1977 Cam 2 Motor Oil 400

Race 15 of 30

Michigan
200 laps
Time of race: 2:57:44
Average speed of winner: 135.033 mph
Margin of victory: 10 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson pole, Parsons 1-2, Yarborough 3-4, Petty 5-7, Waltrip 8, Petty 9-10, Rudd 11-18, Yarborough 19-21, Pearson 22-25, Yarborough 26-57, D. Allison 58-60, Marcis 61-69, Parsons 70-71, Marcis 72-120, Yarborough 121, Marcis 122-126, Parsons 127-130, Yarborough 131-134, Marcis 135-136, Yarborough 137-200

Race notes: Debut for Roland Wlodyka.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		200	6	106	running	15475	185
2	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		200	2	5	running	11225	175
3	2	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		200	3	8	running	8850	170
4	6	Dave Marcis	2	Cam 2	Chevrolet	Penske			199	4	65	running	4350	165
5	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	159.175	199	1	4	running	4350	160
6	7	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		199	0	0	running	5750	150
7	10	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			197	0	0	running	4700	146
8	9	Sam Sommers	27	Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		197	0	0	running	2650	142
9	17	Butch Hartman	75	Hartman	Chevrolet	Hartman			196	0	0	running	2050	138
10	16	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		195	0	0	running	3800	134
11	26	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		195	0	0	running	3880	130
12	24	Bill Seifert	03	Spirit of Public Enterprises	Chevrolet				194	0	0	running	1750	127
13	33	Marty Robbins	42	Robbins Racing	Dodge	Robbins			193	0	0	running	1500	124
14	25	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			193	0	0	running	2845	121
15	14	Bill Elliott	9	Dahlonega Equipment	Ford	George Elliott	Elliott		192	0	0	running	1330	118
16	28	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	DeLotto			192	0	0	running	3060	115
17	19	Terry Ryan	81	Valvoline	Chevrolet	Monaghan			191	0	0	running	1225	112
18	34	Bobby Wawak	74	Clear-Lam	Chevrolet	Wawak			191	0	0	running	1200	0
19	35	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			189	0	0	running	2865	106
20	27	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			189	0	0	running	2680	103
21	21	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			189	0	0	running	2395	100
22	32	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			186	0	0	running	2160	97
23	22	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			182	0	0	running	1975	94
24	8	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		176	1	3	engine	1050	96
25	20	David Sisco	16	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			174	0	0	running	1665	88
26	12	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl	Chevrolet	Ferreri			170	0	0	running	1000	85
27	11	Skip Manning	92	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Hagan			159	0	0	engine	1605	82
28	13	Ricky Rudd	22	Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Rudd	Rudd		131	1	8	engine	950	84
29	36	Roland Wlodyka	91	Wlodyka	Chevrolet	Osterlund			127	0	0	transmission	935	0
30	18	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			112	0	0	engine	1535	73
31	29	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			100	0	0	engine	1500	70
32	15	Bruce Hill	47	T. Edwards	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			92	0	0	drive shaft	890	67
33	31	John Kennedy	0	Avanti CB	Ford	John Kennedy			66	0	0	engine	880	64
34	23	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		59	0	0	engine	1320	61
35	5	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Dieringer		49	1	1	engine	4010	63
36	30	Ferrel Harris	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			9	0	0	engine	1300	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	2531	15	2	7	12	13
2	Richard Petty	2428	15	3	4	12	13
3	Benny Parsons	2254	15	0	1	10	11
4	Darrell Waltrip	2140	15	1	2	6	11
5	Buddy Baker	2050	15	0	0	6	11
6	Dick Brooks	1854	14	0	0	3	9
7	Cecil Gordon	1803	15	0	0	0	2
8	Richard Childress	1745	15	0	0	0	6
9	Dave Marcis	1685	13	0	0	5	7
10	James Hylton	1680	15	0	0	0	5
11	David Pearson	1649	11	3	1	8	8
12	Bobby Allison	1578	15	0	0	2	6
13	J.D. McDuffie	1507	15	0	0	0	1
14	D.K. Ulrich	1455	15	0	0	0	0
15	Buddy Arrington	1442	13	0	0	0	1
16	Skip Manning	1429	14	0	0	0	3
17	Jimmy Means	1367	13	0	0	0	4
18	Frank Warren	1318	14	0	0	0	0
19	Neil Bonnett	1285	11	3	0	2	4
20	Tighe Scott	1194	12	0	0	0	0
21	Henley Gray	1102	13	0	0	0	0
22	Sam Sommers	1075	9	0	0	0	4
23	Ricky Rudd	1015	10	0	0	0	2
24	Ed Negre	1008	12	0	0	0	0
25	Donnie Allison	1003	8	1	0	4	4