1977 Daytona 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Daytona 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 2 of 30
Date: February 20, 1977
Track: Daytona International Speedway

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Daytona 500 Race Information

Winner	Cale Yarborough	Car	No. 11 Chevrolet
Team / Owner	Junior Johnson	Sponsor	Holly Farms
Winner Start	4th	Winner Laps Led	137
Started First	Donnie Allison	Most Laps Led	Cale Yarborough (137)
Race Distance	500 miles (200 laps)	Track Length	2.5 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	42
Total Purse	$368,375	Winner Earnings	$63,700
Different Leaders	10	Lead-Lap Finishers	2
Points Leader After Race	Cale Yarborough	Season Race	2 of 30

Daytona 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	200	137	running	185	$63,700
2	6	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	200	16	running	175	$38,825
3	8	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries	Bud Moore	Ford	199	16	running	170	$28,075
4	13	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	H.B. Cunningham	Chevrolet	198	0	running	160	$17,825
5	15	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	Junie Donlavey	Ford	198	0	running	155	$18,100
6	2	51	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore-Foyt	A.J. Foyt	Chevrolet	197	13	running	—	$13,800
7	10	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	DiGard Racing	Chevrolet	193	4	running	151	$15,745
8	23	52	Jimmy Means	Posey's Auto Parts	Bill Gray	Chevrolet	192	0	running	142	$10,985
9	30	19	Bob Burcham	Belden Asphalt	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	191	0	running	138	$12,475
10	37	48	James Hylton	Southern Bankers	James Hylton	Chevrolet	189	0	running	134	$11,090
11	33	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Frank Warren	Dodge	188	1	running	135	$8,920
12	39	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl	Lynda Ferreri	Chevrolet	188	0	running	127	$7,390
13	24	70	J.D. McDuffie	Sanford Auto Supply	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	184	0	engine	124	$8,115
14	42	40	D.K. Ulrich	—	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	168	0	running	121	$7,210
15	7	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks	Bobby Allison	Matador	167	0	engine	118	$6,560
16	35	30	Tighe Scott	Fram	Walter Ballard	Chevrolet	166	0	engine	115	$6,285
17	41	24	Cecil Gordon	Burger King	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	164	0	running	112	$5,615
18	34	81	Terry Ryan	Valvoline	Bill Monaghan	Chevrolet	159	0	engine	109	$3,885
19	29	3	Walter Ballard	Scotty's Fashions	Walter Ballard	Chevrolet	153	0	engine	106	$3,700
20	19	31	Jim Vandiver	Triple Elkhorn Mining	Harry Ranier	Dodge	137	0	running	103	$3,520
21	5	21	David Pearson	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	135	2	engine	105	$5,440
22	21	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto Parts	Al Rudd	Chevrolet	135	0	rear end	97	$2,935
23	32	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack / L.C. Newton Trucking	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	127	0	running	94	$3,290
24	25	4	Salt Walther	Gater Trailer	Salt Walther	Chevrolet	114	0	crash	—	$2,725
25	18	47	Bruce Hill	—	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	113	0	engine	88	$2,750
26	3	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	111	4	engine	90	$9,550
27	12	60	Ramo Stott	Large Coal Company	Lou Viglione	Chevrolet	107	0	crash	82	$2,450
28	9	2	Dave Marcis	CAM 2	Roger Penske	Mercury	103	1	running	84	$6,150
29	22	8	Ed Negre	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment	Ed Negre	Dodge	101	0	engine	76	$3,175
30	1	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic	Hoss Ellington	Chevrolet	88	6	crash	78	$7,575
31	36	27	Sam Sommers	—	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	87	0	water pump	70	$1,350
32	31	83	Ron Hutcherson	Smithville Farms	Norris Reed	Chevrolet	85	0	transmission	67	$4,525
33	20	26	Jimmy Lee Capps	Hearne Produce	David Lee Sellers	Chevrolet	77	0	rear end	64	$2,175
34	14	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby	Herb Adcox	Chevrolet	73	0	engine	61	$2,325
35	26	95	Jim Hurtubise	Moran Electric	Junior Miller	Chevrolet	69	0	oil cooler	58	$2,050
36	27	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	65	0	engine	55	$2,615
37	11	71	Neil Bonnett	1st National City Travelers Checks	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	65	0	engine	52	$5,525
38	38	67	Buddy Arrington	Sub-Tropic	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	51	0	engine	49	$1,780
39	28	29	Roy Smith	Mercury Marine	Dick Midgley	Chevrolet	45	0	engine	46	$2,020
40	16	87	Elliott Forbes-Robinson	Rossmeyer	Ferrel Harris	Dodge	44	0	engine	43	$2,025
41	40	77	Johnny Rutherford	t. edwards Happy Legs	Johnny Ray	Chevrolet	29	0	vibration	—	$1,725
42	17	32	Bobby Wawak	Encyclopedia Britannica	John Gwinn	Chevrolet	3	0	fire	37	$2,400

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