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1977 Gwyn Staley 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 30
Sunday, March 27, 1977 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC
400 laps on a .625 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:48:38
Average Speed: 88.95 mph
Pole Speed: 107.537 mph

Cautions: 6 for 42 laps
Margin of Victory: 6.4 sec
Attendance: 18,500
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	400	14,600	running	320	185
2	7	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	400	8,025	running	25	175
3	4	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	400	6,175	running	13	170
4	5	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	399	4,400	running	0	160
5	6	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	398	2,125	running	4	160
6	10	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	397	2,450	running	0	150
7	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	394	3,175	running	0	146
8	8	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	394	2,075	running	12	147
9	9	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	388	1,880	running	0	138
10	18	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	387	1,720	running	0	134
11	23	4	Gary Myers	Spencer's Baby Wear (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	382	675	running	0	130
12	16	19	Dave Marcis	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	382	1,600	running	0	127
13	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	380	1,515	running	0	124
14	20	64	Henley Gray	Sunny King (Elmo Langley)	Ford	376	1,480	running	0	121
15	24	44	Robin Schildknecht	Manning Enterprises (Robin Schildnecht)	Chevrolet	354	1,075	running	0	118
16	19	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	353	1,220	running	0	115
17	28	25	Terry Bivins	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	345	1,085	running	0	112
18	29	95	Junior Miller	Miller Roofing (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	343	500	running	0	109
19	21	16	David Sisco	David Sisco	Chevrolet	328	975	oil pump	0	106
20	11	40	D.K. Ulrich	Transit Damaged Freight (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	325	700	running	0	103
21	1	71	Neil Bonnett	Rebel 500 (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	305	3,725	crash	26	105
22	14	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	275	700	engine	0	97
23	22	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	267	680	crash	0	94
24	17	23	Larry LaMay	Larry LaMay	Chevrolet	252	360	running	0	91
25	25	45	Earl Brooks	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	131	400	driveshaft	0	88
26	12	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	122	640	engine	0	85
27	27	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	118	380	engine	0	82
28	15	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	87	570	engine	0	79
29	26	20	Rick Newsom	Gillespie Painting (Rick Newsom)	Ford	2	360	oil leak	0	76

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Neil Bonnett	1	26	26
Cale Yarborough	27	32	6
Richard Childress	33	44	12
Cale Yarborough	45	53	9
Benny Parsons	54	57	4
Richard Petty	58	82	25
Cale Yarborough	83	109	27
Bobby Allison	110	112	3
Cale Yarborough	113	230	118
Bobby Allison	231	231	1
Cale Yarborough	232	311	80
Benny Parsons	312	320	9
Cale Yarborough	321	400	80

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	1065
2	Richard Petty	945	-120
3	Darrell Waltrip	926	-139
4	Buddy Baker	920	-145
5	Benny Parsons	832	-233
6	Dave Marcis	782	-283
7	Richard Childress	748	-317
8	Cecil Gordon	739	-326
9	James Hylton	722	-343
10	Neil Bonnett	707	-358
11	Bobby Allison	618	-447
12	J.D. McDuffie	600	-465
13	D.K. Ulrich	591	-474
14	Dick Brooks	583	-482
15	Frank Warren	551	-514
16	David Pearson	532	-533
17	Ed Negre	525	-540
18	Buddy Arrington	525	-540
19	Tighe Scott	491	-574
20	Jimmy Means	482	-583

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