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1977 Rebel 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 30
Sunday, April 3, 1977 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.3 miles)

Time of race: 3:53:18
Average Speed: 128.817 mph
Pole Speed: 151.269 mph

Cautions: 6 for 39 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: 42,000
Lead changes: 28

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	367	19,270	running	26	180
2	3	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	367	11,875	running	26	175
3	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	367	11,600	running	105	170
5	6	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	365	7,720	running	4	160
6	10	2	Dave Marcis	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Chevrolet	365	6,920	running	0	150
16	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	330	6,650	running	0	115
4	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	367	6,600	running	201	170
7	5	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	363	6,520	running	0	146
9	8	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	351	5,170	crash	0	138
12	17	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	346	4,320	running	0	127
33	12	71	Neil Bonnett	U.S. Army (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	83	3,990	engine	0	64
14	24	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	341	3,800	running	0	121
17	26	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	313	3,290	engine	0	112
8	13	49	G.C. Spencer	Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	352	3,245	running	0	142
13	11	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	346	3,170	running	0	124
18	30	25	Ferrel Harris	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	310	3,080	running	0	109
19	22	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	305	2,860	crash	0	106
10	15	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	350	2,745	running	0	134
21	20	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King (Elmo Langley)	Ford	277	2,605	running	0	100
11	18	75	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman	Chevrolet	347	2,520	running	0	130
23	23	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	250	2,295	engine	0	94
24	16	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	243	2,085	engine	0	91
15	36	4	Gary Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	336	1,970	running	0	118
27	34	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	194	1,675	engine	0	82
31	14	54	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	134	1,480	oil leak	2	75
28	33	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	184	1,455	rear end	0	79
20	19	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	303	1,420	running	0	103
32	28	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	123	1,415	engine	0	67
34	20	40	D.K. Ulrich	Transit Damaged Freight (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	62	1,385	engine	0	61
22	27	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	259	1,300	engine	0	97
25	32	61	Joe Mihalic	Joe Mihalic	Chevrolet	234	1,065	engine	0	88
30	25	69	Terry Bivins	Jayhawk Sports (Mike Kempton)	Chevrolet	154	880	engine	0	73
26	35	45	Tighe Scott	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	198	845	engine	0	85
29	9	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	161	810	battery	3	81
35	29	7	Dean Dalton	Dean Dalton	Chevrolet	25	780	engine	0	58
36	31	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	Dodge	8	775	engine	0	55

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	37	37
Donnie Allison	38	63	26
David Pearson	64	66	3
Bobby Allison	67	67	1
Lennie Pond	68	69	2
Benny Parsons	70	73	4
Richard Petty	74	86	13
Bobby Allison	87	87	1
Richard Petty	88	101	14
Darrell Waltrip	102	102	1
Richard Petty	103	118	16
Darrell Waltrip	119	135	17
David Pearson	136	158	23
Richard Petty	159	161	3
Bobby Allison	162	162	1
David Pearson	163	221	59
Richard Petty	222	234	13
David Pearson	235	237	3
Richard Petty	238	238	1
David Pearson	239	271	33
Richard Petty	272	272	1
David Pearson	273	282	10
Richard Petty	283	300	18
Darrell Waltrip	301	301	1
Richard Petty	302	308	7
David Pearson	309	321	13
Richard Petty	322	340	19
David Pearson	341	360	20
Darrell Waltrip	361	367	7

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	1180
2	Richard Petty	1115	-65
3	Darrell Waltrip	1106	-74
4	Buddy Baker	1066	-114
5	Benny Parsons	992	-188
6	Dave Marcis	932	-248
7	Cecil Gordon	866	-314
8	Richard Childress	860	-320
9	James Hylton	789	-391
10	Neil Bonnett	771	-409
11	Dick Brooks	721	-459
12	J.D. McDuffie	706	-474
13	David Pearson	702	-478
14	Bobby Allison	699	-481
15	D.K. Ulrich	652	-528
16	Buddy Arrington	646	-534
17	Frank Warren	633	-547
18	Ed Negre	616	-564
19	Jimmy Means	585	-595
20	Donnie Allison	583	-597

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