1977 Carolina 500

Race 4 of 30

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 5:06:46
Average speed of winner: 97.860 mph
Margin of victory: 8 sec.
Lead changes: 30 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 118 laps
Lap leaders: D. Allison 1-49, Yarborough 50-54, Bonnett 55, D. Allison 56, Yarborough 57-78, Pearson 79-90, Yarborough 91-93, Parsons 94-135, Petty 136, Baker 137, D. Brooks 138-143, D. Allison 144-145, Yarborough 146-147, D. Allison 148-160, Yarborough 161-162, Waltrip 163, Bonnett 164-169, Parsons 170, D. Allison 171-176, Marcis 177-179, D. Allison 180-194, D. Brooks 195, Parsons 196-201, Marcis 202-203, Petty 204-263, D. Allison 264-269, Petty 270-305, Baker 306, Petty 307-431, Waltrip 432-433, Petty 434-492

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman		492	5	281	running	13555	185
2	5	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Ifft		492	2	3	running	10970	175
3	1	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman	135.387	491	7	92	running	6670	170
4	7	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		491	2	2	running	7370	165
5	14	Neil Bonnett	71	Direct Connection	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		488	2	7	running	6870	160
6	6	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		488	5	34	running	7870	155
7	11	Sam Sommers	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson			483	0	0	running	3270	146
8	16	Skip Manning	92	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Hagan		135.437	483	0	0	running	4895	142
9	17	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		478	0	0	running	4420	138
10	15	Cecil Gordon	24	Gordon	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			471	0	0	running	3900	134
11	34	Gary Myers	4	Myers	Chevrolet	Gary Myers			464	0	0	running	1970	130
12	3	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		460	3	49	running	5070	132
13	28	Ed Negre	8	Negre	Dodge	Negre			460	0	0	running	3120	124
14	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington	Dodge	Arrington			458	0	0	running	2930	121
15	21	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			446	0	0	running	2710	118
16	26	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			436	0	0	running	2500	115
17	22	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		436	0	0	running	2290	112
18	33	Jimmy Lee Capps	26	Sellers Automotive	Chevrolet	David Sellers			434	0	0	running	1070	109
19	19	Ricky Rudd	22	Al Rudd Auto Parts	Chevrolet	Rudd	Rudd		396	0	0	engine	970	106
20	25	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	29	Cal-Tex	Dodge	Midgley			388	0	0	piston rings	900	103
21	32	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			388	0	0	running	1780	100
22	12	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			346	2	7	engine	1600	102
23	23	D.K. Ulrich	40	Delotto	Chevrolet	DeLotto			312	0	0	engine	1365	94
24	8	Dave Marcis	2	Cam 2	Chevrolet	Penske			260	2	5	accident	3900	96
25	35	Earl Brooks	33	Handy's Transmission	Chevrolet	Handy and Sons			232	0	0	accident	675	88
26	24	Terry Bivins	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			168	0	0	engine	1280	85
27	9	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		160	0	0	oil seal	625	82
28	20	Jimmy Means	52	Gray	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			151	0	0	push rod	600	79
29	29	Joe Mihalic	61	Mihalic Racing	Chevrolet	Mihalic			147	0	0	engine	575	76
30	18	Bill Elliott	9	Dahlonega Equipment	Ford	George Elliott	Elliott		137	0	0	clutch	575	73
31	36	Junior Miller	45	Price Racing	Chevrolet	Baxter Price			137	0	0	clutch	545	70
32	4	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		133	1	12	accident	1040	72
33	30	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			107	0	0	oil pump	1155	64
34	10	Lennie Pond	54	Elder Racing	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			52	0	0	engine	530	0
35	31	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			32	0	0	valve	1125	58
36	13	Bruce Hill	47	Hill	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			21	0	0	valve	520	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	705	4	1	2	3	4
2	Darrell Waltrip	634	4	0	0	2	4
3	Buddy Baker	605	4	0	0	2	3
4	Richard Petty	590	4	0	1	2	3
5	Benny Parsons	577	4	0	0	2	2
6	James Hylton	535	4	0	0	0	3
7	Dave Marcis	505	4	0	0	2	2
8	Cecil Gordon	500	4	0	0	0	1
9	Richard Childress	495	4	0	0	0	2
10	Neil Bonnett	475	4	1	0	1	2
11	J.D. McDuffie	433	4	0	0	0	0
12	Bobby Allison	418	4	0	0	1	1
13	D.K. Ulrich	412	4	0	0	0	0
14	Ed Negre	400	4	0	0	0	0
15	David Pearson	357	3	0	1	1	1
16	Frank Warren	354	4	0	0	0	0
17	Dick Brooks	339	3	0	0	1	1
18	Tighe Scott	309	3	0	0	0	0
19	Skip Manning	306	3	0	0	0	1
20	Jimmy Means	297	3	0	0	0	1
21	Henley Gray	288	3	0	0	0	0
22	Ricky Rudd	288	3	0	0	0	0
23	Buddy Arrington	261	3	0	0	0	0
24	Janet Guthrie	254	2	0	0	0	0
25	Donnie Allison	248	2	1	0	1	1