1977 Southern 500

Race 22 of 30

Darlington
367 laps
Time of race: 4:41:48
Average speed of winner: 106.797 mph
Margin of victory: 2.5 sec.
Lead changes: 32 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 93 laps
Lap leaders: Waltrip 1-5, Parsons 6-7, Waltrip 8-26, Yarborough 27-32, Waltrip 33, Yarborough 34, Waltrip 35-40, Yarborough 41-44, Waltrip 45-66, D. Allison 67, Petty 68, Yarborough 69-74, Waltrip 75-99, Yarborough 100-106, Waltrip 107-115, Yarborough 116-126, Waltrip 127-128, Yarborough 129-137, Pond 138-139, Yarborough 140-157, Waltrip 158-161, Yarborough 162-167, Waltrip 168, Yarborough 169, Pearson 170-184, D. Allison 185-205, Waltrip 206-226, Yarborough 227, Waltrip 228-235, D. Allison 236-238, Pearson 239-259, D. Allison 260-343, Pearson 344-367

Race notes: Finale for Terry Bivins.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		367	3	60	running	17300	180
2	7	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		367	4	109	running	12260	175
3	3	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		367	0	0	running	10435	165
4	6	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		365	1	1	running	9735	165
5	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		362	11	70	running	12435	160
6	1	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott	153.493	360	12	123	running	12575	160
7	18	Ricky Rudd	22	Al Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Al Rudd	Rudd		360	0	0	running	6900	146
8	12	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		360	0	0	running	6400	142
9	28	Bruce Hill	47	T. Edwards	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			357	0	0	running	3550	0
10	16	Bill Elliott	52	Elliott	Ford	George Elliott			355	0	0	running	4930	134
11	25	Ed Negre	8	G&M Used Cars	Dodge	Negre			352	0	0	running	5020	130
12	19	J.D. McDuffie	70	Bailey Excavating	Chevrolet	McDuffie			350	0	0	running	4810	127
13	22	James Hylton	48	Jerry's Truck Stop	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		348	0	0	running	4590	124
14	31	Buddy Arrington	67	Mr. Transmission	Dodge	Arrington			344	0	0	running	4330	121
15	30	Gary Myers	4	Myers Roofing	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			343	0	0	running	2700	118
16	26	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl	Chevrolet	Ferreri			339	0	0	running	2700	115
17	38	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			338	0	0	running	3770	112
18	11	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			335	0	0	running	3410	109
19	34	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			333	0	0	running	3100	106
20	40	Mike Kempton	69	Jayhawk Sports	Chevrolet	Jayhawk Sports			324	0	0	running	2050	103
21	36	Baxter Price	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			321	0	0	running	1900	100
22	35	Bobby Wawak	19	Clear-Lam	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			319	0	0	running	2465	97
23	21	Earle Canavan	01	Canavan Racing	Dodge	Canavan			311	0	0	running	1750	94
24	29	Terry Bivins	91	T&E Clothes	Chevrolet	Harold Miller			290	0	0	engine	1700	91
25	2	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		289	1	2	engine	5425	93
26	10	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			287	0	0	engine	1500	0
27	23	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	DeLotto			257	0	0	running	2105	82
28	9	Lennie Pond	54	Carolina Construction	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			250	1	2	accident	2120	79
29	17	Sam Sommers	27	Army	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		219	0	0	accident	1425	76
30	39	Ralph Jones	08	Jones	Ford	Ralph Jones			179	0	0	accident	1900	73
31	32	Dick May	10	R.T.'s Lounge	Ford	Bill Champion			169	0	0	engine	1400	70
32	33	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			148	0	0	sway bar	1950	67
33	37	Ferrel Harris	25	Red Robinson Used Cars	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			100	0	0	engine	1825	64
34	15	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			68	0	0	accident	1900	61
35	20	Butch Hartman	75	Hartman	Chevrolet	Hartman			61	0	0	accident	1275	58
36	27	Roland Wlodyka	98	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund			57	0	0	control arm	1310	55
37	13	G.C. Spencer	49	Lady & Son	Dodge	G.C. Spencer			26	0	0	accident	1425	52
38	14	Skip Manning	92	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Hagan			23	0	0	accident	1850	49
39	8	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		21	0	0	engine	1160	46
40	24	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Mihalic			12	0	0	head gasket	1140	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	3635	22	3	8	17	19
2	Richard Petty	3507	22	3	5	16	18
3	Darrell Waltrip	3287	22	2	4	11	17
4	Benny Parsons	3252	22	2	2	14	15
5	Buddy Baker	2944	22	0	0	7	15
6	Dick Brooks	2719	21	0	0	6	14
7	Cecil Gordon	2539	22	0	0	0	2
8	Richard Childress	2501	22	0	0	0	8
9	James Hylton	2481	22	0	0	0	8
10	Bobby Allison	2391	22	0	0	4	9
11	J.D. McDuffie	2342	22	0	0	0	3
12	Skip Manning	2324	21	0	0	1	7
13	David Pearson	2300	16	4	2	11	11
14	Buddy Arrington	2298	20	0	0	0	3
15	Frank Warren	2115	21	0	0	0	1
16	D.K. Ulrich	2107	22	0	0	0	0
17	Tighe Scott	1958	19	0	0	1	1
18	Ricky Rudd	1917	17	0	0	1	7
19	Jimmy Means	1898	19	0	0	0	4
20	Sam Sommers	1801	16	0	0	1	6
21	Neil Bonnett	1742	15	4	0	2	5
22	Dave Marcis	1685	14	0	0	5	7
23	Donnie Allison	1518	11	1	1	6	7
24	Ed Negre	1450	16	0	0	0	0
25	Janet Guthrie	1293	13	0	0	0	2