1977 American 500

Race 28 of 30

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:24:18
Average speed of winner: 113.584 mph
Margin of victory: 7.8 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 9 for 75 laps
Lap leaders: D. Allison 1-87, Bonnett 88-93, Yarborough 94-100, D. Allison 101-126, Petty 127, Bonnett 128-135, D. Allison 136-190, Yarborough 191-195, Bonnett 196-203, Petty 204-205, Waltrip 206-209, Bonnett 210-211, Yarborough 212-238, Petty 239, Yarborough 240-260, D. Allison 261-295, Yarborough 296-309, D. Allison 310-352, Yarborough 353-354, Waltrip 355-358, D. Allison 359-413, Petty 414, D. Allison 415, Yarborough 416-420, D. Allison 421-492

Race notes: Finale for Dean Dalton. Only start for Ronny Myers.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman	138.685	492	8	374	running	12110	185
2	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		492	4	5	running	11150	175
3	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		492	2	8	running	8950	170
4	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		490	7	81	running	9150	165
5	6	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			489	0	0	running	6050	155
6	17	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		488	0	0	running	4850	150
7	3	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		482	0	0	running	6200	146
8	10	Skip Manning	92	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Hagan			478	0	0	running	4430	142
9	14	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl	Chevrolet	Ferreri			476	0	0	running	3000	138
10	20	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			473	0	0	running	3820	134
11	24	Bobby Wawak	74	Wawak	Chevrolet	Wawak			471	0	0	running	2100	130
12	22	Buddy Arrington	67	Mr. Transmission	Dodge	Arrington			471	0	0	running	3360	127
13	19	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		464	0	0	running	3070	124
14	27	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			456	0	0	running	2830	121
15	29	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			441	0	0	running	2620	118
16	35	Baxter Price	45	County Line Food Store	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			437	0	0	running	1900	115
17	11	Sam Sommers	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		425	0	0	running	1300	112
18	32	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		423	0	0	running	2210	109
19	36	Dean Dalton	10	R.T.'s Lounge	Ford	Bill Champion			391	0	0	engine	1100	106
20	25	Randy Myers	4	Gary Myers	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			377	0	0	accident	1000	0
21	23	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Mihalic			340	0	0	piston	825	100
22	30	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			326	0	0	engine	1150	97
23	21	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			319	0	0	engine	1415	94
24	31	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			276	0	0	engine	1380	91
25	16	Ricky Rudd	22	Al Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Al Rudd	Rudd		234	0	0	push rod	920	88
26	13	Bruce Hill	47	Hill	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			230	0	0	engine	700	85
27	7	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		220	0	0	valve	1175	82
28	8	Neil Bonnett	5	Jim Stacy	Dodge	Stacy	Hyde		216	4	24	cylinder wall	3330	84
29	9	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		197	0	0	accident	3820	76
30	28	Ronnie Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			131	0	0	rear end	1210	73
31	18	Dave Marcis	98	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund			128	0	0	engine	625	70
32	33	Travis Tiller	46	Little B Coal	Chevrolet	Tiller			103	0	0	rocker arm	590	67
33	15	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	DeLotto			95	0	0	engine	1080	64
34	34	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			77	0	0	accident	1070	61
35	26	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			68	0	0	engine	1060	58
36	12	Lennie Pond	54	Elder Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			66	0	0	engine	1050	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	4670	28	3	9	23	25
2	Richard Petty	4284	28	4	5	19	21
3	Benny Parsons	4273	28	3	4	19	21
4	Darrell Waltrip	4237	28	2	5	15	23
5	Buddy Baker	3655	28	0	0	8	18
6	Dick Brooks	3535	27	0	0	7	19
7	James Hylton	3248	28	0	0	0	10
8	Richard Childress	3229	28	0	0	0	10
9	Bobby Allison	3178	28	0	0	5	13
10	Cecil Gordon	3124	28	0	0	0	2
11	J.D. McDuffie	3051	28	0	0	0	4
12	Buddy Arrington	3029	26	0	0	0	5
13	Skip Manning	2996	27	0	0	1	8
14	David Pearson	2892	20	5	2	14	14
15	D.K. Ulrich	2692	28	0	0	0	0
16	Frank Warren	2667	27	0	0	0	1
17	Jimmy Means	2597	25	0	0	0	6
18	Ricky Rudd	2521	23	0	0	1	8
19	Neil Bonnett	2415	21	6	1	4	8
20	Tighe Scott	2410	24	0	0	1	1
21	Sam Sommers	2384	21	0	0	2	8
22	Ed Negre	2074	22	0	0	0	0
23	Donnie Allison	1928	15	2	2	8	9
24	Janet Guthrie	1826	17	0	0	0	4
25	Dave Marcis	1755	16	0	0	5	7