1977 Talladega 500

Race 19 of 30

Talladega
188 laps
Time of race: 3:04:37
Average speed of winner: 162.524 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 49 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 27 laps
Lap leaders: Parsons 1, Sommers 2-5, D. Allison 6, Yarborough 7, Parsons 8-35, Petty 36, Childress 37-39, Parsons 40-46, D. Allison 47, Waltrip 48, D. Allison 49-52, Waltrip 53-54, Parsons 55-58, Waltrip 59, Parsons 60-68, D. Allison 69-70, Parsons 71-72, Yarborough 73, D. Allison 74-83, Waltrip 84-85, D. Allison 86-89, Waltrip 90-92, D. Allison 93-107, Baker 108, D. Allison 109-111, Baker 112, D. Allison 113-117, Baker 118, D. Allison 119-124, Baker 125, D. Allison 126-128, Baker 129, D. Allison 130-132, Baker 133-134, D. Allison 135-138, Baker 139, Manning 140, D. Allison 141-150, Baker 151-152, D. Allison 153-156, Baker 157-159, D. Allison 160-164, Manning 165-172, D. Allison 173-175, Manning 176-177, D. Allison 178-179, Manning 180, D. Allison 181, Manning 182, D. Allison 183-188

Race notes: Debut for Steve Moore and Jim Raptis. Finale for David Sisco. Cale Yarborough took the points lead from Richard Petty.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		188	20	92	running	26375	185
2	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		188	2	2	running	18300	175
3	6	Skip Manning	92	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Hagan			188	5	13	running	14700	170
4	13	Ricky Rudd	22	Kockum's	Chevrolet	Al Rudd	Rudd		186	0	0	running	8000	160
5	25	Lennie Pond	54	U.S. Army	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			186	0	0	running	8050	155
6	23	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		186	9	13	running	8681	155
7	18	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		185	0	0	running	5350	146
8	22	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			183	0	0	running	5390	142
9	17	James Hylton	48	WSM-TV	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		182	0	0	running	4930	138
10	14	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			181	0	0	running	4710	134
11	11	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		180	1	1	running	6120	135
12	19	Buddy Arrington	67	Mr. Transmission	Dodge	Arrington			177	0	0	running	4250	127
13	35	Harold Miller	91	T&E Clothes	Chevrolet	Harold Miller			175	0	0	running	2620	124
14	34	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			171	0	0	running	3790	121
15	31	Grant Adcox	41	Krystal	Chevrolet	Adcox			151	0	0	electrical	2415	118
16	29	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			150	0	0	running	3375	115
17	26	Dick May	25	Asheville Savings Bank	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			148	0	0	engine	3165	112
18	24	D.K. Ulrich	40	Hair Shack	Chevrolet	DeLotto			144	0	0	running	2880	109
19	40	Steve Moore	07	Norris Price	Chevrolet	Norris Price			139	0	0	crank pulley	2165	0
20	5	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		118	1	3	engine	2795	108
21	12	Johnny Rutherford	51	Gilmore	Chevrolet	Foyt			114	0	0	fatigue	1865	0
22	7	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		106	5	9	engine	5515	102
23	20	Bill Elliott	9	Dahlonega Equipment	Mercury	George Elliott	Elliott		103	0	0	wheel cylinder	1765	94
24	1	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder	192.684	92	6	51	engine	8515	96
25	16	Neil Bonnett	5	Jim Stacy	Dodge	Stacy	Hyde		91	0	0	engine	1665	88
26	3	Sam Sommers	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		90	1	4	cylinder head	3015	90
27	15	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			89	0	0	valve	2185	82
28	38	David Sisco	16	Sisco	Chevrolet	Sisco			82	0	0	piston	2115	79
29	27	Butch Hartman	75	Hartman	Chevrolet	Hartman			69	0	0	cylinder head	1465	76
30	39	Jim Raptis	23	Opal's Truck Shop	Chevrolet	Voight			67	0	0	rocker stud	1070	0
31	30	G.C. Spencer	49	Lady & Son	Dodge	G.C. Spencer			58	0	0	transmission	1265	70
32	37	Joe Mihalic	61	Perfect Alignment	Chevrolet	Mihalic			43	0	0	engine	1240	67
33	33	Peter Knab	05	Bearfinder	Chevrolet	Charles Dean			41	0	0	piston	1215	64
34	9	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl	Chevrolet	Ferreri			39	0	0	engine	1190	61
35	8	Bruce Hill	47	T. Edwards	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			38	0	0	water pump	1165	58
36	36	Jimmy Means	98	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund			38	0	0	engine	875	55
37	21	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		37	0	0	overheating	1915	52
38	28	Marty Robbins	42	Robbins Racing	Dodge	Robbins			36	0	0	transmission	1090	49
39	32	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			34	0	0	head gasket	1565	46
40	10	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			1	0	0	drive shaft	965	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	3125	19	2	7	14	16
2	Richard Petty	3093	19	3	5	15	16
3	Benny Parsons	2819	19	2	2	12	13
4	Darrell Waltrip	2772	19	1	3	9	14
5	Buddy Baker	2583	19	0	0	6	14
6	Dick Brooks	2348	18	0	0	5	12
7	Cecil Gordon	2251	19	0	0	0	2
8	Bobby Allison	2181	19	0	0	4	9
9	Richard Childress	2153	19	0	0	0	6
10	James Hylton	2104	19	0	0	0	7
11	J.D. McDuffie	2003	19	0	0	0	3
12	Skip Manning	2002	18	0	0	1	6
13	David Pearson	1945	14	3	1	9	9
14	Buddy Arrington	1922	17	0	0	0	2
15	D.K. Ulrich	1786	19	0	0	0	0
16	Frank Warren	1785	18	0	0	0	1
17	Jimmy Means	1704	17	0	0	0	4
18	Dave Marcis	1685	13	0	0	5	7
19	Neil Bonnett	1625	14	4	0	2	5
20	Tighe Scott	1606	16	0	0	0	0
21	Ricky Rudd	1510	14	0	0	1	5
22	Sam Sommers	1457	13	0	0	0	5
23	Donnie Allison	1343	10	1	1	5	6
24	Henley Gray	1214	14	0	0	0	0
25	Ed Negre	1123	13	0	0	0	0