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1977 Nashville 420 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 30 Saturday, July 16, 1977 at Nashville Speedway, Nashville, TN 420 laps on a 0.596 mile paved track (250.320 miles) Time of race: 3:10:09 Average speed: 78.999 mph Pole speed: 104.21 mph Cautions: 10 for 54 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 17500 Lead changes: 7 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 6 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 420 9415 running 300 185 2 5 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 419 5540 running 31 175 3 7 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 418 4965 running 10 170 4 3 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 417 4965 running 9 165 5 9 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 416 2515 running 0 155 6 8 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 413 3365 running 0 150 7 13 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 410 2145 running 0 146 8 14 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 408 1985 running 0 142 9 18 67   Buddy Arrington Buddy Arrington Dodge 406 1815 running 0 138 10 17 22   Ricky Rudd Al Rudd Auto Parts   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 404 1565 running 0 134 11 22 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 401 665 running 0   12 21 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 401 1505 running 0 127 13 23 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 397 1420 running 0 124 14 20 40   D.K. Ulrich J.R. DeLotto Chevrolet 396 1260 running 0 121 15 15 68   Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl   (Lynda Ferreri) Chevrolet 394 1265 running 0 118 16 24 45   Baxter Price Baxter Price Chevrolet 391 745 running 0 115 17 27 19   Henley Gray Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 384 1005 running 0 112 18 1 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 381 2850 engine 32 114 19 12 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 374 810 running 0 106 20 28 24   Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 360 600 running 0 103 21 2 5   Neil Bonnett Pocahontas Group   (Jim Stacy) Dodge 187 770 engine 38 105 22 26 16   David Sisco David Sisco Chevrolet 146 585 engine 0 97 23 29 98   Ralph Jones Ralph Jones Ford 137 575 brakes 0 94 24 11 27   Sam Sommers M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 128 565 rear end 0 91 25 19 41   Grant Adcox Adcox-Kirby   (Herb Adcox) Chevrolet 122 555 engine 0   26 25 4   Gary Myers Hicks Pharmacy   (Gary Myers) Chevrolet 37 545 rear end 0 85 27 4 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 30 635 crash 0 82 28 16 64   Elmo Langley Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 18 525 engine 0 79 29 10 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 15 515 ignition 0 76 30 30 69   Mike Kempton Jayhawk Sports   (Mike Kempton) Chevrolet 12 505 overheating 0 73

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Benny Parsons 1 32 32   Neil Bonnett 33 70 38   Cale Yarborough 71 79 9   Darrell Waltrip 80 128 49   Bobby Allison 129 130 2   Richard Petty 131 140 10   Bobby Allison 141 169 29   Darrell Waltrip 170 420 251 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 2795     2   Richard Petty 2783   -12   3   Benny Parsons 2538   -257   4   Darrell Waltrip 2500   -295   5   Buddy Baker 2346   -449   6   Dick Brooks 2147   -648   7   Cecil Gordon 2036   -759   8   Richard Childress 1933   -862   9   Bobby Allison 1870   -925   10   James Hylton 1832   -963   11   David Pearson 1809   -986   12   J.D. McDuffie 1740   -1055   13   Skip Manning 1690   -1105   14   Dave Marcis 1685   -1110   15   Buddy Arrington 1677   -1118   16   D.K. Ulrich 1616   -1179   17   Jimmy Means 1546   -1249   18   Frank Warren 1545   -1250   19   Neil Bonnett 1537   -1258   20   Tighe Scott 1400   -1395   21   Sam Sommers 1300   -1495