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1977 Virginia 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 9 of 30 Sunday, April 24, 1977 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps* on a 0.525 mile paved track (262.500 miles) Time of race: 2:36:26 Average speed: 77.405 mph Pole speed: 88.923 mph Cautions: 3 for 22 laps Margin of victory: red flag Attendance: 32000 Lead changes: 8 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 5 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 384 21600 running 243 185 2 4 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 384 12200 running 83 175 3 10 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 381 7750 running 1 170 4 8 54   Lennie Pond Ronnie Elder Chevrolet 381 5700 running 0 160 5 7 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 380 2900 running 0 155 6 13 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 379 3850 running 0 150 7 12 47   Bruce Hill Bruce Hill Chevrolet 370 1650 running 0 146 8 23 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 369 1550 running 0 142 9 20 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 369 2930 running 0 138 10 19 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 369 2620 running 0 134 11 15 81   Terry Bivins Valvoline   (Bill Monaghan) Chevrolet 366 1150 running 0 130 12 1 71   Neil Bonnett Auto Race Tracks   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 366 4150 running 6 132 13 26 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 366 2050 running 0 124 14 27 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 365 1890 running 0 121 15 21 40   D.K. Ulrich J.R. DeLotto Chevrolet 363 1730 running 0 118 16 29 25   Ferrel Harris Don Robertson Chevrolet 356 1570 running 0 115 17 16 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 346 1435 running 0 112 18 22 19   Henley Gray Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 344 1250 running 0 109 19 6 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 344 675 running 0 106 20 9 2   Dave Marcis Shoney's Big Boy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 343 2850 running 0 103 21 2 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 322 3340 brakes 51 105 22 17 63   Jimmy Hensley Lonesome Pine Raceway   (Billy Moyer) Chevrolet 321 630 running 0 97 23 28 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 299 870 running 0 94 24 11 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 258 2810 clutch 0 91 25 18 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 240 850 engine 0 88 26 3 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 226 590 brakes 0 85 27 14 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 182 830 rear end 0 82 28 25 27   Sam Sommers M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 177 1570 engine 0 79 29 24 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 112 560 transmission 0 76 30 30 36   Bobby Wawak Gwinn-Wawak   (John Gwinn) Chevrolet 94 800 rear end 0 73 * Race shortened to 384 laps due to rain.

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 115 115     116 119 4   #3 spun turn 3   120 251 132     252 256 5   debris   257 371 115     372 384 13   rain     Percent of race run under caution: 5.7%             Average green flag run: 120.7 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Neil Bonnett 1 1 1   Darrell Waltrip 2 52 51   Richard Petty 53 53 1   Neil Bonnett 54 58 5   Cale Yarborough 59 141 83   Benny Parsons 142 217 76   Cale Yarborough 218 283 66   Benny Parsons 284 290 7   Cale Yarborough 291 384 94 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 1550     2   Richard Petty 1450   -100   3   Benny Parsons 1327   -223   4   Darrell Waltrip 1322   -228   5   Buddy Baker 1233   -317   6   Dave Marcis 1140   -410   7   Richard Childress 1136   -414   8   Cecil Gordon 1102   -448   9   Neil Bonnett 1063   -487   10   James Hylton 1047   -503   11   Dick Brooks 1041   -509   12   Bobby Allison 955   -595   13   J.D. McDuffie 947   -603   14   Jimmy Means 865   -685   15   David Pearson 857   -693   16   D.K. Ulrich 855   -695   17   Ed Negre 792   -758   18   Tighe Scott 776   -774   19   Skip Manning 773   -777   20   Buddy Arrington 767   -783   21   Frank Warren 757   -793