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1977 Atlanta 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 5 of 30 Sunday, March 20, 1977 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA 328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles) Time of race: 3:27:51 Average speed: 144.093 mph Pole speed: 162.501 mph Cautions: 2 for 11 laps Margin of victory: 12 sec Attendance: 50000 Lead changes: 15 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 328 22550 running 112 180 2 3 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 328 12850 running 80 175 3 5 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 327 13025 running 136 175 4 2 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 327 6000 running 0 160 5 7 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 326 7650 running 0 155 6 11 2   Dave Marcis CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Chevrolet 326 6800 running 0 150 7 6 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 325 6500 running 0 146 8 15 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 322 2900 running 0 142 9 14 54   Lennie Pond Historic Virginia   (Ronnie Elder) Chevrolet 321 5150 running 0 138 10 19 47   Bruce Hill Bruce Hill Chevrolet 320 2650 running 0 134 11 26 67   Buddy Arrington Sub-Tropic   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 319 4630 running 0 130 12 9 71   Neil Bonnett Rebel 500   (Nord Krauskopf) Dodge 318 5405 running 0 127 13 10 27   Sam Sommers M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 317 3130 running 0 124 14 32 84   Jody Ridley Makar Enterprises   (Jim Makar) Mercury 316 2080 running 0 121 15 12 60   Ramo Stott Lou Viglione Chevrolet 315 1880 running 0 118 16 41 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 308 2785 running 0 115 17 30 91   Harold Miller Bartow Paving   (Harold Miller) Chevrolet 305 1630 running 0 112 18 27 26   Jimmy Lee Capps Hearne Produce   (David Lee Sellers) Chevrolet 304 1555 running 0 109 19 13 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 303 3400 engine 0 106 20 39 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 295 1405 running 0 103 21 31 49   G.C. Spencer Lady & Son Auction   (G.C. Spencer) Dodge 293 1230 rear end 0 100 22 24 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King   (Elmo Langley) Ford 288 2920 running 0 97 23 22 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 277 2755 clutch 0 94 24 33 25   Terry Bivins Thomas Racing   (Don Robertson) Chevrolet 259 2575 engine 0 91 25 42 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 248 2220 piston 0 88 26 8 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 239 4155 engine 0 85 27 37 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 237 1920 engine 0 82 28 17 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 233 1840 transmission 0 79 29 29 40   D.K. Ulrich Howard Johnson's   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 230 1410 overheating 0 76 30 34 68   Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl   (Lynda Ferreri) Chevrolet 215 750 engine 0 73 31 21 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 208 1335 engine 0 70 32 18 9   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) Ford 198 765 engine 0 67 33 36 19   Henley Gray Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 180 1270 engine 0 64 34 4 51   A.J. Foyt Gilmore   (A.J. Foyt) Chevrolet 157 785 quit 0   35 35 80   Phil Finney Phil Finney Chevrolet 148 645 engine 0 58 36 20 29   Elliott Forbes-Robinson Cal-Tex   (Dick Midgley) Dodge 139 650 engine 0 55 37 28 7   Dean Dalton Dean Dalton Chevrolet 133 565 engine 0 52 38 25 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 121 1180 engine 0 49 39 40 16   Ed Negre Reliable Plumbing   (David Sisco) Chevrolet 77 1040 engine 0 46 40 23 77   Johnny Rutherford t. edwards   (Johnny Ray) Chevrolet 50 560 engine 0   41 16 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 41 785 engine 0 40 42 38 35   Jim Hurtubise Avanti CB   (Morris Davis) Ford 0 535 ignition 0 37

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Ed Negre 8 Dodge DC David Sisco 16 Reliable Plumbing David Sisco Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Cale Yarborough 1 79 79   David Pearson 80 120 41   Richard Petty 121 122 2   Cale Yarborough 123 127 5   David Pearson 128 155 28   Cale Yarborough 156 205 50   Richard Petty 206 212 7   David Pearson 213 218 6   Richard Petty 219 244 26   Cale Yarborough 245 245 1   David Pearson 246 246 1   Richard Petty 247 278 32   Cale Yarborough 279 279 1   David Pearson 280 283 4   Richard Petty 284 328 45 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 880     2   Darrell Waltrip 780   -100   3   Richard Petty 770   -110   4   Buddy Baker 760   -120   5   Benny Parsons 662   -218   6   Dave Marcis 655   -225   7   Cecil Gordon 615   -265   8   Neil Bonnett 602   -278   9   Richard Childress 601   -279   10   James Hylton 584   -296   11   David Pearson 532   -348   12   J.D. McDuffie 503   -377   13   D.K. Ulrich 488   -392   14   Bobby Allison 458   -422   15   Ed Negre 446   -434   16   Frank Warren 436   -444   17   Dick Brooks 433   -447   18   Donnie Allison 408   -472   19   Jimmy Means 400   -480   20   Tighe Scott 397   -483   21   Buddy Arrington 391   -489