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1977 American 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 28 of 30
Sunday, October 23, 1977 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.4 miles)

Time of race: 4:24:18
Average Speed: 113.584 mph
Pole Speed: 138.685 mph

Cautions: 9 for 75 laps
Margin of Victory: 7.8 sec
Attendance: 44,500
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	1	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	492	17,135	running	374	185
2	5	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	492	14,350	running	5	175
3	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	492	10,800	running	8	170
4	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	490	9,550	running	81	165
5	6	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	489	6,250	running	0	155
6	17	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	488	4,850	running	0	150
7	3	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	482	6,200	running	0	146
8	10	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	478	5,430	running	0	142
9	14	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	476	3,500	running	0	138
10	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	473	3,820	running	0	134
11	24	74	Bobby Wawak	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	471	2,100	running	0	130
12	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Mistec Transmission (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	471	3,360	running	0	127
13	19	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	464	3,070	running	0	124
14	27	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	456	2,830	running	0	121
15	29	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	441	2,620	running	0	118
16	35	45	Baxter Price	County Line Food Store (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	437	1,900	running	0	115
17	11	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	425	1,300	running	0	112
18	32	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	423	2,210	running	0	109
19	36	10	Dean Dalton	R.T.'s Lounge (Bill Champion)	Ford	391	1,100	engine	0	106
20	25	4	Randy Myers	Gary Myers	Chevrolet	377	1,000	crash	0
21	23	61	Joe Mihalic	Joe Mihalic	Chevrolet	340	825	engine	0	100
22	30	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	326	1,150	engine	0	97
23	21	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	319	1,415	engine	0	94
24	31	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	276	1,380	engine	0	91
25	16	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	234	920	engine	0	88
26	13	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	230	700	engine	0	85
27	7	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	220	1,175	engine	0	82
28	8	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Dodge	216	3,330	engine	24	84
29	9	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	197	3,820	crash	0	76
30	28	25	Ronnie Thomas	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	131	1,210	rear end	0	73
31	18	98	Dave Marcis	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	128	625	engine	0	70
32	33	46	Travis Tiller	Little B Coal (Travis Tiller)	Chevrolet	103	590	engine	0	67
33	15	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	95	1,080	engine	0	64
34	34	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	77	1,070	crash	0	61
35	26	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	68	1,060	engine	0	58
36	12	54	Lennie Pond	Ronnie Elder	Chevrolet	66	1,050	engine	0	55

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Donnie Allison	1	87	87
Neil Bonnett	88	93	6
Cale Yarborough	94	100	7
Donnie Allison	101	126	26
Richard Petty	127	127	1
Neil Bonnett	128	135	8
Donnie Allison	136	190	55
Cale Yarborough	191	195	5
Neil Bonnett	196	203	8
Richard Petty	204	205	2
Darrell Waltrip	206	209	4
Neil Bonnett	210	211	2
Cale Yarborough	212	238	27
Richard Petty	239	239	1
Cale Yarborough	240	260	21
Donnie Allison	261	295	35
Cale Yarborough	296	309	14
Donnie Allison	310	352	43
Cale Yarborough	353	354	2
Darrell Waltrip	355	358	4
Donnie Allison	359	413	55
Richard Petty	414	414	1
Donnie Allison	415	415	1
Cale Yarborough	416	420	5
Donnie Allison	421	492	72

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	4670
2	Richard Petty	4284	-386
3	Benny Parsons	4273	-397
4	Darrell Waltrip	4237	-433
5	Buddy Baker	3655	-1015
6	Dick Brooks	3535	-1135
7	James Hylton	3248	-1422
8	Richard Childress	3229	-1441
9	Bobby Allison	3178	-1492
10	Cecil Gordon	3124	-1546
11	J.D. McDuffie	3051	-1619
12	Buddy Arrington	3029	-1641
13	Skip Manning	2996	-1674
14	David Pearson	2892	-1778
15	D.K. Ulrich	2692	-1978
16	Frank Warren	2667	-2003
17	Jimmy Means	2597	-2073
18	Ricky Rudd	2521	-2149
19	Neil Bonnett	2415	-2255
20	Tighe Scott	2410	-2260

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