1977 Mason-Dixon 500

Race 12 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:03:26
Average speed of winner: 123.327 mph
Margin of victory: 6.2 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 10 laps
Lap leaders: Petty 1-47, Pearson 48-74, Yarborough 75-109, Waltrip 110, Yarborough 111-116, Pearson 117-287, Petty 288-291, Parsons 292-301, Pearson 302-377, Yarborough 378-380, Pearson 381-403, Yarborough 404-500

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		500	4	141	running	15400	180
2	4	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		500	4	297	running	8000	180
3	1	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman	136.033	499	2	51	running	8600	170
4	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Dieringer		496	1	1	running	6700	165
5	8	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			496	0	0	running	5250	155
6	2	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		495	1	10	running	5750	155
7	11	Lennie Pond	54	Elder Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			494	0	0	running	4000	146
8	5	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		493	0	0	running	3280	142
9	7	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		490	0	0	running	5000	138
10	10	Morgan Shepherd	84	Ridge Plumbing	Mercury	Makar			486	0	0	running	1700	134
11	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Hickory Garage	Dodge	Arrington			482	0	0	running	3120	130
12	25	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			480	0	0	running	2960	127
13	12	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			480	0	0	running	2865	124
14	15	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			479	0	0	running	2605	121
15	26	Ed Negre	8	Jones	Dodge	Negre			475	0	0	running	2395	118
16	21	Dick May	57	McClure Motors	Ford	McClure Motors			473	0	0	running	1200	115
17	9	Skip Manning	92	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Hagan			469	0	0	running	2135	112
18	23	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			454	0	0	running	1900	109
19	33	Ferrel Harris	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			449	0	0	running	1640	106
20	18	D.K. Ulrich	40	Lafayette Radio	Chevrolet	DeLotto			407	0	0	running	1530	103
21	19	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		389	0	0	water pump	1420	100
22	30	Gary Myers	4	Hick's Pharmacy	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			371	0	0	steering	775	97
23	28	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			313	0	0	transmission	1200	94
24	32	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			303	0	0	overheating	1200	91
25	34	Earl Brooks	33	Smith Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Handy and Sons			274	0	0	head gasket	675	88
26	22	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			247	0	0	engine	1250	85
27	20	Ricky Rudd	22	Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Rudd	Rudd		190	0	0	oil pump	625	82
28	29	Rick Newsom	20	Gillespie Painting	Ford	Newsom			176	0	0	valve	600	79
29	14	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			139	0	0	piston	650	76
30	16	David Sisco	16	Bel Air Datsun	Chevrolet	Sisco			126	0	0	oil pump	1050	73
31	36	Elmo Langley	95	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			119	0	0	oil pan	540	70
32	31	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			97	0	0	control arm	1030	67
33	13	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		82	0	0	piston	1020	64
34	27	Dean Dalton	7	Dalton	Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			40	0	0	clutch	510	61
35	17	Bruce Hill	47	T. Edwards	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			34	0	0	cylinder head	500	58
36	35	Raymond Williams	10	Champion	Ford	Bill Champion			0	0	0	engine	490	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	2085	12	2	6	10	11
2	Richard Petty	1883	12	2	2	9	10
3	Darrell Waltrip	1837	12	1	2	6	10
4	Benny Parsons	1832	12	0	1	8	9
5	Buddy Baker	1590	12	0	0	4	8
6	Cecil Gordon	1468	12	0	0	0	1
7	Dave Marcis	1460	11	0	0	4	6
8	Dick Brooks	1439	11	0	0	3	7
9	Richard Childress	1421	12	0	0	0	5
10	James Hylton	1350	12	0	0	0	5
11	Bobby Allison	1286	12	0	0	2	5
12	J.D. McDuffie	1252	12	0	0	0	1
13	D.K. Ulrich	1149	12	0	0	0	0
14	Jimmy Means	1140	11	0	0	0	4
15	David Pearson	1139	8	1	1	5	5
16	Neil Bonnett	1139	10	3	0	2	3
17	Buddy Arrington	1121	10	0	0	0	1
18	Skip Manning	1079	11	0	0	0	1
19	Frank Warren	1042	11	0	0	0	0
20	Tighe Scott	1009	10	0	0	0	0
21	Henley Gray	956	11	0	0	0	0
22	Ed Negre	950	11	0	0	0	0
23	Donnie Allison	838	6	1	0	4	4
24	Ricky Rudd	814	8	0	0	0	2
25	Sam Sommers	795	7	0	0	0	2