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1977 Southern 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 22 of 30
Monday, September 5, 1977 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
367 laps on a 1.366 mile paved track (501.3 miles)

Time of race: 4:41:48
Average Speed: 106.797 mph
Pole Speed: 153.493 mph

Cautions: 7 for 92 laps
Margin of Victory: 2.5 sec
Attendance: 65,000
Lead changes: 32

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
28	9	54	Lennie Pond	Carolina Construction (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	250	2,120	crash	2	84
29	17	27	Sam Sommers	U.S. Army (M.C. Anderson)	Chevrolet	219	1,425	crash	0	76
30	39	08	Ralph Jones	Ralph Jones	Ford	179	1,900	crash	0	73
34	15	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	68	1,900	crash	0	61
35	20	75	Butch Hartman	Hartman Autocar (Butch Hartman)	Chevrolet	61	1,275	crash	0	58
37	13	49	G.C. Spencer	Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	26	1,425	crash	0	52
38	14	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	23	2,850	crash	0	49
24	29	91	Terry Bivins	T & E Clothes (Harold Miller)	Chevrolet	290	1,700	engine	0	91
25	2	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	289	5,425	engine	2	93
26	10	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	287	1,500	engine	0
31	32	10	Dick May	R.T.'s Lounge (Bill Champion)	Ford	169	1,400	engine	0	70
33	37	25	Ferrel Harris	Red Robinson Used Cars (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	100	1,825	engine	0	64
39	8	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	21	1,160	engine	0	46
40	24	61	Joe Mihalic	Joe Mihalic	Chevrolet	12	1,140	engine	0	43
1	5	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	367	24,550	running	60	180
2	7	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	367	14,285	running	109	175
3	3	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	367	12,710	running	0	165
4	6	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	365	10,360	running	1	165
5	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	362	12,435	running	70	160
6	1	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard)	Chevrolet	360	12,575	running	123	160
7	18	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	360	7,400	running	0	146
8	12	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	360	6,400	running	0	142
9	28	47	Bruce Hill	t. edwards (Bruce Hill)	Chevrolet	357	3,550	running	0
10	16	52	Bill Elliott	George Elliott	Ford	355	4,930	running	0	134
11	25	8	Ed Negre	G & M Used Cars (Ed Negre)	Dodge	352	5,020	running	0	130
12	19	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	350	4,810	running	0	127
13	22	48	James Hylton	Jerry's Truck Stop (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	348	4,590	running	0	124
14	31	67	Buddy Arrington	Mistec Transmission (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	344	4,330	running	0	121
15	30	4	Gary Myers	Myers Roofing (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	343	2,700	running	0	118
16	26	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	339	2,700	running	0	115
17	38	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	338	3,770	running	0	112
18	11	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	335	3,410	running	0	109
19	34	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	333	3,100	running	0	106
20	40	69	Mike Kempton	Jayhawk Sports (Mike Kempton)	Chevrolet	324	2,050	running	0	103
21	36	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	321	1,900	running	0	100
22	35	19	Bobby Wawak	Clear-Lam (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	319	2,465	running	0	97
23	21	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	Dodge	311	1,750	running	0	94
27	23	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	257	2,105	running	0	82
32	33	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	148	1,950	suspension	0	67
36	27	98	Roland Wlodyka	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	57	1,310	suspension	0	55

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	23	23
	24	33	10	#92 accident turn 2
	34	64	31
	65	77	13	#75,98 accident turn 1
	78	158	81
	159	168	10	#30 accident turn 4
	169	184	16
	185	204	20	rain
	205	209	5
	210	222	13	oil on track
	223	235	13
	236	249	14	#11,40,68,88,91 accident backstretch
	250	250	1
	251	262	12	#08,54 accident turn 4
	263	367	105
Percent of race run under caution: 25.1% Average green flag run: 34.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	5	5
Benny Parsons	6	7	2
Darrell Waltrip	8	26	19
Cale Yarborough	27	32	6
Darrell Waltrip	33	33	1
Cale Yarborough	34	34	1
Darrell Waltrip	35	40	6
Cale Yarborough	41	44	4
Darrell Waltrip	45	66	22
Donnie Allison	67	67	1
Richard Petty	68	68	1
Cale Yarborough	69	74	6
Darrell Waltrip	75	99	25
Cale Yarborough	100	106	7
Darrell Waltrip	107	115	9
Cale Yarborough	116	126	11
Darrell Waltrip	127	128	2
Cale Yarborough	129	137	9
Lennie Pond	138	139	2
Cale Yarborough	140	157	18
Darrell Waltrip	158	161	4
Cale Yarborough	162	167	6
Darrell Waltrip	168	168	1
Cale Yarborough	169	169	1
David Pearson	170	184	15
Donnie Allison	185	205	21
Darrell Waltrip	206	226	21
Cale Yarborough	227	227	1
Darrell Waltrip	228	235	8
Donnie Allison	236	238	3
David Pearson	239	259	21
Donnie Allison	260	343	84
David Pearson	344	367	24

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	3635
2	Richard Petty	3507	-128
3	Darrell Waltrip	3287	-348
4	Benny Parsons	3252	-383
5	Buddy Baker	2944	-691
6	Dick Brooks	2719	-916
7	Cecil Gordon	2539	-1096
8	Richard Childress	2501	-1134
9	James Hylton	2481	-1154
10	Bobby Allison	2391	-1244
11	J.D. McDuffie	2342	-1293
12	Skip Manning	2324	-1311
13	David Pearson	2300	-1335
14	Buddy Arrington	2298	-1337
15	Frank Warren	2115	-1520
16	D.K. Ulrich	2107	-1528
17	Tighe Scott	1958	-1677
18	Ricky Rudd	1917	-1718
19	Jimmy Means	1898	-1737
20	Sam Sommers	1801	-1834

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