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1977 Wilkes 400

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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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
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