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Winston Western 500

NASCAR Winston Cup/Winston West race
Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
January 16, 1977
119 laps on 2.62 mile road course; 311.78 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	David Pearson	21	Wood Brothers	1976 Mercury	119	15,400	running	17
2	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Junior Johnson	1977 Chevrolet	119	16,220	running	102
3	9	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	1974 Dodge	118	11,095	running	0
4	5	Dave Marcis	2	Roger Penske	1977 Chevrolet	116	8,645	running	0
5	7	Sonny Easley	67	Jerry Lankford	1976 Ford	115	6,290	running	0
6	10	Richard Childress	3	Richard Childress	1976 Chevrolet	114	4,890	running	0
7	28	Hershel McGriff	69	Hershel McGriff	1976 Chevrolet	114	2,690	running	0
8	23	Hugh Pearson	76	Hugh Pearson	1975 Chevrolet	114	2,490	running	0
9	3	Darrell Waltrip	88	DiGard	1977 Chevrolet	114	5,540	running	0
10	12	Ed Bradshaw	09	Chester Papienski	1976 Chevrolet Chevelle	114	2,190	running	0
11	24	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	1977 Chevrolet	114	3,720	running	0
12	6	Buddy Baker	15	Bud Moore	1976 Ford	113	5,040	running	0
13	27	Chuck Bown	01	Gerald Craker	1975 Chevrolet Chevelle	112	3,760	running	0
14	14	James Hylton	48	James Hylton	1976 Chevrolet	112	3,100	running	0
15	17	D.K. Ulrich	40	J.R. DeLotto	1975 Chevrolet	110	2,880	running	0
16	15	Jim Thirkettle	5		1975 Chevrolet	107	1,440	running	0
17	22	Neil Bonnett	71	Nord Krauskopf	1974 Dodge	107	4,590	running	0
18	18	Bobby Wawak	36	John Gwinn	1976 Chevrolet	105	2,570	running	0
19	20	Bill Schmitt	73	Bill Schmitt	1975 Chevrolet	102	1,910	running	0
20	11	Gary Johnson	44	Al Clark	1976 Chevrolet Chevelle	96	1,745	running	0
21	26	Benny Parsons	72	L.G. DeWitt	1977 Chevrolet	95	4,370	transmission	0
22	16	Roy Smith	29	Dick Midgley	1975 Chevrolet	95	1,495	clutch	0
23	13	Norm Palmer	93	Norm Palmer	1974 Dodge	92	1,260	running	0
24	30	Gary Matthews	32	Dave Hill	1974 Plymouth	91	1,225	running	0
25	21	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	1976 Dodge	69	1,665	rear end	0
26	29	Chuck Wahl	37	DuWayne Wahl	1975 Chevrolet	68	1,095	running	0
27	25	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	1974 Dodge	59	1,445	engine	0
28	33	Bill Baker	55	Bill Baker	1976 Chevrolet	54	895	clutch	0
29	34	J.D. McDuffie	70	J.D. McDuffie	1975 Chevrolet	25	1,345	engine	0
30	31	Don Puskarich	13	Matt Puskarich	1975 Chevrolet	16	795	engine	0
31	19	Carl Joiner	26	Carl Joiner	1976 Chevrolet	10	740	transmission	0
32	32	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	1975 Chevrolet Chevelle	9	1,190	oil pump	0
33	35	Glen Francis	33	Trent Francis	1975 Chevrolet Chevelle	9	640	oil leak	0
34	4	Jimmy Insolo	50	Michael Brockman	1975 Chevrolet Chevelle	4	590	engine	0
35	8	Bobby Allison	12	Bobby Allison	1976 AMC Matador	3	540	engine	0
36	36	Mike Hiss			1976 Chevrolet Chevelle	0		did not qualify	0
37	37	Sumner McKnight	52		1975 Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0

Time of race: 02:54:46
Average Speed: 107.038 MPH
Pole Speed: 83.702 seconds
0 cautions
Attendance: 60,000