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1977 Winston Western 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 30
Sunday, January 16, 1977 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
119 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (311.8 miles)

Time of race: 2:54:46
Average Speed: 107.038 mph
Pole Speed: 112.686 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 9 sec
Attendance: 60,000
Lead changes: 3

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
2	1	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	119	16,220	running	102	180
1	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	119	15,400	running	17	180
3	9	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	118	11,095	running	0	165
4	5	2	Dave Marcis	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Chevrolet	116	8,645	running	0	160
5	7	67	Sonny Easley	Haddick's Towing (Jerry Lankford)	Ford	115	6,290	running	0	155
9	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	114	5,540	running	0	138
12	6	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	113	5,040	running	0	127
6	10	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	114	4,890	running	0	150
17	22	71	Neil Bonnett	1st National City Travelers Checks (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	107	4,590	running	0	112
21	26	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	95	4,370	transmission	0	100
13	27	01	Chuck Bown	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Chevrolet	112	3,760	running	0	124
11	24	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	114	3,720	running	0	130
14	14	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	112	3,100	running	0	121
15	17	40	D.K. Ulrich	Red Fox Lounge (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	110	2,880	running	0	118
7	28	69	Hershel McGriff	Bridal Veil Lumber (Hershel McGriff)	Chevrolet	114	2,690	running	0	146
18	18	36	Bobby Wawak	Gwinn-Wawak (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	105	2,570	running	0	109
8	23	76	Hugh Pearson	Buzby (Hugh Pearson)	Chevrolet	114	2,490	running	0	142
10	12	09	Eddie Bradshaw	C & M Racing (Chester Papienski)	Chevrolet	114	2,190	running	0	134
19	20	73	Bill Schmitt	Old Milwaukee (Bill Schmitt)	Chevrolet	102	1,910	running	0	106
20	11	44	Gary Johnson	Noble Auto Parts (Al Clark)	Chevrolet	96	1,745	running	0	103
25	21	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	69	1,665	rear end	0	88
22	16	29	Roy Smith	Mercury Marine (Dick Midgley)	Chevrolet	95	1,495	clutch	0	97
27	25	8	Ed Negre	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre)	Dodge	59	1,445	engine	0	82
16	15	5	Jim Thirkettle	Allied Box & Crate	Chevrolet	107	1,440	running	0	115
29	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	25	1,345	engine	0	76
23	13	93	Norm Palmer	Peaches Records (Norm Palmer)	Dodge	92	1,260	running	0	94
24	30	32	Gary Matthews	Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill)	Plymouth	91	1,225	running	0	91
32	32	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	9	1,190	oil pump	0	67
26	29	37	Chuck Wahl	Excel Trailer (DuWayne Wahl)	Chevrolet	68	1,095	running	0	85
28	33	55	Bill Baker	R.W. Scott Construction (Bill Baker)	Chevrolet	54	895	clutch	0	79
30	31	13	Don Puskarich	Cravens Performance Automotive (Matt Puskarich)	Chevrolet	16	795	engine	0	73
31	19	26	Carl Joiner	Marquardt Racing (Carl Joiner)	Chevrolet	10	740	transmission	0	70
33	35	33	Glenn Francis	Auto Alarms (Trent Francis)	Chevrolet	9	640	oil leak	0	64
34	4	50	Jimmy Insolo	Stock Car Products (Michael Brockman)	Chevrolet	4	590	engine	0	61
35	8	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	3	540	engine	0	58

Failed to qualify: Steve Pfeifer (#0), Dick Whalen (#34), Ernie Stierly (#41), Don Graham (#52), Jack Simpson (#53), Dennis Wilson (#61), Bryce Mann (#74), Sumner McKnight (#82), Chris Monoleos (#92), Mike Hiss (#94), Tighe Scott (#30), Richard White (#27), Ivan Baldwin (#4), Nick deCourville (#6), Dean Dalton (#7), Jim Danielson (#9), Steve Behr (#14), John Soares, Jr. (#17), John Dineen (#18), Ron Esau (#20), John Hamson (#22), Don Noel (#98)

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	1	1
Cale Yarborough	2	103	102
David Pearson	104	119	16

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	David Pearson	180
2	Cale Yarborough	180	0
3	Richard Petty	165	-15
4	Dave Marcis	160	-20
5	Sonny Easley	155	-25
6	Richard Childress	150	-30
7	Hershel McGriff	146	-34
8	Hugh Pearson	142	-38
9	Darrell Waltrip	138	-42
10	Eddie Bradshaw	134	-46
11	Cecil Gordon	130	-50
12	Buddy Baker	127	-53
13	Chuck Bown	124	-56
14	James Hylton	121	-59
15	D.K. Ulrich	118	-62
16	Jim Thirkettle	115	-65
17	Neil Bonnett	112	-68
18	Bobby Wawak	109	-71
19	Bill Schmitt	106	-74
20	Gary Johnson	103	-77

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