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1977 NAPA National 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 30
Sunday, October 9, 1977 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:30:32
Average speed: 142.78 mph
Pole speed: 160.892 mph

Cautions: 4 for 18 laps
Margin of victory: 19.2 sec
Attendance: 79400
Lead changes: 18

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	334	41075	running	250	185
2	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	333	25900	running	26	175
3	1	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	333	22500	running	2	170
4	4	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	333	12100	running	3	165
5	6	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	333	10250	running	3	160
6	13	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	332	8225	running	0	150
7	9	51	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore (A.J. Foyt)	Chevrolet	329	5175	running	0
8	7	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Dodge	329	7350	running	0	142
9	27	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	326	5125	running	0	138
10	20	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales (George Elliott)	Mercury	326	3975	running	0	134
11	16	36	Ron Hutcherson	Encyclopedia Britannica (John Gwinn)	Chevrolet	326	6025	running	0
12	25	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	Chevrolet	325	3575	running	0	127
13	35	57	Dick May	McClure Motors (Alfred McClure)	Chevrolet	324	3475	running	0	124
14	33	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	324	5405	running	0	121
15	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	323	5145	running	0	118
16	22	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	321	4960	running	0	115
17	30	67	Buddy Arrington	Mistec Transmission (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	318	4765	running	0	112
18	17	49	G.C. Spencer	Lady & Son Auction (G.C. Spencer)	Dodge	301	2975	running	0	109
19	18	40	D.K. Ulrich	Transit Damaged Freight (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	292	4405	running	0	106
20	34	05	Peter Knab	Bearfinder (Charles Dean)	Chevrolet	286	2775	running	0	103
21	28	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	286	2895	running	0	100
22	24	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	242	2535	running	0	97
23	14	2	Dave Marcis	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Chevrolet	237	1875	engine	0
24	21	22	Ricky Rudd	NAPA (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	232	1750	running	0	91
25	41	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	222	1840	ignition	0	88
26	15	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	195	1305	engine	0	85
27	12	6	Tom Sneva	Jim Stacy	Dodge	194	1150	clutch	0
28	39	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	173	1245	engine	0	79
29	31	99	Dick Trickle	Joe Frasson	Chevrolet	141	1100	crash	0	76
30	19	54	Lennie Pond	Ronnie Elder	Chevrolet	131	1675	engine	0	73
31	37	75	Butch Hartman	Hartman Autocar (Butch Hartman)	Chevrolet	120	965	engine	0	70
32	5	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	107	4415	suspension	25	72
33	23	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	101	1425	engine	0	64
34	11	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	97	910	engine	0	61
35	10	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	66	2395	engine	0	58
36	3	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	27	5655	engine	25	60
37	40	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	26	1365	rear end	0	52
38	36	19	Dale Earnhardt	Belden Asphalt / Holiday Campers (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	25	1375	rear end	0	49
39	38	98	Roland Wlodyka	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	24	835	engine	0	46
40	32	23	Jim Raptis	Opal's Truck Stop (Opal Voight)	Chevrolet	17	820	engine	0	43
41	26	47	Bruce Hill	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	15	820	engine	0	40

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	2	2
Donnie Allison	3	27	25
Darrell Waltrip	28	30	3
Cale Yarborough	31	39	9
Richard Petty	40	59	20
Cale Yarborough	60	64	5
Benny Parsons	65	66	2
Richard Petty	67	67	1
Buddy Baker	68	68	1
Richard Petty	69	72	4
Cale Yarborough	73	73	1
Benny Parsons	74	88	15
Cale Yarborough	89	90	2
Buddy Baker	91	91	1
Benny Parsons	92	149	58
Buddy Baker	150	150	1
Benny Parsons	151	287	137
Cale Yarborough	288	296	9
Benny Parsons	297	334	38

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	4505
2	Benny Parsons	4127	-378
3	Richard Petty	4109	-396
4	Darrell Waltrip	4067	-438
5	Buddy Baker	3579	-926
6	Dick Brooks	3380	-1125
7	James Hylton	3124	-1381
8	Richard Childress	3120	-1385
9	Cecil Gordon	3030	-1475
10	Bobby Allison	3028	-1477
11	J.D. McDuffie	2917	-1588
12	Buddy Arrington	2902	-1603
13	Skip Manning	2854	-1651
14	David Pearson	2810	-1695
15	D.K. Ulrich	2628	-1877
16	Frank Warren	2609	-1896
17	Jimmy Means	2500	-2005
18	Ricky Rudd	2433	-2072
19	Tighe Scott	2349	-2156
20	Neil Bonnett	2331	-2174
21	Sam Sommers	2272	-2233