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1977 Firecracker 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 16 of 30
Monday, July 4, 1977 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
160 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:48:10
Average Speed: 142.716 mph
Pole Speed: 187.191 mph

Cautions: 2 for 26 laps
Margin of Victory: 17.7 sec
Attendance: 65,000
Lead changes: 34

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	5	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	160	23,075	running	95	185
2	12	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	160	16,350	running	21	175
3	3	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	160	12,300	running	1	170
4	14	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	160	6,900	running	0	160
5	6	51	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore (A.J. Foyt)	Chevrolet	160	4,700	running	4
6	8	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	160	4,570	running	12	155
7	32	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	160	6,670	running	0	146
8	1	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Dodge	158	4,020	running	1	147
9	30	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	157	5,220	running	0	138
10	7	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	156	3,570	running	0	134
11	26	24	Cecil Gordon	Burger King (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	154	4,820	running	0	130
12	10	81	Terry Ryan	Valvoline (Bill Monaghan)	Chevrolet	154	2,370	running	0	127
13	25	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	154	2,270	running	0	124
14	34	49	G.C. Spencer	Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	154	2,195	running	0	121
15	38	6	Jim Hurtubise	Moran Electric (Ray Emerson)	Chevrolet	154	2,065	running	0	118
16	21	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	153	5,195	running	0	115
17	9	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	152	3,935	running	13	117
18	15	75	Butch Hartman	Hartman Autocar (Butch Hartman)	Chevrolet	152	1,765	running	0	109
19	27	3	Richard Childress	Black Gold Oil (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	151	3,475	running	0	106
20	23	52	Jimmy Means	Marianne II (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	151	2,805	running	0	103
21	35	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	149	2,845	running	0	100
22	28	67	Buddy Arrington	Pagoda Motel (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	148	2,535	running	0	97
23	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	146	2,350	running	13	99
24	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	143	2,350	engine	0	91
25	40	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	142	1,165	running	0	88
26	18	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	Chevrolet	134	1,140	running	0	85
27	13	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	123	2,015	engine	0	82
28	33	91	Harold Miller	Bartow Paving (Harold Miller)	Chevrolet	118	1,140	running	0	79
29	4	36	Ron Hutcherson	Encyclopedia Britannica (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	117	1,805	engine	0
30	11	47	Bruce Hill	t. edwards (Bruce Hill)	Chevrolet	111	1,040	engine	0	73
31	29	05	Lella Lombardi	Bearfinder (Charles Dean)	Chevrolet	103	785	rear end	0
32	19	60	Ramo Stott	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	81	990	engine	0	67
33	16	54	Lennie Pond	U.S. Army (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	57	1,595	steering	0	64
34	39	16	David Sisco	Bath World (David Sisco)	Chevrolet	56	1,560	engine	0	61
35	31	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Ford	46	915	overheating	0	58
36	17	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	45	910	transmission	0	55
37	37	93	Christine Beckers	t. edwards-Genre (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	33	695	brakes	0
38	36	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	33	1,500	engine	0	49
39	24	48	James Hylton	Kansas Jack (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	24	1,470	rear end	0	46
40	20	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	11	890	engine	0	43
41	41	40	D.K. Ulrich	Hair Shack (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	4	1,390	engine	0	40

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
A.J. Foyt	1	1	1
Cale Yarborough	2	3	2
Richard Petty	4	6	3
Darrell Waltrip	7	8	2
Cale Yarborough	9	9	1
Darrell Waltrip	10	11	2
Cale Yarborough	12	12	1
Darrell Waltrip	13	14	2
Cale Yarborough	15	16	2
Darrell Waltrip	17	23	7
Cale Yarborough	24	25	2
Bobby Allison	26	30	5
Darrell Waltrip	31	31	1
Bobby Allison	32	32	1
Darrell Waltrip	33	33	1
Neil Bonnett	34	34	1
Bobby Allison	35	35	1
Donnie Allison	36	37	2
A.J. Foyt	38	38	1
Bobby Allison	39	39	1
Cale Yarborough	40	41	2
Bobby Allison	42	43	2
Cale Yarborough	44	44	1
Bobby Allison	45	46	2
Cale Yarborough	47	47	1
Bobby Allison	48	48	1
Cale Yarborough	49	49	1
Richard Petty	50	99	50
Benny Parsons	100	100	1
A.J. Foyt	101	102	2
Donnie Allison	103	112	10
Richard Petty	113	135	23
Darrell Waltrip	136	141	6
Richard Petty	142	160	19

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	2630
2	Richard Petty	2613	-17
3	Benny Parsons	2424	-206
4	Darrell Waltrip	2315	-315
5	Buddy Baker	2196	-434
6	Dick Brooks	1992	-638
7	Cecil Gordon	1933	-697
8	Richard Childress	1851	-779
9	David Pearson	1809	-821
10	James Hylton	1726	-904
11	Bobby Allison	1695	-935
12	Dave Marcis	1685	-945
13	J.D. McDuffie	1598	-1032
14	Skip Manning	1544	-1086
15	Buddy Arrington	1539	-1091
16	D.K. Ulrich	1495	-1135
17	Jimmy Means	1470	-1160
18	Neil Bonnett	1432	-1198
19	Frank Warren	1418	-1212
20	Tighe Scott	1276	-1354

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