1977 Wilkes 400

Race 26 of 30

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:52:59
Average speed of winner: 86.713 mph
Margin of victory: 7.2 sec.
Lead changes: 10 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 32 laps
Lap leaders: Petty 1-76, Waltrip 77-104, Petty 105-112, Waltrip 113, Petty 114-135, Waltrip 136, Parsons 137-147, Petty 148-240, Waltrip 241-310, Yarborough 311, Waltrip 312-400

Race notes: Debut for Roger Hamby. Finale for Walter Ballard.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Buddy Parrott		400	5	189	running	10650	180
2	5	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		400	1	1	running	7725	175
3	2	Neil Bonnett	5	Jim Stacy	Dodge	Stacy	Hyde		399	0	0	running	5100	165
4	6	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		397	0	0	running	3225	160
5	4	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		396	1	11	running	3875	160
6	9	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		388	0	0	running	2400	150
7	14	Ricky Rudd	22	Al Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Al Rudd	Rudd		388	0	0	running	2230	146
8	7	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			387	0	0	running	1895	142
9	8	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		387	0	0	running	2975	138
10	10	Buddy Arrington	67	Mr. Transmission	Dodge	Arrington			384	0	0	running	1650	134
11	16	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			383	0	0	running	1365	130
12	13	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		382	0	0	running	1480	127
13	20	Skip Manning	64	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Ford	Langley			377	0	0	running	1345	124
14	21	Sam Sommers	98	Osterlund	Chevrolet	Osterlund			377	0	0	running	650	121
15	17	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			377	0	0	running	1185	118
16	12	Walter Ballard	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			374	0	0	running	1000	115
17	18	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			373	0	0	running	825	112
18	25	Baxter Price	45	County Line Food Store	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			368	0	0	running	550	109
19	22	Roger Hamby	17	Hamby/Ellis Automotive	Chevrolet	Hamby			367	0	0	running	525	0
20	23	Dick May	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			363	0	0	running	750	103
21	15	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			322	0	0	running	675	100
22	19	D.K. Ulrich	40	Ulrich	Chevrolet	DeLotto			290	0	0	engine	700	97
23	11	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			286	0	0	rear end	680	94
24	1	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman	108.350	240	4	199	accident	4560	101
25	24	Ferrel Harris	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			114	0	0	overheating	650	88
26	26	Junior Miller	95	Miller Roofing	Chevrolet	Junior Miller			5	0	0	withdrew	390	85

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	4330	26	3	9	21	23
2	Richard Petty	4037	26	4	5	18	20
3	Benny Parsons	3942	26	3	3	18	19
4	Darrell Waltrip	3907	26	2	5	13	21
5	Buddy Baker	3414	26	0	0	7	17
6	Dick Brooks	3230	25	0	0	6	17
7	Richard Childress	3005	26	0	0	0	10
8	James Hylton	3003	26	0	0	0	10
9	Cecil Gordon	2978	26	0	0	0	2
10	Bobby Allison	2943	26	0	0	5	12
11	J.D. McDuffie	2799	26	0	0	0	3
12	Skip Manning	2796	25	0	0	1	7
13	Buddy Arrington	2790	24	0	0	0	5
14	David Pearson	2640	18	4	2	13	13
15	Frank Warren	2545	25	0	0	0	1
16	D.K. Ulrich	2522	26	0	0	0	0
17	Jimmy Means	2421	23	0	0	0	6
18	Ricky Rudd	2342	21	0	0	1	8
19	Tighe Scott	2261	22	0	0	1	1
20	Sam Sommers	2211	19	0	0	2	8
21	Neil Bonnett	2189	19	6	1	4	7
22	Ed Negre	1886	20	0	0	0	0
23	Dave Marcis	1685	14	0	0	5	7
24	Donnie Allison	1683	13	1	1	7	8
25	Janet Guthrie	1550	15	0	0	0	2