1977 Rebel 500

Race 7 of 30

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 3:53:18
Average speed of winner: 128.817 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 28 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 39 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson 1-37, D. Allison 38-63, Pearson 64-66, B. Allison 67, Pond 68-69, Parsons 70-73, Petty 74-86, B. Allison 87, Petty 88-101, Waltrip 102, Petty 103-118, Waltrip 119-135, Pearson 136-158, Petty 159-161, B. Allison 162, Pearson 163-221, Petty 222-234, Pearson 235-237, Petty 238, Pearson 239-271, Petty 272, Pearson 273-282, Petty 283-300, Waltrip 301, Petty 302-308, Pearson 309-321, Petty 322-340, Pearson 341-360, Waltrip 361-367

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Ifft		367	4	26	running	13870	180
2	3	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		367	1	26	running	8300	175
3	7	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		367	10	105	running	9550	170
4	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	151.269	367	9	201	running	6200	170
5	6	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		365	1	4	running	7520	160
6	10	Dave Marcis	2	Cam 2	Chevrolet	Penske			365	0	0	running	6920	150
7	5	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		363	0	0	running	6520	146
8	13	G.C. Spencer	49	Lady & Son	Dodge	G.C. Spencer			352	0	0	running	3245	142
9	8	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			351	0	0	accident	5170	138
10	15	Bruce Hill	47	Hill	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			350	0	0	running	2745	134
11	18	Butch Hartman	75	Hartman	Chevrolet	Hartman			347	0	0	running	2520	130
12	17	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			346	0	0	running	4320	127
13	11	Sam Sommers	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson			346	0	0	running	2670	124
14	24	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			341	0	0	running	3800	121
15	36	Gary Myers	4	Spencer's Body Wear	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			336	0	0	running	1970	118
16	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		330	0	0	running	6650	115
17	26	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		313	0	0	engine	3290	112
18	30	Ferrel Harris	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			310	0	0	running	3080	109
19	22	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			305	0	0	accident	2860	106
20	19	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			303	0	0	running	1420	103
21	20	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			277	0	0	running	2605	100
22	27	Ricky Rudd	22	Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Rudd	Rudd		259	0	0	oil pressure	1300	97
23	23	Skip Manning	92	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Hagan			250	0	0	piston	2295	94
24	16	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			243	0	0	crankshaft	2085	91
25	32	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Mihalic			234	0	0	engine	1065	88
26	35	Tighe Scott	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			198	0	0	engine	845	85
27	34	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			194	0	0	engine	1675	82
28	33	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			184	0	0	rear end housing	1455	79
29	9	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		161	3	3	battery	810	81
30	25	Terry Bivins	69	Jayhawk Sports	Chevrolet	Jayhawk Sports			154	0	0	engine	880	73
31	14	Lennie Pond	54	Elder-Ranier	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			134	1	2	oil leak	1480	75
32	28	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		123	0	0	engine	1415	67
33	12	Neil Bonnett	71	Army	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		83	0	0	engine	3990	64
34	20	D.K. Ulrich	40	Transit Damaged Freight	Chevrolet	DeLotto			62	0	0	engine	1385	61
35	29	Dean Dalton	7	Dalton	Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			25	0	0	engine	780	58
36	31	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			8	0	0	cylinder wall	775	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	1180	7	1	3	5	6
2	Richard Petty	1115	7	1	2	5	6
3	Darrell Waltrip	1106	7	0	1	3	7
4	Buddy Baker	1066	7	0	0	4	6
5	Benny Parsons	992	7	0	0	4	4
6	Dave Marcis	932	7	0	0	2	4
7	Cecil Gordon	866	7	0	0	0	1
8	Richard Childress	860	7	0	0	0	3
9	James Hylton	789	7	0	0	0	4
10	Neil Bonnett	771	7	2	0	1	2
11	Dick Brooks	721	6	0	0	1	3
12	J.D. McDuffie	706	7	0	0	0	0
13	David Pearson	702	5	1	1	3	3
14	Bobby Allison	699	7	0	0	2	2
15	D.K. Ulrich	652	7	0	0	0	0
16	Buddy Arrington	646	6	0	0	0	1
17	Frank Warren	633	7	0	0	0	0
18	Ed Negre	616	7	0	0	0	0
19	Jimmy Means	585	6	0	0	0	1
20	Donnie Allison	583	4	1	0	3	3
21	Tighe Scott	576	6	0	0	0	0
22	Skip Manning	564	6	0	0	0	1
23	Henley Gray	552	6	0	0	0	0
24	Terry Bivins	482	5	0	0	0	0
25	Sam Sommers	464	4	0	0	0	1