1977 NAPA National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway · 1977 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Benny Parsons	8	41	23	2	7	250	334	501

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	8	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	334	250	running	185
2	2	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	334	26	running	175
3	1	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	333	2	running	170
4	4	15	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	333	3	running	165
5	6	88	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	333	3	running	160
6	13	90	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing	Ford	332		running	150
7	9	51	A.J. Foyt	A.J. Foyt Racing	Chevrolet	329		running	0
8	7	5	Neil Bonnett	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	329		running	142
9	27	68	Janet Guthrie	Lynda Ferreri (Owner)	Chevrolet	326		running	138
10	20	9	Bill Elliott	George Elliott Racing	Mercury	326		running	134
11	16	36	Ron Hutcherson	Gwinn-Wawak	Chevrolet	326		running	0
12	25	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	325		running	127
13	35	57	Dick May	McClure Motors	Chevrolet	324		running	124
14	33	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	324		running	121
15	29	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	323		running	118
16	22	3	Richard Childress	Richard Childress Racing	Chevrolet	321		running	115
17	30	67	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	318		running	112
18	17	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	301		running	109
19	18	40	D.K. Ulrich	J.R. DeLotto (Owner)	Chevrolet	292		running	106
20	34	05	Peter Knab	Charles Dean (Owner)	Chevrolet	286		running	103
21	28	64	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	286		running	100
22	24	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	242		running	97
23	14	2	Dave Marcis	Penske Racing South	Chevrolet	237		broken valve	0
24	21	22	Ricky Rudd	Al Rudd Auto	Chevrolet	232		running	91
25	41	30	Tighe Scott	Ballard Racing	Chevrolet	222		ignition	88
26	15	12	Bobby Allison	Bobby Allison Motorsports	Matador	195		engine	85
27	12	6	Tom Sneva	Jim Stacy Racing	Dodge	194		clutch	0
28	39	52	Jimmy Means	Means Racing	Chevrolet	173		head gasket	79
29	31	99	Dick Trickle	Frasson Racing	Chevrolet	141		accident	76
30	19	54	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier	Chevrolet	131		engine	73
31	37	75	Butch Hartman	Butch Hartman (Owner)	Chevrolet	120		broken valve	70
32	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	107	25	broken shock bracket	72
33	23	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	101		engine	64
34	11	27	Sam Sommers	M.C. Anderson Racing	Chevrolet	97		piston	61
35	10	92	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises	Chevrolet	66		valve spring	58
36	3	1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing	Chevrolet	27	25	overheating	60
37	40	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	26		head gasket	52
38	36	19	Dale Earnhardt	Johnny Ray (Owner)	Chevrolet	25		rear end	49
39	38	98	Roland Wlodyka	Osterlund Motorsports	Chevrolet	24		engine	46
40	32	23	Jim Raptis	Opal Voight (Owner)	Chevrolet	17		broken valve	43
41	26	47	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing	Chevrolet	15		cylinder head	40

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Benny Parsons	250	74.9%	P1
2	Cale Yarborough	26	7.8%	P2
3	Richard Petty	25	7.5%	P32
4	Donnie Allison	25	7.5%	P36
5	Buddy Baker	3	0.9%	P4
6	Darrell Waltrip	3	0.9%	P5
7	David Pearson	2	0.6%	P3

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