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1977 Coca-Cola 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 18 of 30
Sunday, July 31, 1977 at Pocono International Raceway, Long Pond, PA
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:53:41
Average speed: 128.379 mph
Pole speed: 147.591 mph

Cautions: 4 for 22 laps
Margin of victory: .45 sec
Attendance: 58000
Lead changes: 47

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	200	15475	running	118	185
2	5	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	200	12200	running	9	175
3	1	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	200	9825	running	38	170
4	2	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	200	6150	running	11	165
5	9	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	198	5200	out of gas	0	155
6	6	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	198	7400	running	1	155
7	12	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	198	3300	running	0	146
8	11	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	197	4730	running	0	142
9	21	75	Butch Hartman	Hartman Autocar (Butch Hartman)	Chevrolet	197	1900	running	0	138
10	15	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	194	3320	running	0	134
11	10	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	194	1600	running	0	130
12	18	84	Kenny Brightbill	Makar Enterprises (Jim Makar)	Mercury	194	1500	running	0	127
13	25	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	192	2860	running	0	124
14	23	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	192	2640	running	0	121
15	20	67	Buddy Arrington	Buddy Arrington	Plymouth	191	2430	running	0	118
16	24	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	191	2220	running	0	115
17	14	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	189	1990	running	0	112
18	34	61	Joe Mihalic	Joe Mihalic	Chevrolet	189	955	running	0	109
19	17	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	187	1780	running	0	106
20	22	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	187	1045	running	0	103
21	13	24	Cecil Gordon	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	184	1510	running	0	100
22	28	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	184	855	running	0	97
23	32	34	Nestor Peles	Steve Peles	Chevrolet	176	830	running	0
24	19	57	Dick May	McClure Motors (Alfred McClure)	Ford	160	805	ignition	0	91
25	26	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	160	1400	running	0	88
26	31	63	Jocko Maggiacomo	Jocko's Racing (Jocko Maggiacomo)	Matador	150	755	steering	0	85
27	7	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	123	3930	crash	0	82
28	3	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	111	1205	suspension	23	84
29	33	85	Greg Heller	Heller Triangle Spring (Greg Heller)	Ford	110	680	clutch	0	76
30	35	4	Gary Myers	Hicks Pharmacy (Gary Myers)	Chevrolet	105	655	engine	0	73
31	29	98	Roland Wlodyka	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	97	630	crash	0
32	8	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	50	605	engine	0	67
33	30	25	Ronnie Thomas	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	46	1180	crash	0	64
34	16	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	32	1050	engine	0	61
35	27	01	Earle Canavan	Earle Canavan	Dodge	13	540	engine	0	58

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	33	33
	34	44	11	#40 engine
	45	47	3
	48	50	3	#25 accident turn 1
	51	106	56
	107	111	5	#98 accident north straight
	112	123	12
	124	126	3	#11,15,16 accident turn 1
	127	200	74
Percent of race run under caution: 11.0% Average green flag run: 35.6 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	2	2
Benny Parsons	3	19	17
David Pearson	20	24	5
Benny Parsons	25	26	2
David Pearson	27	33	7
Benny Parsons	34	34	1
Bobby Allison	35	35	1
Richard Petty	36	37	2
Darrell Waltrip	38	43	6
Benny Parsons	44	48	5
Bobby Allison	49	51	3
Darrell Waltrip	52	57	6
Benny Parsons	58	58	1
Darrell Waltrip	59	59	1
David Pearson	60	60	1
Darrell Waltrip	61	61	1
David Pearson	62	67	6
Darrell Waltrip	68	69	2
Benny Parsons	70	72	3
Darrell Waltrip	73	73	1
Benny Parsons	74	81	8
David Pearson	82	83	2
Benny Parsons	84	108	25
Cale Yarborough	109	109	1
Benny Parsons	110	112	3
Bobby Allison	113	113	1
Darrell Waltrip	114	115	2
Bobby Allison	116	116	1
Darrell Waltrip	117	122	6
Richard Petty	123	124	2
Benny Parsons	125	130	6
Richard Petty	131	132	2
Benny Parsons	133	134	2
Richard Petty	135	135	1
Darrell Waltrip	136	136	1
Richard Petty	137	137	1
Darrell Waltrip	138	139	2
Richard Petty	140	140	1
Benny Parsons	141	147	7
Darrell Waltrip	148	148	1
Benny Parsons	149	152	4
Darrell Waltrip	153	156	4
Benny Parsons	157	157	1
Darrell Waltrip	158	162	5
Benny Parsons	163	163	1
Bobby Allison	164	168	5
Benny Parsons	169	200	32

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Richard Petty	2958
2	Cale Yarborough	2950	-8
3	Benny Parsons	2723	-235
4	Darrell Waltrip	2670	-288
5	Buddy Baker	2428	-530
6	Dick Brooks	2302	-656
7	Cecil Gordon	2136	-822
8	Richard Childress	2045	-913
9	Bobby Allison	2035	-923
10	James Hylton	1966	-992
11	David Pearson	1893	-1065
12	J.D. McDuffie	1861	-1097
13	Skip Manning	1832	-1126
14	Buddy Arrington	1795	-1163
15	Dave Marcis	1685	-1273
16	D.K. Ulrich	1677	-1281
17	Frank Warren	1651	-1307
18	Jimmy Means	1649	-1309
19	Neil Bonnett	1537	-1421
20	Tighe Scott	1524	-1434
21	Sam Sommers	1367	-1591