1977 Coca-Cola 500

Race 18 of 30

Pocono
200 laps
Time of race: 3:53:41
Average speed of winner: 128.379 mph
Margin of victory: 0.45 sec.
Lead changes: 47 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 22 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip pole, Pearson 1-2, Parsons 3-19, Pearson 20-24, Parsons 25-26, Pearson 27-33, Parsons 34, Allison 35, Petty 36-37, Waltrip 38-43, Parsons 44-48, Allison 49-51, Waltrip 52-57, Parsons 58, Waltrip 59, Pearson 60, Waltrip 61, Pearson 62-67, Waltrip 68-69, Parsons 70-72, Waltrip 73, Parsons 74-81, Pearson 82-83, Parsons 84-108, Yarborough 109, Parsons 110-112, Allison 113, Waltrip 114-115, Allison 116, Waltrip 117-122, Petty 123-124, Parsons 125-130, Petty 131-132, Parsons 133-134, Petty 135, Waltrip 136, Petty 137, Waltrip 138-139, Petty 140, Parsons 141-147, Waltrip 148, Parsons 149-152, Waltrip 153-156, Parsons 157, Waltrip 158-162, Parsons 163, Allison 164-168, Parsons 169-200

Race notes: Debut for Greg Heller, Jocko Maggiacomo, Nestor Peles, and Ronnie Thomas. Richard Petty took the points lead from Cale Yarborough.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		200	16	118	running	13700	185
2	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		200	6	9	running	10400	175
3	1	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		200	13	38	running	8600	170
4	2	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		200	5	11	running	5750	165
5	9	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			198	0	0	out of gas	5000	155
6	6	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		198	1	1	running	7400	155
7	12	Ricky Rudd	22	Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Al Rudd	Rudd		198	0	0	running	2800	146
8	11	Skip Manning	92	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Hagan			197	0	0	running	3730	142
9	21	Butch Hartman	75	Hartman	Chevrolet	Hartman			197	0	0	running	1900	138
10	15	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		194	0	0	running	3320	134
11	10	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl	Chevrolet	Ferreri			194	0	0	running	1600	130
12	18	Kenny Brightbill	84	Makar	Mercury	Makar			194	0	0	running	1500	127
13	25	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			192	0	0	running	2860	124
14	23	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			192	0	0	running	2640	121
15	20	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			191	0	0	running	2430	118
16	24	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			191	0	0	running	2220	115
17	14	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		189	0	0	running	1990	112
18	34	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Mihalic			189	0	0	running	955	114
19	17	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			187	0	0	running	1780	106
20	22	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			187	0	0	running	1045	103
21	13	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			184	0	0	running	1510	100
22	28	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			184	0	0	running	855	97
23	32	Nestor Peles	34	Peles Racing	Chevrolet	Peles			176	0	0	running	830	0
24	19	Dick May	57	McClure Motors	Ford	McClure Motors			160	0	0	ignition	805	91
25	26	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			160	0	0	running	1400	88
26	31	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	Jocko's Racing	Matador				150	0	0	steering	755	85
27	7	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		123	0	0	accident	3930	82
28	3	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		111	6	23	ball joint	1205	84
29	33	Greg Heller	85	Heller Triangle Spring	Ford	Heller			110	0	0	clutch	680	76
30	35	Gary Myers	4	Hick's Pharmacy	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			105	0	0	engine	655	73
31	29	Roland Wlodyka	98	Wlodyka	Chevrolet	Osterlund			97	0	0	accident	630	0
32	8	Sam Sommers	27	Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		50	0	0	piston	605	67
33	30	Ronnie Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			46	0	0	accident	1180	64
34	16	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	DeLotto			32	0	0	engine	1050	61
35	27	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			13	0	0	piston	540	58

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	2958	18	3	5	15	16
2	Cale Yarborough	2950	18	2	7	13	15
3	Benny Parsons	2723	18	1	2	12	13
4	Darrell Waltrip	2670	18	1	3	9	14
5	Buddy Baker	2428	18	0	0	6	13
6	Dick Brooks	2302	17	0	0	5	12
7	Cecil Gordon	2136	18	0	0	0	2
8	Richard Childress	2045	18	0	0	0	6
9	Bobby Allison	2035	18	0	0	4	8
10	James Hylton	1966	18	0	0	0	6
11	David Pearson	1893	13	3	1	9	9
12	J.D. McDuffie	1861	18	0	0	0	2
13	Skip Manning	1832	17	0	0	0	5
14	Buddy Arrington	1795	16	0	0	0	2
15	Dave Marcis	1685	13	0	0	5	7
16	D.K. Ulrich	1677	18	0	0	0	0
17	Frank Warren	1651	17	0	0	0	0
18	Jimmy Means	1649	16	0	0	0	4
19	Neil Bonnett	1537	13	4	0	2	5
20	Tighe Scott	1524	15	0	0	0	0
21	Sam Sommers	1367	12	0	0	0	5
22	Ricky Rudd	1350	13	0	0	0	4
23	Henley Gray	1214	14	0	0	0	0
24	Donnie Allison	1158	9	1	0	4	5
25	Ed Negre	1123	13	0	0	0	0