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1977 Music City USA 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 11 of 30 Saturday, May 7, 1977 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 2:51:40 Average speed: 87.49 mph Pole speed: 103.643 mph Cautions: 3 for 27 laps Margin of victory: 1 sec Attendance: 20000 Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 420 9565 running 143 180 2 3 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 420 7965 running 275 180 3 1 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 418 5215 running 2 170 4 6 2   Dave Marcis CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Chevrolet 417 3565 running 0 160 5 4 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 416 3465 running 0 155 6 7 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 416 3365 running 0 150 7 5 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 414 2115 running 0 146 8 15 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 405 965 running 0   9 8 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 402 1865 running 0 138 10 12 22   Ricky Rudd Al Rudd Auto Parts   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 401 1815 running 0 134 11 19 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 398 1745 running 0 130 12 23 4   Gary Myers Spencer's Baby Wear   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 396 615 running 0   13 17 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 394 1610 running 0 124 14 16 40   D.K. Ulrich J.R. DeLotto Chevrolet 392 1515 running 0 121 15 14 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington Dodge 385 1405 running 0 118 16 28 20   Rick Newsom Gillespie Painting   (Rick Newsom) Ford 376 495 running 0 115 17 27 33   Earl Brooks Handy's Transmission   (Hiram Handy) Chevrolet 370 445 running 0 112 18 30 98   Ralph Jones Ralph Jones Ford 369 400 running 0 109 19 18 16   David Sisco David Sisco Chevrolet 368 1190 running 0 106 20 20 25   Ferrel Harris Don Robertson Chevrolet 359 1020 running 0 103 21 9 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 313 1905 rear end 0 100 22 22 64   Dick Brooks Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 269 785 ignition 0 97 23 25 45   Elmo Langley Baxter Price Chevrolet 182 325 engine 0 94 24 11 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 176 565 engine 0 91 25 26 19   Henley Gray Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 154 555 overheating 0 88 26 10 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 133 545 engine 0 85 27 13 81   Terry Ryan Valvoline   (Bill Monaghan) Chevrolet 86 285 engine 0 82 28 29 39   Paul Dean Holt Lloyd McBee Ford 47 275 overheating 0 79 29 24 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 30 515 engine 0 76 30 21 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton Chevrolet 19 255 engine 0 73

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 2 2   Benny Parsons 3 107 105   Cale Yarborough 108 382 275   Benny Parsons 383 420 38 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 1905     2   Richard Petty 1713   -192   3   Benny Parsons 1677   -228   4   Darrell Waltrip 1672   -233   5   Dave Marcis 1460   -445   6   Buddy Baker 1452   -453   7   Cecil Gordon 1341   -564   8   Richard Childress 1321   -584   9   James Hylton 1286   -619   10   Dick Brooks 1284   -621   11   Bobby Allison 1144   -761   12   Neil Bonnett 1139   -766   13   J.D. McDuffie 1128   -777   14   Jimmy Means 1064   -841   15   D.K. Ulrich 1046   -859   16   Buddy Arrington 991   -914   17   Skip Manning 967   -938   18   David Pearson 959   -946   19   Frank Warren 957   -948   20   Henley Gray 889   -1016   21   Tighe Scott 888   -1017