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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

American 500

North Carolina Speedway

October 23rd, 1977

Race #28 of the 1977 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: Shortened : 492
  • Miles: 500.4
  • Average Speed: 113.584 mph
  • Cautions: 9
  • Caution Laps: 75
  • Lead Changes: 24
#3 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: The #3 NASCAR Next Gen car is seen in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 185 175 10 492 374 Running
2 5 43 Richard Petty Dodge 175 170 5 492 5 Running
3 4 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 170 165 5 492 8 Running
4 2 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 165 160 5 490 81 Running
5 6 90 Dick Brooks Ford 155 155 0 489 0 Running
6 17 12 Bobby Allison AMC 150 150 0 488 0 Running
7 3 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 146 146 0 482 0 Running
8 10 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 142 142 0 478 0 Running
9 14 68 Janet Guthrie Chevrolet 138 138 0 476 0 Running
10 20 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 134 134 0 473 0 Running
11 24 74 Bobby Wawak Chevrolet 130 130 0 471 0 Running
12 22 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 127 127 0 471 0 Running
13 19 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 124 124 0 464 0 Running
14 27 19 Dick May Chevrolet 121 121 0 456 0 Running
15 29 64 Tommy Gale Ford 118 118 0 441 0 Running
16 35 45 Baxter Price Chevrolet 115 115 0 437 0 Running
17 11 27 Sam Sommers Chevrolet 112 112 0 425 0 Running
18 32 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 109 109 0 423 0 Running
19 36 10 Dean Dalton Ford 106 106 0 391 0 Engine
20 25 4 Randy Myers Chevrolet 103 103 0 377 0 Crash
21 23 61 Joe Mihalic Chevrolet 100 100 0 340 0 Engine
22 30 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 97 97 0 326 0 Engine
23 21 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 94 94 0 319 0 Engine
24 31 8 Ed Negre Dodge 91 91 0 276 0 Engine
25 16 22 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 88 88 0 234 0 Engine
26 13 47 Bruce Hill Chevrolet 85 85 0 230 0 Engine
27 7 21 David Pearson Mercury 82 82 0 220 0 Engine
28 8 5 Neil Bonnett Dodge 84 79 5 216 24 Engine
29 9 15 Buddy Baker Ford 76 76 0 197 0 Crash
30 28 25 Ronnie Thomas Chevrolet 73 73 0 131 0 Rear end
31 18 98 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 70 70 0 128 0 Engine
32 33 46 Travis Tiller Chevrolet 67 67 0 103 0 Engine
33 15 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 64 64 0 95 0 Engine
34 34 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 61 61 0 77 0 Crash
35 26 79 Frank Warren Dodge 58 58 0 68 0 Engine
36 12 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 55 55 0 66 0 Engine