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1977 Mason-Dixon 500

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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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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