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American 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
October 23, 1977
492 laps on 1.017 mile paved oval; 500.364 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 1
| Donnie Allison
| 1
| Hoss Ellington
| Chevrolet
| 492
| 17,135
| running
| 374 |
| 2
| 5
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| Dodge
| 492
| 14,350
| running
| 5 |
| 3
| 4
| Darrell Waltrip
| 88
| DiGard
| Chevrolet
| 492
| 10,800
| running
| 8 |
| 4
| 2
| Cale Yarborough
| 11
| Junior Johnson
| Chevrolet
| 490
| 9,550
| running
| 81 |
| 5
| 6
| Dick Brooks
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| Ford
| 489
| 6,250
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 17
| Bobby Allison
| 12
| Bobby Allison
| AMC Matador
| 488
| 4,850
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 3
| Benny Parsons
| 72
| L.G. DeWitt
| Chevrolet
| 482
| 6,200
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 10
| Skip Manning
| 92
| Billy Hagan
| Chevrolet
| 478
| 5,430
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 14
| Janet Guthrie
| 68
| Lynda Ferreri
| Chevrolet
| 476
| 3,500
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 20
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| Chevrolet
| 473
| 3,820
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 24
| Bobby Wawak
| 74
| Bobby Wawak
| Chevrolet
| 471
| 2,100
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 22
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| Dodge
| 471
| 3,360
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 19
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| Chevrolet
| 464
| 3,070
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 27
| Dick May
| 19
| Henley Gray
| Chevrolet
| 456
| 2,830
| running
| 0 |
| 15
| 29
| Tom Gale
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| Ford
| 441
| 2,620
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 35
| Baxter Price
| 45
| Baxter Price
| Chevrolet
| 437
| 1,900
| running
| 0 |
| 17
| 11
| Sam Sommers
| 27
| M.C. Anderson
| Chevrolet
| 425
| 1,300
| running
| 0 |
| 18
| 32
| Richard Childress
| 3
| Richard Childress
| Chevrolet
| 423
| 2,210
| running
| 0 |
| 19
| 36
| Dean Dalton
| 10
| Bill Champion
| Ford
| 391
| 1,100
| engine
| 0 |
| 20
| 25
| Randy Myers
| 4
| Gary Myers
| Chevrolet
| 377
| 1,000
| accident
| 0 |
| 21
| 23
| Joe Mihalic
| 61
| Joe Mihalic
| Chevrolet
| 340
| 825
| engine
| 0 |
| 22
| 30
| Jimmy Means
| 52
| Bill Gray
| Chevrolet
| 326
| 1,150
| engine
| 0 |
| 23
| 21
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| Chevrolet
| 319
| 1,415
| engine
| 0 |
| 24
| 31
| Ed Negre
| 8
| Ed Negre
| Dodge
| 276
| 1,380
| engine
| 0 |
| 25
| 16
| Ricky Rudd
| 22
| Al Rudd
| Chevrolet
| 234
| 920
| engine
| 0 |
| 26
| 13
| Bruce Hill
| 47
| Bruce Hill
| Chevrolet
| 230
| 700
| engine
| 0 |
| 27
| 7
| David Pearson
| 21
| Wood Brothers
| Mercury
| 220
| 1,175
| engine
| 0 |
| 28
| 8
| Neil Bonnett
| 5
| Jim Stacy
| Dodge
| 216
| 3,330
| engine
| 24 |
| 29
| 9
| Buddy Baker
| 15
| Bud Moore
| Ford
| 197
| 3,820
| accident
| 0 |
| 30
| 28
| Ronnie Thomas
| 25
| Don Robertson
| Chevrolet
| 131
| 1,210
| rear end
| 0 |
| 31
| 18
| Dave Marcis
| 98
| Rod Osterlund
| Chevrolet
| 128
| 625
| engine
| 0 |
| 32
| 33
| Travis Tiller
| 46
| Travis Tiller
| Chevrolet
| 103
| 590
| engine
| 0 |
| 33
| 15
| D.K. Ulrich
| 40
| J.R. DeLotto
| Chevrolet
| 95
| 1,080
| engine
| 0 |
| 34
| 34
| Tighe Scott
| 30
| Walter Ballard
| Chevrolet
| 77
| 1,070
| accident
| 0 |
| 35
| 26
| Frank Warren
| 79
| Frank Warren
| Dodge
| 68
| 1,060
| engine
| 0 |
| 36
| 12
| Lennie Pond
| 54
| Ronnie Elder
| Chevrolet
| 66
| 1,050
| engine
| 0 |
Time of race: 04:24:18
Average Speed: 113.584 MPH
Pole Speed: 26.399 seconds
9 cautions for 75 laps
Attendance: 44,500