1977 American 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: American 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 28 of 30
Date: October 23, 1977
Track: North Carolina Motor Speedway

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American 500 Race Information

Winner	Donnie Allison	Car	No. 1 Chevrolet
Team / Owner	Hoss Ellington	Sponsor	Hawaiian Tropic
Winner Start	1st	Winner Laps Led	374
Started First	Donnie Allison	Most Laps Led	Donnie Allison (374)
Race Distance	500.364 miles (492 laps)	Track Length	1.017 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	36
Total Purse	$124,775	Winner Earnings	$17,135
Different Leaders	5	Lead-Lap Finishers	3
Points Leader After Race	Cale Yarborough	Season Race	28 of 30

American 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	1	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic	Hoss Ellington	Chevrolet	492	374	running	185	$17,135
2	5	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	492	5	running	175	$14,350
3	4	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	DiGard Racing	Chevrolet	492	8	running	170	$10,800
4	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	490	81	running	165	$9,550
5	6	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	Junie Donlavey	Ford	489	0	running	155	$6,250
6	17	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks	Bobby Allison	Matador	488	0	running	150	$4,850
7	3	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	482	0	running	146	$6,200
8	10	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	478	0	running	142	$5,430
9	14	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl	Lynda Ferreri	Chevrolet	476	0	running	138	$3,500
10	20	70	J.D. McDuffie	—	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	473	0	running	134	$3,820
11	24	74	Bobby Wawak	—	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	471	0	running	130	$2,100
12	22	67	Buddy Arrington	Mistec Transmission	Buddy Arrington	Plymouth	471	0	running	127	$3,360
13	19	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	James Hylton	Chevrolet	464	0	running	124	$3,070
14	27	19	Dick May	Belden Asphalt	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	456	0	running	121	$2,830
15	29	64	Tommy Gale	Sunny King Ford & Honda	Elmo Langley	Ford	441	0	running	118	$2,620
16	35	45	Baxter Price	County Line Food Store	Baxter Price	Chevrolet	437	0	running	115	$1,900
17	11	27	Sam Sommers	—	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	425	0	running	112	$1,300
18	32	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	423	0	running	109	$2,210
19	36	10	Dean Dalton	R.T.'s Lounge	Bill Champion	Ford	391	0	engine	106	$1,100
20	25	4	Randy Myers	—	Gary Myers	Chevrolet	377	0	crash	—	$1,000
21	23	61	Joe Mihalic	—	Joe Mihalic	Chevrolet	340	0	engine	100	$825
22	30	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	Bill Gray	Chevrolet	326	0	engine	97	$1,150
23	21	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	319	0	engine	94	$1,415
24	31	8	Ed Negre	—	Ed Negre	Dodge	276	0	engine	91	$1,380
25	16	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts	Al Rudd	Chevrolet	234	0	engine	88	$920
26	13	47	Bruce Hill	—	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	230	0	engine	85	$700
27	7	21	David Pearson	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	220	0	engine	82	$1,175
28	8	5	Neil Bonnett	—	Jim Stacy	Dodge	216	24	engine	84	$3,330
29	9	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries	Bud Moore	Ford	197	0	crash	76	$3,820
30	28	25	Ronnie Thomas	—	Don Robertson	Chevrolet	131	0	rear end	73	$1,210
31	18	98	Dave Marcis	—	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	128	0	engine	70	$625
32	33	46	Travis Tiller	Little B Coal	Travis Tiller	Chevrolet	103	0	engine	67	$590
33	15	40	D.K. Ulrich	—	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	95	0	engine	64	$1,080
34	34	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions	Walter Ballard	Chevrolet	77	0	crash	61	$1,070
35	26	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Frank Warren	Dodge	68	0	engine	58	$1,060
36	12	54	Lennie Pond	—	Ronnie Elder	Chevrolet	66	0	engine	55	$1,050

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