Links for this race (some data may be unavailable):
Race Results	Qualifying Results	Loop Data Stats	Pit Stops
Comments (2)	Video Links (0)	Crew Chiefs

1977 Richmond 400

Previous race results / Next race results Previous at this track / Next at this track

NASCAR Winston Cup race number 3 of 30
Sunday, February 27, 1977 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA
400 laps* on a 0.542 mile paved track (216.800 miles)

Time of race: 1:49:01
Average speed: 73.084 mph
Pole speed: 93.632 mph

Cautions: 4 for 35 laps
Margin of victory: red flag
Attendance: 18000
Lead changes: 9

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1977 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms (Junior Johnson)	Chevrolet	245	12100	running	161	185
2	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade (DiGard Racing)	Chevrolet	245	7775	running	0	170
3	3	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks (L.G. DeWitt)	Chevrolet	245	6325	running	24	170
4	8	2	Dave Marcis	CAM 2 (Roger Penske)	Chevrolet	244	4700	running	14	165
5	6	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks (Bobby Allison)	Matador	244	2000	running	29	160
6	2	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Dodge	243	3750	running	0	150
7	1	71	Neil Bonnett	Direct Connection (Nord Krauskopf)	Dodge	243	4000	running	8	151
8	12	48	James Hylton	Sadler (James Hylton)	Chevrolet	242	2540	running	0	142
9	5	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries (Bud Moore)	Ford	242	3325	running	1	143
10	9	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	241	2250	running	8	139
11	22	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions (Walter Ballard)	Chevrolet	240	1980	running	0	130
12	13	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl (Lynda Ferreri)	Chevrolet	238	1875	running	0	127
13	21	24	Cecil Gordon	Burger King (Cecil Gordon)	Chevrolet	238	1820	running	0	124
14	17	25	Terry Bivins	T.T. Colley (Don Robertson)	Chevrolet	237	1700	running	0	121
15	24	8	Ed Negre	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment (Ed Negre)	Dodge	236	1590	running	0	118
16	10	70	J.D. McDuffie	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	234	1480	running	0	115
17	20	95	Junior Miller	Stamey's Bar-B-Q (Junior Miller)	Chevrolet	234	600	running	0	112
18	15	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks (Billy Hagan)	Chevrolet	233	2270	running	0	109
19	23	19	Henley Gray	Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray)	Chevrolet	230	1110	running	0	106
20	25	64	Elmo Langley	Sunny King (Elmo Langley)	Ford	227	975	running	0	103
21	29	44	Robin Schildknecht	Manning Enterprises (Robin Schildknecht)	Chevrolet	227	500	running	0
22	27	45	Walter Ballard	Booher Farms (Baxter Price)	Chevrolet	225	475	running	0	97
23	28	20	Rick Newsom	Rick Newsom	Ford	202	450	running	0	94
24	19	67	Buddy Arrington	Hickory Garage (Buddy Arrington)	Dodge	200	685	running	0	91
25	30	33	Earl Brooks	Smith Auto Parts (Hiram Handy)	Chevrolet	198	425	running	0	88
26	18	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts (Al Rudd)	Ford	187	400	rear end	0	85
27	11	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	140	685	crash	0	82
28	14	40	D.K. Ulrich	Pizza Inn (J.R. DeLotto)	Chevrolet	84	600	overheating	0	79
29	16	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing (Bill Gray)	Chevrolet	64	350	engine	0	76
30	26	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan (Frank Warren)	Dodge	46	550	crash	0	73

* Race shortened to 245 laps due to rain.

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Neil Bonnett	1	8	8
Benny Parsons	9	32	24
Cale Yarborough	33	52	20
Buddy Baker	53	53	1
Richard Childress	54	61	8
Cale Yarborough	62	68	7
Bobby Allison	69	97	29
Cale Yarborough	98	151	54
Dave Marcis	152	165	14
Cale Yarborough	166	245	80

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Cale Yarborough	550
2	Darrell Waltrip	459	-91
3	Benny Parsons	445	-105
4	Buddy Baker	440	-110
5	Dave Marcis	409	-141
6	Richard Petty	405	-145
7	James Hylton	397	-153
8	Richard Childress	383	-167
9	Cecil Gordon	366	-184
10	Bobby Allison	336	-214
11	D.K. Ulrich	318	-232
12	Neil Bonnett	315	-235
12	J.D. McDuffie	315	-235
14	Frank Warren	296	-254
15	David Pearson	285	-265
16	Ed Negre	276	-274
17	Janet Guthrie	254	-296
18	Tighe Scott	245	-305
19	Dick Brooks	237	-313
20	Jimmy Means	218	-332
21	Walter Ballard	203	-347