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1977 Southeastern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 8 of 30 Sunday, April 17, 1977 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN 500 laps on a 0.533 mile paved track (266.500 miles) Time of race: 2:38:20 Average speed: 100.989 mph Pole speed: 110.168 mph Cautions: 2 for 9 laps Margin of victory: 7 laps + Attendance: 30000 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 500 23300 running 495 185 2 7 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 493 7750 running 0 170 3 3 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 491 6100 running 0 165 4 6 71   Neil Bonnett Auto Race Tracks   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 490 4200 running 0 160 5 4 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 488 3950 running 2 160 6 2 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 487 1700 running 0 150 7 15 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 479 2400 running 0 146 8 10 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 479 2080 running 0 142 9 27 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 470 900 running 0 138 10 14 22   Ricky Rudd Al Rudd Auto Parts   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 465 1900 running 0 134 11 21 68   Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl   (Lynda Ferreri) Chevrolet 457 750 running 0 130 12 13 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 448 1770 running 0 127 13 20 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 445 1620 running 0 124 14 30 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington Dodge 439 1540 running 0 121 15 24 27   Sam Sommers M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 437 640 running 0 118 16 28 64   Elmo Langley Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 435 1420 running 0 115 17 16 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 434 1240 running 0 112 18 11 25   Ferrel Harris Don Robertson Chevrolet 434 1410 running 0 109 19 8 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 421 2730 running 1 111 20 12 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 420 1160 fatigue 0 103 21 5 2   Dave Marcis Shoney's Big Boy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 412 2790 running 2 105 22 26 16   David Sisco David Sisco Chevrolet 411 720 running 0 97 23 17 19   Henley Gray Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 390 700 running 0 94 24 22 95   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 309 440 engine 0 91 25 23 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 198 670 engine 0 88 26 25 40   D.K. Ulrich J.R. DeLotto Chevrolet 168 650 brakes 0 85 27 19 20   Rick Newsom Gillespie Painting   (Rick Newsom) Ford 119 380 water pump 0 82 28 18 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 95 620 crash 0 79 29 9 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 37 2560 overheating 0 76 30 29 45   Larry LaMay Baxter Price Chevrolet 36 350 driveshaft 0 73

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 93 93   Benny Parsons 94 94 1   Darrell Waltrip 95 95 1   Benny Parsons 96 96 1   Cale Yarborough 97 239 143   Dave Marcis 240 241 2   Cale Yarborough 242 500 259 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 1365     2   Richard Petty 1280   -85   3   Darrell Waltrip 1217   -148   4   Benny Parsons 1152   -213   5   Buddy Baker 1142   -223   6   Dave Marcis 1037   -328   7   Richard Childress 1002   -363   8   Cecil Gordon 978   -387   9   James Hylton 935   -430   10   Neil Bonnett 931   -434   11   Dick Brooks 891   -474   12   Bobby Allison 849   -516   13   J.D. McDuffie 809   -556   14   Buddy Arrington 767   -598   15   Frank Warren 757   -608   16   D.K. Ulrich 737   -628   17   Jimmy Means 723   -642   18   Ed Negre 704   -661   19   David Pearson 702   -663   20   Skip Manning 691   -674   21   Tighe Scott 655   -710