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1977 Carolina 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 4 of 30
March 13, 1977 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.4 miles)

Time of race: 5:06:46
Average Speed: 97.86 mph
Pole Speed: 135.387 mph

Cautions: 11 for 118 laps
Margin of Victory: 8 sec
Attendance: 42,000
Lead changes: 30

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	492	18,594	running	281	185
2	5	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	492	14,170	running	3	175
3	1	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	491	8,520	running	92	170
4	7	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	491	7,770	running	2	165
5	14	71	Neil Bonnett	Direct Connection (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	488	7,070	running	7	160
6	6	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	488	7,870	running	34	155
7	11	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	483	3,770	running	0	146
8	16	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	483	4,895	running	0	142
9	17	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	478	4,420	running	0	138
10	15	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	471	3,900	running	0	134
11	34	4	Gary Myers	Gary Myers	Chevrolet	464	1,970	running	0	130
12	3	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	460	5,070	running	49	132
13	28	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	460	3,120	running	0	124
14	27	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	458	2,930	running	0	121
15	21	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	446	2,710	running	0	118
16	26	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	436	2,500	running	0	115
17	22	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	436	2,290	running	0	112
18	33	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	Sellers Automotive (David Lee Sellers)	Chevrolet	434	1,070	running	0	109
19	19	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	396	970	engine	0	106
20	25	29	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Cal-Tex (Dick Midgley)	Dodge	388	900	engine	0	103
21	32	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King (Elmo Langley)	Ford	388	1,780	running	0	100
22	12	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	346	1,600	engine	7	102
23	23	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	312	1,365	engine	0	94
24	8	2	Dave Marcis	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Chevrolet	260	3,900	crash	5	96
25	35	33	Earl Brooks	Handy's Transmission (Hiram Handy)	Chevrolet	232	675	crash	0	88
26	24	25	Terry Bivins	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	168	1,280	engine	0	85
27	9	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	160	625	oil leak	0	82
28	20	52	Jimmy Means	Bill Gray	Chevrolet	151	600	engine	0	79
29	29	61	Joe Mihalic	Joe Mihalic	Chevrolet	147	575	engine	0	76
30	18	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Ford	137	575	clutch	0	73
31	36	45	Junior Miller	Price Racing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	137	545	clutch	0	70
32	4	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	133	1,040	crash	12	72
33	30	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	107	1,155	oil pump	0	64
34	10	54	Lennie Pond	Ronnie Elder	Chevrolet	52	530	engine	0
35	31	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	32	1,125	engine	0	58
36	13	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	21	520	engine	0	55

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Donnie Allison	1	49	49
Cale Yarborough	50	54	5
Neil Bonnett	55	55	1
Donnie Allison	56	56	1
Cale Yarborough	57	78	22
David Pearson	79	90	12
Cale Yarborough	91	93	3
Benny Parsons	94	135	42
Richard Petty	136	136	1
Buddy Baker	137	137	1
Dick Brooks	138	143	6
Donnie Allison	144	145	2
Cale Yarborough	146	147	2
Donnie Allison	148	160	13
Cale Yarborough	161	162	2
Darrell Waltrip	163	163	1
Neil Bonnett	164	169	6
Benny Parsons	170	170	1
Donnie Allison	171	176	6
Dave Marcis	177	179	3
Donnie Allison	180	194	15
Dick Brooks	195	195	1
Benny Parsons	196	201	6
Dave Marcis	202	203	2
Richard Petty	204	263	60
Donnie Allison	264	269	6
Richard Petty	270	305	36
Buddy Baker	306	306	1
Richard Petty	307	431	125
Darrell Waltrip	432	433	2
Richard Petty	434	492	59

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	705
2	Darrell Waltrip	634	-71
3	Buddy Baker	605	-100
4	Richard Petty	590	-115
5	Benny Parsons	577	-128
6	James Hylton	535	-170
7	Dave Marcis	505	-200
8	Cecil Gordon	500	-205
9	Richard Childress	495	-210
10	Neil Bonnett	475	-230
11	J.D. McDuffie	433	-272
12	Bobby Allison	418	-287
13	D.K. Ulrich	412	-293
14	Ed Negre	400	-305
15	David Pearson	357	-348
16	Frank Warren	354	-351
17	Dick Brooks	339	-366
18	Tighe Scott	309	-396
19	Skip Manning	306	-399
20	Jimmy Means	297	-408

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