1977 Atlanta 500

Race 5 of 30

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:27:51
Average speed of winner: 144.093 mph
Margin of victory: 12 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 11 laps
Lap leaders: Petty pole, Yarborough 1-79, Pearson 80-120, Petty 121-122, Yarborough 123-127, Pearson 128-155, Yarborough 156-205, Petty 206-212, Pearson 213-218, Petty 219-244, Yarborough 245, Pearson 246, Petty 247-278, Yarborough 279, Pearson 280-283, Petty 284-328

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Richard Petty	43	STP	Dodge	Petty	Inman	162.501	328	5	112	running	17200	180
2	3	David Pearson	21	Purolator	Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		328	5	80	running	9300	175
3	5	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		327	5	136	running	11000	175
4	2	Donnie Allison	1	Hawaiian Tropic	Chevrolet	Ellington	Pittman		327	0	0	running	5400	160
5	7	Buddy Baker	15	Norris	Ford	Moore	Moore		326	0	0	running	7450	155
6	11	Dave Marcis	2	Cam 2	Chevrolet	Penske			326	0	0	running	6800	150
7	6	Darrell Waltrip	88	Gatorade	Chevrolet	DiGard	Ifft		325	0	0	running	6500	146
8	15	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			322	0	0	running	2900	142
9	14	Lennie Pond	54	Historic Virginia	Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			321	0	0	running	5150	138
10	19	Bruce Hill	47	Hill	Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			320	0	0	running	2650	134
11	26	Buddy Arrington	67	Sub-Tropic	Dodge	Arrington			319	0	0	running	4630	130
12	9	Neil Bonnett	71	Rebel 500	Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		318	0	0	running	5405	127
13	10	Sam Sommers	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	M.C. Anderson			317	0	0	running	2630	124
14	32	Jody Ridley	84	Makar	Mercury	Makar			316	0	0	running	2080	121
15	12	Ramo Stott	60	Viglione	Chevrolet	Viglione			315	0	0	running	1880	118
16	41	Cecil Gordon	24	Transmissions Unlimited	Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			308	0	0	running	3785	115
17	30	Harold Miller	91	Bartow Paving	Chevrolet	Harold Miller			305	0	0	running	1630	112
18	27	Jimmy Lee Capps	26	Hearn Produce	Chevrolet	David Sellers			304	0	0	running	1555	109
19	13	Richard Childress	3	Kansas Jack	Chevrolet	Childress	Brewer		303	0	0	engine	3400	106
20	39	Jimmy Means	52	Means Racing	Chevrolet	Bill Gray			295	0	0	running	1405	103
21	31	G.C. Spencer	49	Lady & Son	Dodge	G.C. Spencer			293	0	0	rear end	1230	100
22	24	Tommy Gale	64	Sunny King Ford	Ford	Langley			288	0	0	running	2920	97
23	22	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore	Ford	Donlavey			277	0	0	clutch	2755	94
24	33	Terry Bivins	25	Robertson Racing	Chevrolet	Don Robertson			259	0	0	engine	2575	91
25	42	Tighe Scott	30	Scotty's Fashions	Chevrolet	Ballard			248	0	0	piston	2220	88
26	8	Benny Parsons	72	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Elder		239	0	0	engine	4155	85
27	37	Frank Warren	79	Native Tan	Dodge	Frank Warren			237	0	0	engine	1920	82
28	17	Skip Manning	92	1st National City Travelers Checks	Chevrolet	Hagan			233	0	0	transmission	1840	79
29	29	D.K. Ulrich	40	Howard Johnson	Chevrolet	DeLotto			230	0	0	overheating	1410	76
30	34	Janet Guthrie	68	Kelly Girl	Chevrolet	Ferreri			215	0	0	piston	750	73
31	21	J.D. McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	McDuffie			208	0	0	engine	1335	70
32	18	Bill Elliott	9	Dahlonega Equipment	Ford	George Elliott	Elliott		198	0	0	valve	765	67
33	36	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	Chevrolet	Henley Gray			180	0	0	engine	1270	64
34	4	A.J. Foyt	51	Gilmore	Chevrolet	Foyt			157	0	0	steering	785	0
35	35	Phil Finney	80	Finney Racing	Chevrolet	Finney			148	0	0	head gasket	645	58
36	20	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	29	Cal-Tex	Dodge	Midgley			139	0	0	engine	650	55
37	28	Dean Dalton	7	Dalton	Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			133	0	0	engine	565	52
38	25	James Hylton	48	Hylton	Chevrolet	Hylton	Shelmerdine		121	0	0	engine	1180	49
39	40	Ed Negre	16	Reliable Plumbing	Chevrolet	Sisco			77	0	0	engine	1040	46
40	23	Johnny Rutherford	77	T. Edwards	Chevrolet	Johnny Ray			50	0	0	valve	560	0
41	16	Bobby Allison	12	1st National City Travelers Checks	Matador	Allison	Carter		41	0	0	valve	785	40
42	38	Jim Hurtubise	35	Avanti CB	Ford	Morris Davis			0	0	0	ignition	535	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Cale Yarborough	880	5	1	2	4	5
2	Darrell Waltrip	780	5	0	0	2	5
3	Richard Petty	770	5	1	2	3	4
4	Buddy Baker	760	5	0	0	3	4
5	Benny Parsons	662	5	0	0	2	2
6	Dave Marcis	655	5	0	0	2	3
7	Cecil Gordon	615	5	0	0	0	1
8	Neil Bonnett	602	5	1	0	1	2
9	Richard Childress	601	5	0	0	0	2
10	James Hylton	584	5	0	0	0	3
11	David Pearson	532	4	0	1	2	2
12	J.D. McDuffie	503	5	0	0	0	0
13	D.K. Ulrich	488	5	0	0	0	0
14	Bobby Allison	458	5	0	0	1	1
15	Ed Negre	446	5	0	0	0	0
16	Frank Warren	436	5	0	0	0	0
17	Dick Brooks	433	4	0	0	1	1
18	Donnie Allison	408	3	1	0	2	2
19	Jimmy Means	400	4	0	0	0	1
20	Tighe Scott	397	4	0	0	0	0
21	Buddy Arrington	391	4	0	0	0	0
22	Skip Manning	385	4	0	0	0	1
23	Henley Gray	352	4	0	0	0	0
24	Sam Sommers	340	3	0	0	0	1
25	Janet Guthrie	327	3	0	0	0	0