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1977 Capital City 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 23 of 30
Sunday, September 11, 1977 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA
400 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles)

Time of race: 2:41:18
Average speed: 80.644 mph
Pole speed: 92.281 mph

Cautions: 5 for 30 laps
Margin of victory: 7 sec
Attendance: 15000
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing Team (Jim Stacy)	Dodge	400	8700	running	250	185
2	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	400	7775	running	1	175
3	1	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	400	6800	running	127	170
4	9	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	400	5950	running	17	165
5	12	54	Lennie Pond	Ronnie Elder	Chevrolet	400	3340	running	0	155
6	5	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	397	2525	running	1	155
7	6	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	396	3500	crash	0	146
8	4	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	393	2305	running	0	142
9	7	48	James Hylton	Executive Motor Hotel (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	387	2120	running	0	138
10	28	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	386	1700	running	0	134
11	15	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	384	2540	running	0	130
12	14	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	383	850	running	0	127
13	10	70	J.D. McDuffie	Bailey Excavating (J.D. McDuffie)	Chevrolet	379	1630	running	0	124
14	20	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	378	1420	running	0	121
15	19	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	377	2285	crash	0	118
16	17	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	376	1100	crash	0	115
17	25	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	374	850	running	0	112
18	18	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	373	850	engine	0	109
19	26	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	373	800	running	0	106
20	24	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	369	775	crash	0	103
21	22	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	362	500	crash	0	100
22	27	25	Ferrel Harris	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	348	725	running	0	97
23	13	98	Marv Acton	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	343	475	running	0	94
24	16	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	315	685	rear end	0	91
25	21	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	280	675	engine	0	88
26	11	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	212	710	overheating	4	90
27	8	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	187	2575	overheating	0	82
28	23	6	Rick Newsom	Rick Newsom	Chevrolet	112	350	oil leak	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Benny Parsons	1	38	38
Richard Petty	39	39	1
Bobby Allison	40	40	1
Richard Childress	41	44	4
Benny Parsons	45	50	6
Cale Yarborough	51	66	16
Neil Bonnett	67	169	103
Benny Parsons	170	246	77
Neil Bonnett	247	292	46
Benny Parsons	293	294	2
Cale Yarborough	295	295	1
Benny Parsons	296	299	4
Neil Bonnett	300	400	101

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	3800
2	Richard Petty	3682	-118
3	Darrell Waltrip	3433	-367
4	Benny Parsons	3422	-378
5	Buddy Baker	3026	-774
6	Dick Brooks	2861	-939
7	Cecil Gordon	2651	-1149
8	James Hylton	2619	-1181
9	Richard Childress	2591	-1209
10	Bobby Allison	2546	-1254
11	J.D. McDuffie	2466	-1334
12	Skip Manning	2442	-1358
13	Buddy Arrington	2386	-1414
14	David Pearson	2300	-1500
15	D.K. Ulrich	2228	-1572
16	Frank Warren	2218	-1582
17	Tighe Scott	2067	-1733
18	Ricky Rudd	2047	-1753
19	Jimmy Means	2032	-1768
20	Neil Bonnett	1927	-1873
21	Sam Sommers	1801	-1999