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1977 Wilkes 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 26 of 30 Sunday, October 2, 1977 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:52:59 Average speed: 86.713 mph Pole speed: 108.35 mph Cautions: 3 for 32 laps Margin of victory: 7.2 sec Attendance: 11000 Lead changes: 10 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 400 12500 running 189 180 2 5 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 400 8775 running 1 175 3 2 5   Neil Bonnett Jim Stacy Dodge 399 5700 running 0 165 4 6 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 397 3225 running 0 160 5 4 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 396 3875 running 11 160 6 9 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 388 2400 running 0 150 7 14 22   Ricky Rudd Al Rudd Auto Parts   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 388 2730 running 0 146 8 7 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 387 1895 running 0 142 9 8 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 387 2975 running 0 138 10 10 67   Buddy Arrington Mistec Transmission   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 384 1650 running 0 134 11 16 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 383 1365 running 0 130 12 13 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 382 1480 running 0 127 13 20 92   Skip Manning Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 377 2345 running 0 124 14 21 98   Sam Sommers Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 377 650 running 0 121 15 17 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 377 1185 running 0 118 16 12 30   Walter Ballard Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 374 1000 running 0 115 17 18 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 373 825 running 0 112 18 25 45   Baxter Price County Line Food Store   (Baxter Price) Chevrolet 368 550 running 0 109 19 22 17   Roger Hamby Hamby-Ellis   (Roger Hamby) Chevrolet 367 525 running 0   20 23 19   Dick May Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 363 750 running 0 103 21 15 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 322 675 running 0 100 22 19 40   D.K. Ulrich J.R. DeLotto Chevrolet 290 700 engine 0 97 23 11 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 286 680 rear end 0 94 24 1 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 240 4560 crash 199 101 25 24 25   Ferrel Harris Don Robertson Chevrolet 114 650 overheating 0 88 26 26 95   Junior Miller Miller Roofing   (Junior Miller) Chevrolet 5 390 quit 0 85

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 76 76   Darrell Waltrip 77 104 28   Richard Petty 105 112 8   Darrell Waltrip 113 113 1   Richard Petty 114 135 22   Darrell Waltrip 136 136 1   Benny Parsons 137 147 11   Richard Petty 148 240 93   Darrell Waltrip 241 310 70   Cale Yarborough 311 311 1   Darrell Waltrip 312 400 89 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 4330     2   Richard Petty 4037   -293   3   Benny Parsons 3942   -388   4   Darrell Waltrip 3907   -423   5   Buddy Baker 3414   -916   6   Dick Brooks 3230   -1100   7   Richard Childress 3005   -1325   8   James Hylton 3003   -1327   9   Cecil Gordon 2978   -1352   10   Bobby Allison 2943   -1387   11   J.D. McDuffie 2799   -1531   12   Skip Manning 2796   -1534   13   Buddy Arrington 2790   -1540   14   David Pearson 2640   -1690   15   Frank Warren 2545   -1785   16   D.K. Ulrich 2522   -1808   17   Jimmy Means 2421   -1909   18   Ricky Rudd 2342   -1988   19   Tighe Scott 2261   -2069   20   Sam Sommers 2211   -2119   21   Neil Bonnett 2189   -2141