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1977 Old Dominion 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 30
Sunday, September 25, 1977 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps on a 0.525 mile paved track (262.500 miles)

Time of race: 3:34:40
Average speed: 73.447 mph
Pole speed: 87.637 mph

Cautions: 9 for 57 laps
Margin of victory: .8 sec
Attendance: 33000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	500	23700	running	352	185
2	6	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	500	11850	running	73	175
3	10	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	Mercury	500	5700	running	35	170
4	4	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	499	5850	running	0	160
5	15	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	491	3550	running	0	155
6	8	63	Jimmy Hensley	Jimmy Hensley	Chevrolet	491	2050	running	0	150
7	19	67	Buddy Arrington	Mistec Transmission (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	487	3500	running	0	146
8	24	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	483	3150	running	0	142
9	21	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	482	2580	running	0	138
10	2	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	472	4000	rear end	36	139
11	17	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	466	2270	running	0	130
12	23	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	457	2100	running	0	127
13	11	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	423	2940	running	0	124
14	28	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	420	1780	running	0	121
15	18	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	420	1620	running	0	118
16	20	64	Elmo Langley	Sunny King Ford & Honda (Elmo Langley)	Ford	413	1460	running	0	115
17	12	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	400	1275	running	0	112
18	25	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	392	950	running	0	109
19	26	25	Ronnie Thomas	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	373	925	engine	0	106
20	27	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	360	900	engine	0	103
21	9	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	336	2840	rear end	0	100
22	1	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Dodge	304	2580	rear end	0	97
23	5	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	216	620	rear end	4	99
24	22	8	Ed Negre	Ed Negre	Dodge	103	860	oil pump	0	91
25	13	54	Lennie Pond	Lennie Pond Fan Club (Ronnie Elder)	Chevrolet	95	850	brakes	0	88
26	16	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	95	840	rear end	0	85
27	14	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Chevrolet	84	580	rear end	0	82
28	7	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic (Hoss Ellington)	Chevrolet	42	570	brakes	0
29	30	46	Travis Tiller	Little B Coal (Travis Tiller)	Dodge	8	560	radiator	0	76
30	29	45	Baxter Price	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	4	550	oil leak	0	73

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Darrell Waltrip	1	36	36
Cale Yarborough	37	39	3
Benny Parsons	40	95	56
David Pearson	96	96	1
Bobby Allison	97	100	4
Cale Yarborough	101	178	78
Benny Parsons	179	180	2
David Pearson	181	205	25
Bobby Allison	206	350	145
Benny Parsons	351	365	15
Cale Yarborough	366	386	21
David Pearson	387	395	9
Cale Yarborough	396	500	105

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	4155
2	Richard Petty	3936	-219
3	Benny Parsons	3782	-373
4	Darrell Waltrip	3727	-428
5	Buddy Baker	3276	-879
6	Dick Brooks	3088	-1067
7	James Hylton	2876	-1279
8	Cecil Gordon	2860	-1295
9	Richard Childress	2855	-1300
10	Bobby Allison	2783	-1372
11	J.D. McDuffie	2705	-1450
12	Skip Manning	2672	-1483
13	Buddy Arrington	2656	-1499
14	David Pearson	2640	-1515
15	Frank Warren	2445	-1710
16	D.K. Ulrich	2425	-1730
17	Jimmy Means	2291	-1864
18	Tighe Scott	2261	-1894
19	Ricky Rudd	2196	-1959
20	Sam Sommers	2090	-2065
21	Neil Bonnett	2024	-2131