wangerin	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	260	885	running	0
18	26	40	D.K. Ulrich	Howard Johnson's (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	263	2,735	running	0	109
22	24	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	261	935	running	0	97
6	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	268	7,600	running	10	155
15	25	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	263	1,510	running	0	118
26	29	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	258	1,695	running	0	85
25	34	49	G.C. Spencer	Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	260	860	running	0	88
38	3	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Dodge	57	3,360	crash	0	49
40	37	52	Jimmy Means	Bell Brothers Auto Parts (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	7	620	ignition	0	43
17	12	67	Buddy Arrington	Mistec Transmission (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	263	2,845	running	0	112
16	19	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	263	1,375	running	0	115
27	18	70	J.D. McDuffie	Communication (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	258	1,475	running	0	82
3	4	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	268	11,250	running	0	165
29	40	74	Bobby Wawak	Clear-Lam (Bobby Wawak)	Chevrolet	255	815	running	0	76
12	20	75	Butch Hartman	Hartman Autocar (Butch Hartman)	Chevrolet	264	1,740	running	0	127
23	22	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	260	1,920	running	0	94
35	27	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	185	1,330	quit	0	58
36	16	81	Dave Marcis	WAM Racing (Bill Monaghan)	Chevrolet	148	700	steering	0	55
33	13	84	Morgan Shepherd	Makar Enterprises (Jim Makar)	Mercury	241	1,730	running	0	64
1	8	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	268	20,425	running	15	180
11	14	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	264	1,950	running	0	130
37	10	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	124	1,280	engine	0	52
30	30	91	Harold Miller	Sutherland Auto Parts (Harold Miller)	Chevrolet	251	805	running	0	73
13	17	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	264	4,360	running	0	124
32	28	98	Dick May	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	247	740	running	0	67

* Race shortened to 268 laps due to rain/darkness.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Sam Sommers	1	23	23
Donnie Allison	24	50	27
Darrell Waltrip	51	57	7
Cale Yarborough	58	76	19
Donnie Allison	77	185	109
Darrell Waltrip	186	189	4
Richard Petty	190	193	4
Cale Yarborough	194	207	14
David Pearson	208	252	45
Richard Petty	253	258	6
Darrell Waltrip	259	261	3
Donnie Allison	262	267	6
Darrell Waltrip	268	268	1

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	4830
2	Richard Petty	4439	-391
3	Benny Parsons	4438	-392
4	Darrell Waltrip	4417	-413
5	Buddy Baker	3801	-1029
6	Dick Brooks	3587	-1243
7	James Hylton	3333	-1497
8	Richard Childress	3329	-1501
9	Bobby Allison	3316	-1514
10	Cecil Gordon	3227	-1603
11	Buddy Arrington	3141	-1689
12	J.D. McDuffie	3133	-1697
13	Skip Manning	3120	-1710
14	David Pearson	3067	-1763
15	D.K. Ulrich	2801	-2029
16	Frank Warren	2761	-2069
17	Ricky Rudd	2663	-2167
18	Jimmy Means	2640	-2190
19	Tighe Scott	2516	-2314
20	Sam Sommers	2468	-2362

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