Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 20th, 1977

Race #5 of the 1977 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 328
  • Miles: 505.1
  • Average Speed: 144.093 mph
  • Cautions: 2
  • Caution Laps: 11
  • Lead Changes: 15
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 1 43 Richard Petty Dodge 180 175 5 328 112 Running
2 3 21 David Pearson Mercury 175 170 5 328 80 Running
3 5 11 Cale Yarborough Chevrolet 175 165 10 327 136 Running
4 2 1 Donnie Allison Chevrolet 160 160 0 327 0 Running
5 7 15 Buddy Baker Ford 155 155 0 326 0 Running
6 11 2 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 150 150 0 326 0 Running
7 6 88 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 146 146 0 325 0 Running
8 15 14 Coo Coo Marlin Chevrolet 142 142 0 322 0 Running
9 14 54 Lennie Pond Chevrolet 138 138 0 321 0 Running
10 19 47 Bruce Hill Chevrolet 134 134 0 320 0 Running
11 26 67 Buddy Arrington Dodge 130 130 0 319 0 Running
12 9 71 Neil Bonnett Dodge 127 127 0 318 0 Running
13 10 27 Sam Sommers Chevrolet 124 124 0 317 0 Running
14 32 84 Jody Ridley Mercury 121 121 0 316 0 Running
15 12 60 Ramo Stott Chevrolet 118 118 0 315 0 Running
16 41 24 Cecil Gordon Chevrolet 115 115 0 308 0 Running
17 30 91 Harold Miller Chevrolet 112 112 0 305 0 Running
18 27 26 Jimmy Lee Capps Chevrolet 109 109 0 304 0 Running
19 13 3 Richard Childress Chevrolet 106 106 0 303 0 Engine
20 39 52 Jimmy Means Chevrolet 103 103 0 295 0 Running
21 31 49 GC Spencer Dodge 100 100 0 293 0 Rear end
22 24 64 Tommy Gale Ford 97 97 0 288 0 Running
23 22 90 Dick Brooks Ford 94 94 0 277 0 Clutch
24 33 25 Terry Bivins Chevrolet 91 91 0 259 0 Engine
25 42 30 Tighe Scott Chevrolet 88 88 0 248 0 Piston
26 8 72 Benny Parsons Chevrolet 85 85 0 239 0 Engine
27 37 79 Frank Warren Dodge 82 82 0 237 0 Engine
28 17 92 Skip Manning Chevrolet 79 79 0 233 0 Transmission
29 29 40 DK Ulrich Chevrolet 76 76 0 230 0 Overheating
30 34 68 Janet Guthrie Chevrolet 73 73 0 215 0 Engine
31 21 70 JD McDuffie Chevrolet 70 70 0 208 0 Engine
32 18 9 Bill Elliott Ford 67 67 0 198 0 Engine
33 36 19 Henley Gray Chevrolet 64 64 0 180 0 Engine
34 4 51 AJ Foyt Chevrolet 61 61 0 157 0 Quit
35 35 80 Phil Finney Chevrolet 58 58 0 148 0 Engine
36 20 29 Elliott Forbes-Robinson Dodge 55 55 0 139 0 Engine
37 28 7 Dean Dalton Chevrolet 52 52 0 133 0 Engine
38 25 48 James Hylton Chevrolet 49 49 0 121 0 Engine
39 40 16 Ed Negre Chevrolet 46 46 0 77 0 Engine
40 23 77 Johnny Rutherford Chevrolet 43 43 0 50 0 Engine
41 16 12 Bobby Allison AMC 40 40 0 41 0 Engine
42 38 35 Jim Hurtubise Ford 37 37 0 0 0 Ignition