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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 5th, 1977

Race #22 of the 1977 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 367
  • Miles: 501.3
  • Average Speed: 106.797 mph
  • Cautions: 6
  • Caution Laps: 93
  • Lead Changes: 32
#12 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Ryan Blaney, driver of the #12 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 5 21 David Pearson Mercury 180 175 5 367 60 Running
2 7 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 175 170 5 367 109 Running
3 3 15 Buddy Baker Ford 165 165 0 367 0 Running
4 6 43 Richard Petty Dodge 165 160 5 365 1 Running
5 4 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 160 155 5 362 70 Running
6 1 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 160 150 10 360 123 Running
7 18 22 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 146 146 0 360 0 Running
8 12 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 142 142 0 360 0 Running
9 28 47 Bruce Hill Chevrolet 138 138 0 357 0 Running
10 16 52 Bill Elliott Ford 134 134 0 355 0 Running
11 25 8 Ed Negre Dodge 130 130 0 352 0 Running
12 19 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 127 127 0 350 0 Running
13 22 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 124 124 0 348 0 Running
14 31 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 121 121 0 344 0 Running
15 30 4 Gary Myers Chevrolet 118 118 0 343 0 Running
16 26 68 Janet Guthrie Chevrolet 115 115 0 339 0 Running
17 38 79 Frank Warren Dodge 112 112 0 338 0 Running
18 11 64 Tommy Gale Ford 109 109 0 335 0 Running
19 34 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 106 106 0 333 0 Running
20 40 69 Mike Kempton Chevrolet 103 103 0 324 0 Running
21 36 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 100 100 0 321 0 Running
22 35 19 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 97 97 0 319 0 Running
23 21 01 Earle Canavan Dodge 94 94 0 311 0 Running
24 29 91 Terry Bivins Chevrolet 91 91 0 290 0 Engine
25 2 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 93 88 5 289 2 Engine
26 10 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 85 85 0 287 0 Engine
27 23 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 82 82 0 257 0 Running
28 9 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 84 79 5 250 2 Crash
29 17 27 Sam Sommers Chevrolet 76 76 0 219 0 Crash
30 39 08 Ralph Jones Ford 73 73 0 179 0 Crash
31 32 10 Dick May Ford 70 70 0 169 0 Engine
32 33 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 67 67 0 148 0 Suspension
33 37 25 Ferrel Harris Chevrolet 64 64 0 100 0 Engine
34 15 90 Dick Brooks Ford 61 61 0 68 0 Crash
35 20 75 Butch Hartman Chevrolet 58 58 0 61 0 Crash
36 27 98 Roland Wlodyka Chevrolet 55 55 0 57 0 Suspension
37 13 49 GC Spencer Dodge 52 52 0 26 0 Crash
38 14 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 49 49 0 23 0 Crash
39 8 12 Bobby Allison AMC 46 46 0 21 0 Engine
40 24 61 Joe Mihalic Chevrolet 43 43 0 12 0 Engine