1977 Dixie 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Dixie 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 29 of 30
Date: November 6, 1977
Track: Atlanta International Raceway

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Dixie 500 Race Information

Winner	Darrell Waltrip	Car	No. 88 Chevrolet
Team / Owner	DiGard Racing	Sponsor	Gatorade
Winner Start	8th	Winner Laps Led	15
Started First	Sam Sommers	Most Laps Led	Donnie Allison (142)
Race Distance	407.896 miles (268 laps)	Track Length	1.522 miles
Track Type	Paved oval	Starters	40
Total Purse	$148,975	Winner Earnings	$20,425
Different Leaders	6	Lead-Lap Finishers	6
Points Leader After Race	Cale Yarborough	Season Race	29 of 30

Dixie 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	8	88	Darrell Waltrip	Gatorade	DiGard Racing	Chevrolet	268	15	running	180	$20,425
2	5	21	David Pearson	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	268	45	running	175	$11,500
3	4	72	Benny Parsons	1st National City Travelers Checks	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	268	0	running	165	$11,250
4	6	1	Donnie Allison	Hawaiian Tropic	Hoss Ellington	Chevrolet	268	142	running	170	$18,250
5	9	11	Cale Yarborough	Holly Farms	Junior Johnson	Chevrolet	268	33	running	160	$9,450
6	2	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	268	10	running	155	$7,600
7	7	15	Buddy Baker	Norris Industries	Bud Moore	Ford	267	0	running	146	$7,125
8	11	22	Ricky Rudd	NAPA	Al Rudd	Chevrolet	266	0	running	142	$6,150
9	15	12	Bobby Allison	1st National City Travelers Checks	Bobby Allison	Matador	266	0	running	138	$4,575
10	23	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	H.B. Cunningham	Chevrolet	264	0	running	134	$2,800
11	14	9	Bill Elliott	Dahlonega Ford Sales	George Elliott	Mercury	264	0	running	130	$1,950
12	20	75	Butch Hartman	Hartman Autocar	Butch Hartman	Chevrolet	264	0	running	127	$1,740
13	17	92	Skip Manning	1st National City Travelers Checks	Billy Hagan	Chevrolet	264	0	running	124	$4,360
14	33	31	Billy McGinnis	National Pride	Billie Harvey	Chevrolet	264	0	crash	—	$1,570
15	25	47	Bruce Hill	—	Bruce Hill	Chevrolet	263	0	running	118	$1,510
16	19	68	Janet Guthrie	Kelly Girl	Lynda Ferreri	Chevrolet	263	0	running	115	$1,375
17	12	67	Buddy Arrington	Mistec Transmission	Buddy Arrington	Dodge	263	0	running	112	$2,845
18	26	40	D.K. Ulrich	Howard Johnson's	J.R. DeLotto	Chevrolet	263	0	running	109	$2,735
19	36	30	Tighe Scott	Scotty's Fashions	Walter Ballard	Chevrolet	263	0	running	106	$2,565
20	38	24	Cecil Gordon	Transmissions Unlimited	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	262	0	running	103	$2,405
21	32	3	Richard Childress	Kansas Jack	Richard Childress	Chevrolet	262	0	running	100	$2,080
22	24	41	Grant Adcox	Krystal	Herb Adcox	Chevrolet	261	0	running	97	$935
23	22	79	Frank Warren	Native Tan	Frank Warren	Dodge	260	0	running	94	$1,920
24	39	39	Blackie Wangerin	—	Blackie Wangerin	Mercury	260	0	running	—	$885
25	34	49	G.C. Spencer	Lady & Son Auction	G.C. Spencer	Dodge	260	0	running	88	$860
26	29	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	James Hylton	Chevrolet	258	0	running	85	$1,695
27	18	70	J.D. McDuffie	Communication	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	258	0	running	82	$1,475
28	1	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing	M.C. Anderson	Chevrolet	257	23	running	84	$1,825
29	40	74	Bobby Wawak	Clear-Lam	Bobby Wawak	Chevrolet	255	0	running	76	$815
30	30	91	Harold Miller	Sutherland Auto Parts	Harold Miller	Chevrolet	251	0	running	73	$805
31	31	17	Roger Hamby	Hamby-Ellis	Roger Hamby	Chevrolet	247	0	running	—	$1,750
32	28	98	Dick May	Osterlund Enterprises	Rod Osterlund	Chevrolet	247	0	running	67	$740
33	13	84	Morgan Shepherd	Makar Enterprises	Jim Makar	Mercury	241	0	running	64	$1,730
34	35	19	Bob Burcham	Belden Asphalt	Henley Gray	Chevrolet	217	0	engine	61	$1,350
35	27	8	Ed Negre	—	Ed Negre	Dodge	185	0	quit	58	$1,330
36	16	81	Dave Marcis	WAM Racing	Bill Monaghan	Chevrolet	148	0	steering	55	$700
37	10	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore	Junie Donlavey	Ford	124	0	engine	52	$1,280
38	3	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy	Jim Stacy	Dodge	57	0	crash	49	$3,360
39	21	23	Jim Raptis	Opal's Truck Stop	Opal Voight	Chevrolet	32	0	engine	46	$640
40	37	52	Jimmy Means	Bell Brothers Auto Parts	Bill Gray	Chevrolet	7	0	ignition	43	$620

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