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1977 Champion Spark Plug 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 20 of 30
Monday, August 22, 1977 at Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
200 laps on a 2.000 mile paved track (400.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:53:59
Average Speed: 137.944 mph
Pole Speed: 160.346 mph

Cautions: 5 for 24 laps
Margin of Victory: 2 cl
Attendance: 35,000
Lead changes: 31

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
36	34	01	Earle Canavan	Benihana (Earle Canavan)	Dodge	1	600	engine	0
5	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	200	8,100	running	120	165
26	17	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	117	880	engine	0	85
30	5	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	68	3,865	engine	0	73
22	8	2	Dave Marcis	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Chevrolet	154	1,350	running	0
2	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	200	10,300	running	4	175
7	10	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	199	2,000	running	0	146
19	23	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	189	2,195	running	0	106
21	29	25	Dean Dalton	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	179	1,775	running	0	100
4	7	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	200	4,900	running	1	165
33	21	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	41	1,130	engine	0	64
11	27	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	196	3,950	running	0	130
18	26	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	189	2,480	running	0	109
35	22	42	Elmo Langley	Marty Robbins	Dodge	1	610	engine	0	58
8	6	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	198	5,100	running	2	147
34	36	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	5	620	engine	0	61
13	11	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	196	1,250	running	0
16	24	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	192	2,810	running	0	115
17	31	52	Jimmy Means	WIXC (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	192	2,165	running	0	112
24	28	61	Joe Mihalic	Joe Mihalic	Chevrolet	134	800	wheel	0	91
27	35	63	Jocko Maggiacomo	1st National City Travelers Checks (Jocko Maggiacomo)	Matador	114	725	engine	0
32	30	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	53	1,240	running	0	67
14	14	67	Buddy Arrington	Mistec Transmission (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	195	3,095	running	0	121
10	15	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	196	1,700	running	0	134
20	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	186	1,960	running	0	103
3	4	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	200	9,350	running	22	170
15	32	74	Bobby Wawak	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	195	1,080	running	0
25	16	75	Butch Hartman	Hartman Autocar (Butch Hartman)	Chevrolet	125	775	engine	0	88
23	25	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	141	1,465	engine	0	94
31	19	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	61	1,270	engine	0	70
9	12	81	Terry Ryan	Valvoline (Bill Monaghan)	Chevrolet	197	1,800	running	0	138
1	3	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	200	16,820	running	51	180
29	18	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	76	685	engine	0
6	13	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	200	4,750	running	0	150
28	33	91	Harold Miller	Bartow Paving (Harold Miller)	Chevrolet	85	700	driveshaft	0
12	9	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	196	4,530	running	0	127

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Cale Yarborough	1	1	1
Darrell Waltrip	2	3	2
Cale Yarborough	4	18	15
Darrell Waltrip	19	19	1
Cale Yarborough	20	38	19
Darrell Waltrip	39	39	1
Cale Yarborough	40	47	8
Darrell Waltrip	48	48	1
Benny Parsons	49	49	1
Cale Yarborough	50	57	8
Darrell Waltrip	58	58	1
Richard Petty	59	59	1
Cale Yarborough	60	102	43
Richard Petty	103	103	1
Sam Sommers	104	104	1
David Pearson	105	108	4
Cale Yarborough	109	119	11
Darrell Waltrip	120	126	7
Benny Parsons	127	134	8
Cale Yarborough	135	143	9
Darrell Waltrip	144	145	2
Cale Yarborough	146	148	3
Darrell Waltrip	149	149	1
Benny Parsons	150	157	8
Darrell Waltrip	158	159	2
Cale Yarborough	160	162	3
Darrell Waltrip	163	166	4
Benny Parsons	167	170	4
Darrell Waltrip	171	172	2
Benny Parsons	173	173	1
Darrell Waltrip	174	200	27

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	3290
2	Richard Petty	3240	-50
3	Benny Parsons	2989	-301
4	Darrell Waltrip	2952	-338
5	Buddy Baker	2656	-634
6	Dick Brooks	2498	-792
7	Cecil Gordon	2357	-933
8	Bobby Allison	2266	-1024
9	James Hylton	2219	-1071
10	Richard Childress	2217	-1073
11	Skip Manning	2129	-1161
12	David Pearson	2120	-1170
13	J.D. McDuffie	2106	-1184
14	Buddy Arrington	2043	-1247
15	D.K. Ulrich	1895	-1395
16	Frank Warren	1879	-1411
17	Jimmy Means	1816	-1474
18	Tighe Scott	1736	-1554
19	Dave Marcis	1685	-1605
20	Ricky Rudd	1656	-1634

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