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1977 NAPA 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Winston Cup race number 14 of 30 Sunday, June 12, 1977 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 95 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (248.900 miles) Time of race: 2:22:12 Average speed: 105.021 mph Pole speed: 112.432 mph Cautions: 1 for 5 laps Margin of victory: 9.6 sec Attendance: 48500 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 95 18255 running 71 185 2 3 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 95 10400 running 2 175 3 6 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 95 10475 running 1 170 4 18 51   Jimmy Insolo Jimmy Insolo Ford 93 3900 running 0   5 7 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 93 6400 running 0 155 6 17 93   Norm Palmer Herborn Alignment   (Norm Palmer) Dodge 92 2500 running 0 150 7 21 68   Sonny Easley Sonny Easley Ford 92 2000 running 0 146 8 8 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 92 4150 running 0 142 9 19 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 91 3800 running 0 138 10 15 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 91 4430 running 0 134 11 16 40   D.K. Ulrich Red Fox Lounge   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 91 3210 running 0 130 12 30 64   Dick Brooks Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 89 2960 running 0 127 13 29 18   John Dineen George Stark Ford 89 1400 running 0 124 14 23 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 88 2640 running 0 121 15 12 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 88 2405 running 0 118 16 27 55   Bill Baker Golden West Lumber   (Bill Baker) Chevrolet 88 1645 running 0   17 5 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 88 1510 running 0 112 18 28 37   Chuck Wahl Excel Trailer   (DuWayne Wahl) Chevrolet 87 1325 running 0 109 19 31 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington Dodge 84 1590 running 0 106 20 35 41   Ernie Stierly Allied Plating   (Ernie Stierly) Chevrolet 83 1055 running 0 103 21 33 17   Harry Goularte U.S. Army   (Donald Dean) Chevrolet 81 900 running 0 100 22 26 2   Richard White Lindsay Auto Parts   (Mike White) Chevrolet 76 995 running 0 97 23 13 29   Roy Smith Mercury Marine   (Dick Midgley) Chevrolet 65 1850 oil leak 0 94 24 10 5   Jim Thirkettle Autocessories   (Jim Thirkettle) Chevrolet 47 825 oil pump 0 91 25 9 01   Chuck Bown Lake's Drywall   (Gerald Craker) Chevrolet 42 1800 engine 0 88 26 2 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 40 3975 transmission 21 90 27 4 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 35 3950 engine 0 82 28 34 13   Don Puskarich Cravens Performance Automotive   (Matt Puskarich) Chevrolet 35 725 engine 0 79 29 11 44   Gary Johnson Al Clark Chevrolet 30 700 engine 0 76 30 14 73   Bill Schmitt Bill Schmitt Chevrolet 27 675 suspension 0 73 31 24 82   Sumner McKnight Action Engineering   (Sumner McKnight) Chevrolet 15 650 engine 0 70 32 25 32   Ray Elder Midland Motor Homes   (Dave Hill) Plymouth 14 625 engine 0 67 33 20 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 9 1100 oil pump 0 64 34 22 4   Hershel McGriff Hershel McGriff Chevrolet 6 550 engine 0 61 35 32 98   Don Noel Noel's Welding Shop   (Johnny Kieper) Chevrolet 0 500 transmission 0 58

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Buddy Arrington 67 driver change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Eddie Bradshaw 09 C&M Racing Chester Papienski Chevrolet John Hamson 22 C.P. Auto Products Greg Hamson Chevrolet Jack Simpson 53 Browerville DX Service Jack Simpson Chevrolet DC Ivan Baldwin 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Darrell Waltrip 1 20 20   Richard Petty 21 27 7   Darrell Waltrip 28 28 1   Richard Petty 29 29 1   David Pearson 30 31 2   Cale Yarborough 32 32 1   Richard Petty 33 95 63 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 2346     2   Richard Petty 2253   -93   3   Benny Parsons 2084   -262   4   Darrell Waltrip 2077   -269   5   Buddy Baker 1900   -446   6   Dick Brooks 1708   -638   7   Cecil Gordon 1703   -643   8   Richard Childress 1684   -662   9   James Hylton 1550   -796   10   Dave Marcis 1520   -826   11   David Pearson 1489   -857   12   Bobby Allison 1444   -902   13   J.D. McDuffie 1404   -942   14   Skip Manning 1347   -999   15   D.K. Ulrich 1340   -1006   16   Buddy Arrington 1336   -1010   17   Neil Bonnett 1285   -1061   18   Jimmy Means 1246   -1100   19   Frank Warren 1245   -1101   20   Tighe Scott 1124   -1222