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Carolina 500

NASCAR Winston Cup race
North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
March 13, 1977
492 laps on 1.017 mile paved oval; 500.364 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	18,594	running	281
2	5	Darrell Waltrip	88	DiGard	Chevrolet	492	14,170	running	3
3	1	Donnie Allison	1	Hoss Ellington	Chevrolet	491	8,520	running	92
4	7	Buddy Baker	15	Bud Moore	Ford	491	7,770	running	2
5	14	Neil Bonnett	71	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	488	7,070	running	7
6	6	Cale Yarborough	11	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	488	7,870	running	34
7	11	Sam Sommers	27	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	483	3,770	running	0
8	16	Skip Manning	92	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	483	4,895	running	0
9	17	James Hylton	48	James Hylton	Chevrolet	478	4,420	running	0
10	15	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	471	3,900	running	0
11	34	Gary Myers	4	Gary Myers	Chevrolet	464	1,970	running	0
12	3	Benny Parsons	72	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	460	5,070	running	49
13	28	Ed Negre	8	Ed Negre	Dodge	460	3,120	running	0
14	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	458	2,930	running	0
15	21	J.D. McDuffie	70	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	446	2,710	running	0
16	26	Henley Gray	19	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	436	2,500	running	0
17	22	Richard Childress	3	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	436	2,290	running	0
18	33	Jimmy Lee Capps	26	David Lee Sellers	Chevrolet	434	1,070	running	0
19	19	Ricky Rudd	22	Al Rudd	Chevrolet	396	970	engine	0
20	25	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	29	Dick Midgley	Dodge	388	900	engine	0
21	32	Tom Gale	64	Elmo Langley	Ford	388	1,780	running	0
22	12	Dick Brooks	90	Junie Donlavey	Ford	346	1,600	engine	7
23	23	D.K. Ulrich	40	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	312	1,365	engine	0
24	8	Dave Marcis	2	Roger Penske	Chevrolet	260	3,900	accident	5
25	35	Earl Brooks	33	Hiram Handy	Chevrolet	232	675	accident	0
26	24	Terry Bivins	25	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	168	1,280	engine	0
27	9	Bobby Allison	12	Bobby Allison	AMC Matador	160	625	oil leak	0
28	20	Jimmy Means	52	Bill Gray	Chevrolet	151	600	engine	0
29	29	Joe Mihalic	61	Joe Mihalic	Chevrolet	147	575	engine	0
30	18	Bill Elliott	9	George Elliott	Ford	137	575	clutch	0
31	36	Junior Miller	45	Junior Miller	Chevrolet	137	545	clutch	0
32	4	David Pearson	21	Wood Brothers	Mercury	133	1,040	accident	12
33	30	Tighe Scott	30	Walter Ballard	Chevrolet	107	1,155	oil pump	0
34	10	Lennie Pond	54	Ronnie Elder	Chevrolet	52	530	engine	0
35	31	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	Dodge	32	1,125	engine	0
36	13	Bruce Hill	47	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	21	520	engine	0

Notes: Scheduled for March 6; postponed because of rain.
Time of race: 05:06:46
Average Speed: 97.86 MPH
Pole Speed: 27.042 seconds
11 cautions for 118 laps
Attendance: 42,000