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1977 NAPA National 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 27 of 30 Sunday, October 9, 1977 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 334 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (501.000 miles) Time of race: 3:30:32 Average speed: 142.78 mph Pole speed: 160.892 mph Cautions: 4 for 18 laps Margin of victory: 19.2 sec Attendance: 79400 Lead changes: 18 Glossary    1977 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1977 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 8 72   Benny Parsons 1st National City Travelers Checks   (L.G. DeWitt) Chevrolet 334 41075 running 250 185 2 2 11   Cale Yarborough Holly Farms   (Junior Johnson) Chevrolet 333 25900 running 26 175 3 1 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) Mercury 333 22500 running 2 170 4 4 15   Buddy Baker Norris Industries   (Bud Moore) Ford 333 12100 running 3 165 5 6 88   Darrell Waltrip Gatorade   (DiGard Racing) Chevrolet 333 10250 running 3 160 6 13 90   Dick Brooks Truxmore   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 332 8225 running 0 150 7 9 51   A.J. Foyt Gilmore   (A.J. Foyt) Chevrolet 329 5175 running 0   8 7 5   Neil Bonnett Jim Stacy Dodge 329 7350 running 0 142 9 27 68   Janet Guthrie Kelly Girl   (Lynda Ferreri) Chevrolet 326 5125 running 0 138 10 20 9   Bill Elliott Dahlonega Ford Sales   (George Elliott) Mercury 326 3975 running 0 134 11 16 36   Ron Hutcherson Encyclopedia Britannica   (John Gwinn) Chevrolet 326 6025 running 0   12 25 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) Chevrolet 325 3575 running 0 127 13 35 57   Dick May McClure Motors   (Alfred McClure) Chevrolet 324 3475 running 0 124 14 33 48   James Hylton Hylton Engineering   (James Hylton) Chevrolet 324 5405 running 0 121 15 29 70   J.D. McDuffie J.D. McDuffie Chevrolet 323 5145 running 0 118 16 22 3   Richard Childress Kansas Jack   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 321 4960 running 0 115 17 30 67   Buddy Arrington Mistec Transmission   (Buddy Arrington) Dodge 318 4765 running 0 112 18 17 49   G.C. Spencer Lady & Son Auction   (G.C. Spencer) Dodge 301 2975 running 0 109 19 18 40   D.K. Ulrich Transit Damaged Freight   (J.R. DeLotto) Chevrolet 292 4405 running 0 106 20 34 05   Peter Knab Bearfinder   (Charles Dean) Chevrolet 286 2775 running 0 103 21 28 64   Tommy Gale Sunny King Ford & Honda   (Elmo Langley) Ford 286 2895 running 0 100 22 24 8   Ed Negre Ed Negre Dodge 242 2535 running 0 97 23 14 2   Dave Marcis CAM 2   (Roger Penske) Chevrolet 237 1875 engine 0   24 21 22   Ricky Rudd NAPA   (Al Rudd) Chevrolet 232 1750 running 0 91 25 41 30   Tighe Scott Scotty's Fashions   (Walter Ballard) Chevrolet 222 1840 ignition 0 88 26 15 12   Bobby Allison 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Bobby Allison) Matador 195 1305 engine 0 85 27 12 6   Tom Sneva Jim Stacy Dodge 194 1150 clutch 0   28 39 52   Jimmy Means Means Racing   (Bill Gray) Chevrolet 173 1245 engine 0 79 29 31 99   Dick Trickle Joe Frasson Chevrolet 141 1100 crash 0 76 30 19 54   Lennie Pond Ronnie Elder Chevrolet 131 1675 engine 0 73 31 37 75   Butch Hartman Hartman Autocar   (Butch Hartman) Chevrolet 120 965 engine 0 70 32 5 43   Richard Petty STP   (Petty Enterprises) Dodge 107 4415 suspension 25 72 33 23 79   Frank Warren Native Tan   (Frank Warren) Dodge 101 1425 engine 0 64 34 11 27   Sam Sommers M.C. Anderson Chevrolet 97 910 engine 0 61 35 10 92   Skip Manning 1st National City Travelers Checks   (Billy Hagan) Chevrolet 66 2395 engine 0 58 36 3 1   Donnie Allison Hawaiian Tropic   (Hoss Ellington) Chevrolet 27 5655 engine 25 60 37 40 24   Cecil Gordon Transmissions Unlimited   (Cecil Gordon) Chevrolet 26 1365 rear end 0 52 38 36 19   Dale Earnhardt Belden Asphalt / Holiday Campers   (Henley Gray) Chevrolet 25 1375 rear end 0 49 39 38 98   Roland Wlodyka Rod Osterlund Chevrolet 24 835 engine 0 46 40 32 23   Jim Raptis Opal's Truck Stop   (Opal Voight) Chevrolet 17 820 engine 0 43 41 26 47   Bruce Hill Bruce Hill Chevrolet 15 820 engine 0 40

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   David Pearson 1 2 2   Donnie Allison 3 27 25   Darrell Waltrip 28 30 3   Cale Yarborough 31 39 9   Richard Petty 40 59 20   Cale Yarborough 60 64 5   Benny Parsons 65 66 2   Richard Petty 67 67 1   Buddy Baker 68 68 1   Richard Petty 69 72 4   Cale Yarborough 73 73 1   Benny Parsons 74 88 15   Cale Yarborough 89 90 2   Buddy Baker 91 91 1   Benny Parsons 92 149 58   Buddy Baker 150 150 1   Benny Parsons 151 287 137   Cale Yarborough 288 296 9   Benny Parsons 297 334 38 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Cale Yarborough 4505     2   Benny Parsons 4127   -378   3   Richard Petty 4109   -396   4   Darrell Waltrip 4067   -438   5   Buddy Baker 3579   -926   6   Dick Brooks 3380   -1125   7   James Hylton 3124   -1381   8   Richard Childress 3120   -1385   9   Cecil Gordon 3030   -1475   10   Bobby Allison 3028   -1477   11   J.D. McDuffie 2917   -1588   12   Buddy Arrington 2902   -1603   13   Skip Manning 2854   -1651   14   David Pearson 2810   -1695   15   D.K. Ulrich 2628   -1877   16   Frank Warren 2609   -1896   17   Jimmy Means 2500   -2005   18   Ricky Rudd 2433   -2072   19   Tighe Scott 2349   -2156   20   Neil Bonnett 2331   -2174   21   Sam Sommers 2272   -2233