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1977 Mason-Dixon 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 12 of 30 Sunday, May 15, 1977 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:03:26 Average speed: 123.327 mph Pole speed: 136.033 mph Cautions: 2 for 10 laps Margin of victory: 6.2 sec Attendance: 34700 Lead changes: 11 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 500 17175 running 141 180 2 4 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 500 9600 running 297 180 3 1 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 499 9830 running 51 170 4 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 496 7870 running 1 165 5 8 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 496 5250 running 0 155 6 2 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 495 6590 running 10 155 7 11 54   Lennie Pond Ronnie Elder Chevrolet 494 4000 running 0 146 8 5 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 493 3280 running 0 142 9 7 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 490 5620 running 0 138 10 10 84   Morgan Shepherd Ridge Plumbing   (Jim Makar) Mercury 486 1700 running 0 134 11 24 67   Buddy Arrington Hickory Garage   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 482 3120 running 0 130 12 25 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 480 2960 running 0 127 13 12 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 480 2865 running 0 124 14 15 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 479 2805 running 0 121 15 26 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 475 2395 running 0 118 16 21 57   Dick May McClure Motors   (Alfred McClure) Ford 473 1200 running 0 115 17 9 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 469 3135 running 0 112 18 23 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 454 1900 running 0 109 19 33 25   Ferrel Harris Don Robertson Chevrolet 449 1640 running 0 106 20 18 40   D.K. Ulrich Lafayette Radio   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 407 1530 running 0 103 21 19 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 389 1420 water pump 0 100 22 30 4   Gary Myers Hicks Pharmacy   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 371 775 steering 0 97 23 28 01   Earle Canavan Earle Canavan Dodge 313 725 transmission 0 94 24 32 45   Baxter Price Tire King   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 303 1200 overheating 0 91 25 34 33   Earl Brooks Smith Auto Parts   (Hiram Handy) Chevrolet 274 675 engine 0 88 26 22 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 247 1250 engine 0 85 27 20 22   Ricky Rudd Al Rudd Auto Parts   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 190 1125 oil pump 0 82 28 29 20   Rick Newsom Gillespie Painting   (Rick Newsom) Ford 176 600 engine 0 79 29 14 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 139 650 engine 0 76 30 16 16   David Sisco Bel Air Datsun   (David Sisco) Chevrolet 126 1050 oil pump 0 73 31 36 95   Elmo Langley Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 119 540 engine 0 70 32 31 19   Henley Gray Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 97 1030 suspension 0 67 33 13 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 82 1020 engine 0 64 34 27 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton Chevrolet 40 510 clutch 0 61 35 17 47   Bruce Hill t. edwards   (Bruce Hill) Chevrolet 34 500 engine 0 58 36 35 10   Raymond Williams Bill Champion Ford 0 490 engine 0 55

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 47 47   David Pearson 48 74 27   Cale Yarborough 75 109 35   Darrell Waltrip 110 110 1   Cale Yarborough 111 116 6   David Pearson 117 287 171   Richard Petty 288 291 4   Benny Parsons 292 301 10   David Pearson 302 377 76   Cale Yarborough 378 380 3   David Pearson 381 403 23   Cale Yarborough 404 500 97 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 2085     2   Richard Petty 1883   -202   3   Darrell Waltrip 1837   -248   4   Benny Parsons 1832   -253   5   Buddy Baker 1590   -495   6   Cecil Gordon 1468   -617   7   Dave Marcis 1460   -625   8   Dick Brooks 1439   -646   9   Richard Childress 1421   -664   10   James Hylton 1350   -735   11   Bobby Allison 1286   -799   12   J.D. McDuffie 1252   -833   13   D.K. Ulrich 1149   -936   14   Jimmy Means 1140   -945   15   David Pearson 1139   -946   15   Neil Bonnett 1139   -946   17   Buddy Arrington 1121   -964   18   Skip Manning 1079   -1006   19   Frank Warren 1042   -1043   20   Tighe Scott 1009   -1076   21   Henley Gray 956   -1129