1977 Delaware 500

Race 24 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:21:32
Average speed of winner: 114.708 mph
Margin of victory: 23.3 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Bonnett pole, Yarborough 1-10, D. Allison 11-17, Bonnett 18-37, D. Allison 38-112, Parsons 113-117, D. Allison 118-205, Parsons 206-217, D. Allison 218-250, Parsons 251-500

Race notes: Finale for Marv Acton and Jim Hurtubise. Only start for Steve Stolarek.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		500	3	267	running	13900	185
2	6	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		500	0	0	running	8200	170
3	2	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		499	1	10	running	9900	170
4	4	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		498	4	203	running	3500	165
5	9	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		497	0	0	running	6200	155
6	3	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		495	0	0	running	5500	150
7	5	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		493	0	0	running	4250	146
8	10	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			492	0	0	running	3900	142
9	11	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		489	0	0	running	3130	138
10	20	Sam Sommers	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson	Ifft		483	0	0	running	2200	134
11	15	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl	Chevrolet	Ferreri			483	0	0	running	1600	130
12	13	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			482	0	0	running	3020	127
13	37	Buddy Arrington	67	Mr. Transmission	Dodge	Arrington			482	0	0	running	2885	124
14	16	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			477	0	0	unexplained	2190	121
15	21	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			474	0	0	running	2505	118
16	18	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		471	0	0	running	2320	115
17	1	Neil Bonnett	5	Jim Stacy	Dodge	Stacy	Hyde	134.233	469	1	20	water pump	1625	0
18	30	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Mihalic			451	0	0	running	1050	109
19	26	Skip Manning	92	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Hagan			422	0	0	running	2010	106
20	24	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			414	0	0	running	1750	103
21	33	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			402	0	0	engine	1440	100
22	27	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			372	0	0	running	1405	97
23	8	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		301	0	0	engine	3925	94
24	22	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			288	0	0	engine	1320	91
25	28	Ronnie Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			271	0	0	running	1275	88
26	31	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			270	0	0	engine	1150	85
27	34	Rick Newsom	6	Newsom	Chevrolet	Newsom			253	0	0	overheating	625	0
28	35	Jocko Maggiacomo	63	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Maggiacomo			203	0	0	water pump	600	79
29	32	Dean Dalton	7	Dalton	Dodge	Dean Dalton			200	0	0	steering	575	76
30	14	Lennie Pond	54	Elder Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			190	0	0	sway bar	1050	0
31	23	D.K. Ulrich	40	Lafayette Radio	Chevrolet	DeLotto			179	0	0	clutch	1040	70
32	12	Ricky Rudd	22	Al Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Al Rudd	Rudd		178	0	0	piston	530	67
33	19	Bill Seifert	03	Rogers	Chevrolet				152	0	0	vibration	520	64
34	36	Gary Myers	4	Hick's Pharmacy	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			102	0	0	steering	510	61
35	39	Nestor Peles	34	Peles Racing	Chevrolet	Peles			33	0	0	steering	500	58
36	40	Steve Stolarek	07	Norris Price	Chevrolet	Norris Price			21	0	0	wheel cylinder	490	55
37	38	Baxter Price	45	Tire King	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			17	0	0	radiator	480	52
38	25	Marv Acton	98	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund			16	0	0	accident	470	0
39	29	Jim Hurtubise	0	Avanti CB	Ford	John Kennedy			12	0	0	accident	460	46
40	17	Kenny Brightbill	84	Makar	Mercury	Makar			12	0	0	accident	450	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	3970	24	3	8	19	21
2	Richard Petty	3776	24	3	5	17	19
3	Benny Parsons	3607	24	3	3	16	17
4	Darrell Waltrip	3588	24	2	4	12	19
5	Buddy Baker	3176	24	0	0	7	16
6	Dick Brooks	3003	23	0	0	6	16
7	Cecil Gordon	2751	24	0	0	0	2
8	Richard Childress	2737	24	0	0	0	9
9	James Hylton	2734	24	0	0	0	9
10	Bobby Allison	2684	24	0	0	4	11
11	J.D. McDuffie	2593	24	0	0	0	3
12	Skip Manning	2548	23	0	0	1	7
13	Buddy Arrington	2510	22	0	0	0	3
14	David Pearson	2470	17	4	2	12	12
15	Frank Warren	2315	23	0	0	0	1
16	D.K. Ulrich	2298	24	0	0	0	0
17	Tighe Scott	2158	21	0	0	1	1
18	Jimmy Means	2153	21	0	0	0	5
19	Ricky Rudd	2114	19	0	0	1	7
20	Sam Sommers	1935	17	0	0	1	7
21	Neil Bonnett	1927	17	5	1	3	6
22	Dave Marcis	1685	14	0	0	5	7
23	Donnie Allison	1683	12	1	1	7	8
24	Ed Negre	1683	18	0	0	0	0
25	Janet Guthrie	1550	15	0	0	0	2